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- The song was originally offered to the Ronettes, but was rejected by their producer, Phil Spector, leaving Wilson to produce it for his own band. On the recording, all of the Beach Boys played their own instruments.
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On the recording, all of the Beach Boys played their own instruments. "Don't Worry Baby" has appeared in several critics' rankings lists, including Spin ' s "100 Greatest Singles of All Time", Rolling Stone ' s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and Pitchfork ' s "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".
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Feb 16, 2024 · From the first beat of the drums to the vocal harmonies and the lush guitar sounds, “Don’t Worry Baby” has all the elements of a Beach Boys song. It was still early in their career, and...
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Oct 28, 2019 · Personnel for the song credits this 2-note “solo” to none of the renowned group but to David Marks – an early member of the Beach Boys who performed on their first four albums in 1962 and 1963 – and is listed as “Possible lead guitar.”
This song was recorded in two 8-hour sessions. Brian Wilson often used the famous Los Angeles session musicians on his songs, but this one was mostly in the family: Brian played piano and bass, Carl Wilson played guitar, and Dennis Wilson played the drums.
May 11, 2021 · The Beach Boys’ epitome of a darker Californian sound, ‘Don’t Worry Baby’, was the surf rock band’s answer to The Ronettes track ‘Be My Baby’, the latter of which Brian Wilson called “the greatest pop song ever written.”
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Mar 20, 2021 · Episode one hundred and seventeen of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys, and how the years 1963 and 1964 saw a radical evolution in the sound and subject matter of the Beach Boys' work.