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Capitol Gains: The Beach Boys Sign First Major Record Contract

Summary by uDiscover Music
Things were never quite the same again for the young men from Hawthorne, California called the Beach Boys, after they signed their historic first contract with Capitol Records on May 24, 1962. The group had formed the year before, and released their first single “Surfin’” on the independent, Hollywood-based label Candix label towards the end of 1961. It became a local hit, and made enough impression nationwide for a No.75 peak on the Billboard c…
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uDiscover Music broke the news in on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
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