Four By The Beach Boys
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Four By The Beach Boys EP
by The Beach Boys
was the band's first and only EP (not counting the Holland
bonus EP Mount Vernon and Fairway). It contained only songs from the album All Summer Long
. It charted at #44 in the US
.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
was the band's first and only EP (not counting the Holland
Holland (album)
Holland is the nineteenth studio album by the American rock group The Beach Boys, released in January 1973. It was famously recorded in Baambrugge, Netherlands over the summer of 1972 using a reconstructed studio sent from home, and with two Brian Wilson tracks rush-recorded in Los Angeles and...
bonus EP Mount Vernon and Fairway). It contained only songs from the album All Summer Long
All Summer Long
All Summer Long is the sixth studio album by The Beach Boys and their second in 1964. Recorded in the aftermath of the British Invasion, spearheaded by The Beatles, the album marked a major turning point in The Beach Boys' career, and in leader/prime songwriter Brian Wilson as an artist.All Summer...
. It charted at #44 in the US
United States
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Side one
- "Little HondaLittle Honda"Little Honda" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album All Summer Long, and it was also featured on their EP, Four by The Beach Boys. It was covered by The Hondells, whose recording peaked at #9 on the U.S. pop...
" (B. Wilson/M. Love) – 2:33 - "WendyWendy (song)"Wendy" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album All Summer Long. It was also featured on their EP, Four by The Beach Boys. "Wendy" peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, at No. 36 in Germany and at No...
" (B. Wilson/M. Love) – 2:05
Side two
- "Don't Back Down" (B. Wilson/M. Love) – 2:00
- "HushabyeHushabye"Hushabye" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.The song was originally made famous in the summer of 1959 by New York doo wop group, The Mystics when it reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original plan was for them to record "A Teenager in Love," however, that song went to Dion and...
" (D. Pomus/M. Schuman) – 1:53