Surfer Girl went on sale

July 22, 1963
The Beach Boys released the single Surfer Girl, (the b-side is Little Deuce Coupe,) 0n this date. The single was the first Beach Boys record to have Brian Wilson officially credited as the producer.

Brian Wilson’s girlfriend when he wrote this song was Judy Bowles, who was with him before he formed the band. It’s not clear if she directly inspired this song (Wilson has given conflicting answers), but he did write another song about her around this time called Judy, which was not released until it was issued on a collection of outtakes in 1991.

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