The Beach Boys complete ‘Surfin’ USA’ and ‘Shut Down’ 50 years ago this hour (1963)

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(Thursday, January 31, 1963, 8:00-11:30 p.m. PST) — The Beach Boys tonight completed recordings (that both began Jan. 5, 1963) of “Surfin’ USA” and “Shut Down” for the album Surfin’ USA at Western Recorders Studio in Hollywood.


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