Cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys, as a band and as solo artists, include:
The Beach Boys
Song Year Beach Boys album Original artist Note(s) "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)" 1962 Surfin' Safari Dante & His Friends "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran "Moon Dawg" The Gamblers "Misirlou"1963 Surfin' U.S.A. Dick Dale "Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett "Let's Go Trippin' Dick Dale "Old Folks at Home" Surfer Girl "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" 1964 Little Deuce Coupe The Four Freshmen "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Shut Down Volume 2 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers "Louie Louie" The Kingsmen "Hushabye" All Summer Long The Mystics "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Beach Boys Concert Jan and Dean "Long, Tall Texan" Murry Kellum "Monster Mash" Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" The Rivingtons "The Wanderer" Dion "Graduation Day" The Four Freshmen "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry "Frosty the Snowman"The Beach Boys' Christmas AlbumGene Autry and the Cass County Boys "We Three Kings of Orient Are" "Blue Christmas" Doye O'Dell "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Harry Reser "White Christmas" Bing Crosby "I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bing Crosby "Auld Lang Syne" "Do You Want to Dance"1965The Beach Boys Today! Bobby Freeman "I'm So Young" The Students "Then He Kissed Me" Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) The Crystals "Hully Gully"Beach Boys' Party! The Olympics "I Should Have Known Better" The Beatles "Tell Me Why" The Beatles "Mountain of Love" Harold Dorman "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" The Beatles "Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers "Alley Oop" The Hollywood Argyles "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" The Crystals "The Times They Are a-Changin'" Bob Dylan "Barbara Ann" The Regents "Sloop John B" Pet Sounds "I Was Made to Love Her" Wild Honey Stevie Wonder "Cotton Fields"196920/20 Lead Belly "Bluebirds over the Mountain" Ersel Hickey "I Can Hear Music" The Ronettes "Here Comes Santa Claus" "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati" "Rock and Roll Music" 1976 15 Big Ones Chuck Berry "Chapel of Love" The Dixie Cups "Talk to Me" Little Willie John "Tallahassee Lassie"Freddy Cannon "Palisades Park" "A Casual Look" The Six Teens "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino "In the Still of the Night" Five Satins "Just Once in My Life" The Righteous Brothers "Come Go with Me" 1978 M.I.U. AlbumThe Del-Vikings "Peggy Sue" Buddy Holly "Shortnin' Bread" L.A. (Light Album) James Whitcomb Riley "School Days" Keepin' the Summer Alive Chuck Berry "Sea Cruise" Ten Years of Harmony Frankie Ford "With a Little Help from My Friends" 1983Rarities The Beatles "The Letter" The Box Tops "California Dreamin'" Made in U.S.A.The Mamas & the Papas "Wipe Out" Still Cruisin' The Surfaris "Crocodile Rock" Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Elton John "Hot Fun in the Summertime" 1992Summer in Paradise Sly and the Family Stone "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" The Shangri-Las "Under the Boardwalk" The Drifters "Ruby Baby" Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Drifters "Walk On By"2001Friends / 20/20 Dionne Warwick "Ol' Man River" Oscar Hammerstein II "You Are So Beautiful" Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 Joe Cocker "The Old Master Painter"2011The Smile Sessions "You Are My Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Around" "Gee" The Crows "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love" 2013 Made in California The Ronettes "Da Doo Ron Ron" The Crystals "Runaway" Del Shannon "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers "One Kiss Led to Another"2015Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged The Coasters "Laugh at Me" Sonny Bono "Ticket to Ride" The Beatles "Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan "Riot in Cell Block Number 9" The Robins "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones "Smoky Joe's Cafe" The Coasters "Long Tall Sally" Little Richard "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers "Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys "Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers "The Diary" Neil Sedaka "Heart and Soul" Larry Clinton "Game of Love"2017 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Wayne Fontana "Good News" 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions The Kingston Trio "My Little Red Book"2018Wake the World: The Friends Sessions Manfred Mann "Rock & Roll Woman" Buffalo Springfield "Seasons in the Sun"2021Feel Flows Le Moribond "You Never Give Me Your Money" The Beatles "Gimme Some Lovin'" 2022 Sail On Sailor – 1972 The Spencer Davis Group "Battle Hymn of the Republic" 2024 1974 Release
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Song Year Original artist Note(s) "How Deep Is the Ocean"1966 "Stella by Starlight" Victor Young "On Top of Old Smoky"1967 "Come to the Sunshine" Van Dyke Parks "Mony Mony" 1976 Tommy James and The Shondells "Running Bear" Johnny Preston "Shake Rattle & Roll" Big Joe Turner "Let's Dance" Chris Montez "Working in the Coal Mine" Lee Dorsey "On Broadway" 1977 The Drifters "Deep Purple" Peter DeRose "Calendar Girl" Neil Sedaka "Jamaica Farewell" Harry Belafonte "River Deep – Mountain High" 1980 Ike & Tina Turner "Be My Baby" The Ronettes "I'm a Man" The Spencer Davis Group "At the Hop" Danny & The Juniors
Solo Mike Love Song Year Album Original artist Note(s)"On and On and On"1981Looking Back With Love ABBA "Over and Over" Bobby Day "Calendar Girl" Neil Sedaka "Be My Baby"The Ronettes "Teach Me Tonight" Gene De Paul "Da Doo Ron Ron" 1983 Rock 'n' Roll CityThe Crystals "Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie "The Letter"The Box Tops "The Loco-Motion" Little Eva "Sugar Shack"The Fireballs "My Boyfriend's Back"The Angels "Jingle Bell Rock" Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll Christmas Bobby Helms "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"1998Salute NASCAR Jan and Dean "Little G.T.O." Ronny and the Daytonas "Hungry Heart" Bruce Springsteen "Finally, It's Christmas"2018Reason for the Season Hanson "Must Be Chriatmas" Band of Merrymakers "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms "Do You Hear What I Hear" Harry Simeone "Away in the Manger" "Bring a Torch" "O Come All Ye Faithful" "O Holy Night" "California Sun"201912 Sides of Summer The Rivieras "Here Comes the Sun" The Beatles "The Girl from Ipanema" Antônio Carlos Jobim "Rockaway Beach" The Ramones
Brian Wilson Song Year Album Original artist Note(s)"Goodnight, Irene" Folkways: A Vision Shared Lead Belly "Sweets for My Sweet" 1995 Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc PomusThe Drifters "This Could Be the Night" For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson Modern Folk Quartet "What a Wonderful World" Orange Crate Art Bob Thiele, George David Weiss "Brian Wilson" 2000 Live at the Roxy Theatre Barenaked Ladies "Be My Baby" The Ronettes "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 2005 What I Really Want for Christmas "O Holy Night" "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" "The First Noel" "Deck the Halls" "Joy to the World" "Silent Night" "That Lucky Old Sun" 2008 That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine "I'm Into Something Good" Earl-Jean "Rhapsody in Blue/Intro" 2010 Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin George Gershwin "Summertime" "I Loves You, Porgy" "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "'S Wonderful" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Love Is Here to Stay" "I've Got a Crush on You" "I Got Rhythm" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Nothing But Love" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "California Sun" Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (Music from the Motion Picture) The Rivieras "Listen to Me" 2011 Listen to Me: Buddy Holly Buddy Holly "You've Got a Friend in Me" In the Key of Disney Randy Newman "The Bare Necessities" Terry Gilkyson "Baby Mine" Ned Washington, Betty Noyes "Kiss the Girl" "Colors of the Wind" "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" "We Belong Together" "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" "Stay Awake" " "Heigh-Ho / Whistle While You Work / Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" "When You Wish Upon a Star" "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" "Peace on Earth" "Wanderlust" 2014 The Art of McCartney Paul McCartney "My Sweet Lord" (Live) George Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George Harrison George Harrison "Honeycomb" Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road Bob Merrill
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