Drunken Murry Wilson crashes Beach Boys session 50 years ago this hour (Jan 8 1965)


Video: 'The Beach Boys/Murry Wilson: Help Me Rhonda (Full Audio Session)'

(Friday, January 8, 1965, 1:00-4:00 p.m. PST) — As The Beach Boys entered the studio to begin recording what will become their second number one hit, “Help Me Rhonda,” a drunken Murry Wilson (the father of Beach Boys Brian, Carl and Dennis) arrived and proceeded to commandeer the session with psychodrama, scat singing and weepy, abusive melodrama.