Sixty-three years ago this week, a song about a place that never existed put surf music at the top of the charts for the first time. On the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 20, 1963, Jan & Dean's "Surf ...

Set the scene: the heat rising off the sand, the sound of waves rolling in, and a quiet escape just out of sight beneath a weathered boardwalk. That’s the vision "Under the Boardwalk" by The Drifters ...

A day on the sand just isn't complete without a playlist that sets the right tone and gives off good feelings from morning to afternoon. From 1950s beach music to modern rock and pop, singers ...

The Beach Boys leader, whose death was announced on Wednesday, was a brilliant writer, arranger and producer whose ambitions propelled his band — and contemporaries like the Beatles — into the future.