The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys were a rock and roll group mainly popular in the sixties best known for making the new "surf rock" sound radio-friendly. Mainly providing songs based around traditional rock and roll, The Beach Boys did provide some elements of the new surf style. The group was phenomenal, with numerous hit singles and bestselling albums. They continued to have occasional hits beyond their prime, especially the song Kokomo. Weird Al Yankovic parodied them with his song Trigger Happy. They were rivaled only by Jan and Dean. Kokomo is not about an actual place, although there are cities with that name. The Beach Boys contributed to the trend of muscle car songs with their hit 409, about a type of engine with a 409 cubic inch displacement (6.7 liters today) as well as the song Fun Fun Fun, which mentions the Ford Thunderbird.