xix, 315 p. : 18 cm

Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index

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Intro. The Hawthorne hotshots -- David Marks on "Surfin' U.S.A." -- Dennis Diken on "Shut Down" -- John Sebastian on "Surfer Girl" -- Alice Cooper on "In My Room" -- Hal Blaine on "Fun, Fun, Fun" -- Roger McGuinn on "Don't Worry Baby" -- Daniel Lanois on "I Get Around" -- Alan Boyd on "Kiss Me, Baby" -- Jon Stebbins on "Do You Wanna Dance?" -- Alan Jardine on "Help Me, Rhonda" -- Peter Bagge on "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man" -- James Mercer on "Girl Don't Tell Me" -- Carol Kaye on "California Girls" -- David M. Beard on "The Little Girl I Once Knew" -- Dean Torrence on "Barbara Ann" -- Scott Totten on "Sloop John B" -- Tony Asher on "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" -- Jim Fusilli on "Caroline, No" -- Sean O'Hagan on "Let's Go Away for Awhile" -- Zooey Deschanel on "Wouldn't It Be Nice" -- Lyle Lovett on "God Only Knows" -- Al Kooper on "Here Today" -- Jace Lasek on "Good Vibrations" -- Robert Schneider on "Heroes and Villains" -- Carnie Wilson on "Our Prayer" -- Mark Linett on "Surf's Up" -- Matthew Sweet on "Wonderful" -- Danny Hutton on "Darlin'" -- Stephen Kalinich on "Little Bird" -- Ira Kaplan on "Meant for You" -- Mike Kowalski on "Do It Again" -- Gregg Jakobson on "Forever" -- Scott McCaughey on "This Whole World" -- Adam Marsland on "Long Promised Road" -- Cameron Crowe on "Feel Flows" -- David Leaf on "'Til I Die" -- Bruce Johnston on "Disney Girls (1957)" -- Blondie Chaplin on "Sail on Sailor" -- Jim Guercio on "Good Timin'" -- Earle Mankey on "It's OK" -- Peter Ames Carlin on "Johnny Carson" -- Billy Hinsche on "Farewell My Friend" -- Randy Bachman on "Keepin' the Summer Alive" -- Steve Levine on "Getcha Back" -- Russ Titelman on "Love and Mercy" -- Mike Love on "Kokomo" -- Don Was on "Still I Dream of It" -- Darian Sahanaja on "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" -- Scott Bennett on "Midnight's Another Day" -- Brian Wilson on "Rhapsody in Blue."

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