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Brian Wilson Came up With ‘I’m a Real Cool Kid, I’m Making Lots of Bread’ From ‘I Get Around’ According to This Beach Boy Member

This surf rock group gets around — even singing about it on their 1964 release All Summer Long. “I Get Around” became one of the most popular songs from this album. During a Songfacts interview with ...
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62 years ago: The Beach Boys recorded 'I Get Around,' their first No. 1 hit

Sixty-two years ago today, rock music history changed inside of a Hollywood studio when a legendary American rock band began recording the song that would help make them iconic. In 1964, The Beach ...
American Songwriter

The Real Story Behind The Beach Boys’ Make-or-Break Classic “I Get Around”

As the British Invasion commandeered the U.S. charts, only a few acts could fight back. Motown had success with Mary Wells and The Supremes, and the only other American acts to reach No. 1 on the ...
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Brian Wilson’s Reaction to ‘I Get Around’ Surpassing the Beatles on the Music Charts

The Beach Boys became one of the most popular groups in the early 1960s — topping the music charts alongside the Beatles. Here’s what Brian Wilson said about their first original that reached No. 1, ...
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Billie Joe Armstrong Shares Unearthed ‘I Get Around’ Cover in Tribute to Brian Wilson

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billie Joe Armstrong has paid tribute to Brian Wilson by sharing a cover of the Beach Boys’ 1964 classic “I Get Around.” The Green ...
Rolling Stone

Billie Joe Armstrong Honors Brian Wilson With Sizzling Cover of the Beach Boys’ ‘I Get Around’

There’s been an outpouring of grief since news arrived that Brian Wilson died at the age of 82. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong paid tribute to the Beach Boys legend, dropping a cover of “I Get ...