The Beach Boys 'Wendy' on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[wendyh-d]

Rest in peace Brian. Lots of love always, Wendy

[ronaldzent]

Sadness in the music world, Brian Wilson just passed, a true genius, beautiful vocals, great melodies, and a great builder and producer of sounds. A truly creative presence in the history of music

[johnhess]

Brian looks so happy singing and playing with his bro Carl....a happy time for him I hope!

[faithfulforever]

Dennis Wilson had so much charisma. The way he played those drums was just great.

[Kohntarkosz]

Gotta love that shot of Dennis during the guitar solo. Further proof TV directors don't know what they're doing.

[GAR]

Brian looks happy here...and I'm just noticing how much he and Carl resemble one another.

[billlimbach]

Seems odd that they seemed to avoid showing the guy doing most of the singing, the leader and brains behind the

[ThomasDeLello]

Don't worry baby... Rhonda's gonna make you forget all about Wendy.

[cathalahern]

Incredible! The Beach Boys at their prime with Brian performing.

[ronaldzent]

Ed always told all performers, "Live, please, NO Lip synching"!and it really shows when you watch any clips from 20+ yrs of doing his show every Sunday Night

[deltajive]

Brian with that amazing falsetto and you can barely even tell he’s singing, the cameramen seemed confused where to look haha!

[joeydenadel]

Brian Wilson is probably one of the greatest songwriters of this generation. He is amazing at harmony writing and song writing

[TheKickboxer]

Love that signature dance move by Mike Love 2:01

[dreamerjazz]

Man I love how Dennis's drum beat sounds here! I love simple punchy back beats like that. Anyone else like or notice Dennis's kit?

[rslitman]

I know I'm showing my age, but I remember watching this particular show!

[cher]

Dennis always makes me smile. So sad he died so young.

[joes]

Carl was a great singer. I must say that they do focus on Dennis a lot. He had a ton of character.

[Playbyplaymedia]

Kind of amusing how much the camera seems to like Dennis Wilson on this performance, even at the expense of co-lead singer Mike Love. The harmonies here are much tighter than another live 1964 recording that can be found on YouTube.

[alanjames]

Pure class. My favorite group together with The Beatles

[pauldouglas]

Carl was a senior at Hawthorne High school when I was a freshman