A Grammy Salute to The Seaside Boys, the newest in a collection of “Grammy Salute” specials, will tape Wednesday, Feb. 8, three days after the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards are held in Los Angeles. The stay live performance particular will function a star-studded lineup paying tribute to the traditional pop/rock group. It’ll tape on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and can air on CBS later this yr. Tickets, beginning at $75, can be found by Ticketmaster.
The present will tape six weeks after the airing of the earlier “Grammy Salute” particular; Homeward Certain: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, aired on Dec. 21.
Right here’s one thing they most likely gained’t let you know on the “Grammy Salute” particular: The Seaside Boys by no means gained a Grammy in competitors, regardless of 4 nominations. Even their masterwork “Good Vibrations” went 0-3 on the Grammys. (Throughout The Seaside Boys’ Nineteen Sixties heyday, Grammy voters have been nonetheless attempting to resolve what they considered up to date pop/rock.)
Grammy voters have since determined they prefer it – and The Seaside Boys specifically – very a lot. The group acquired a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2001. Wilson was named MusiCares particular person of the yr in 2005. 5 Seaside Boys recordings have been voted into the Grammy Corridor of Fame, which capabilities as a second probability for the Grammys to reward worthy data they might have missed the primary time round.
Since The Seaside Boys’ heyday, Brian Wilson has acquired six extra Grammy nominations, successful twice – greatest rock instrumental efficiency for “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow” (2004) and greatest historic album for The Smile Classes (Deluxe Field Set) (2012).
The Seaside Boys have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1988 (with Elton John doing the honors). Wilson was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2000. He acquired the Kennedy Middle Honors in 2007.
The Seaside Boys logged 4 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100 – “I Get Round” (two weeks in July 1964), “Assist Me, Rhonda” (two weeks in Could/June 1965), “Good Vibrations” (one week in December 1966) and “Kokomo” (one week in November 1988). Brian Wilson was not concerned with the latter smash, which was featured within the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail.
The group notched two No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 – Seaside Boys Live performance (4 weeks in December 1964) and Countless Summer season (one week in October 1974).
The Seaside Boys have been shaped in Hawthorne, Calif., in 1961. The group’s unique lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and good friend Al Jardine. Three of the members are nonetheless residing – Brian Wilson, 80; Love, 81 and Jardine, 80. Dennis Wilson died in 1983 at age 39. Carl Wilson died in 1998 at age 51.
The Recording Academy, Joel Gallen’s Tenth Planet Productions, and CBS are behind A Grammy Salute to The Seaside Boys. AEG Ehrlich Ventures, headed by Ken Ehrlich, the previous government producer of the Grammy Awards telecast, oversaw previous specials on this collection.
The musical administrators of a number of Grammy-branded specials have acquired Primetime Emmy nominations for excellent music route. Two have gained in that class. Don Was gained for The Beatles: The Night time That Modified America (2014). Greg Phillinganes gained for Stevie Marvel: Songs within the Key of Life – An All Star Grammy Salute (2015).
Rickey Minor was nominated for music route of two Grammy-branded specials – Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of The Bee Gees (2017) and Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (2019). Davey Johnstone was nominated for Elton John: I’m Nonetheless Standing – a Grammy Salute (2018), and Sheila E, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have been nominated for Let’s Go Loopy: The Grammy Salute to Prince (2020).
