For more than 50 years, the soundtrack to the summer has come through the melodies, music and words of The Beach Boys. Teens dreamed of the beach while listening to “Surfin’ USA” and “California Girls ...
Chubby Checker’s 1962 hit “Twistin’ U.S.A.” name-checked American cities. Songwriter Kal Mann references 17 different cities as the song celebrates the “shimmy and shake” of different locales. Brian ...