This was such a great song. I remember as a kid duct taping my little transistor radio to my handle bars. Songs like this would come on, and I really thought that I was a cool Kat. Great memories!!
One of the first real Southern California Surf Music Bands to start off the Summer Season. Wow! Brings back my childhood days of sneaking and playing my youngest teenage sisters 45 rpm records while she was out at Jr. High School. The Sunrays were the coolest Surfer music Band right behind the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. Great memories and excitement of my youth just to get to listen to that music of the older teenagers Real Rock N' Roll Surf Scene music from Southern California. Grab your board and baggies, hitch a ride in a Woody Wagon going down Surf Route 101! Girls in Bikini's and Ocean Spray and ride the Waves all Summer Long! No books or homework to do just Surf and soak up the Sun. The Endless Summer.
They were really good musicians...beautiful vocals...and no suprise... their manager was the Beach boys father. I met them in denver...when this song was on the charts...really nice guys!
I think this was another tune recorded by the Wrecking Crew who also played on all the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Sonny and Cher and other recordings...
I always thought this was a Beach Boys song! Go figure. I looked it up today on You Tube because I was sunbathing and got singing it. Lol. The Sunrays!
When my wife bought our first piece of furniture, 1976, it was actually a juke box and this was the only record in it. I have played it hundreds of times over the years even though it is full of other records. It just epitomizes the times of juke boxes. Now after all those years, RUclips allows me to see the band. Obviously, they should have known the lyrics better, maybe they could not hear it well enough for the lip sync. Looks like the keyboard player sings the falsetto" OH, OH , OH Oh OH OOOOh"
On this day in 1965 {November 6th} the Sunrays performed "I Live for the Sun" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at #57 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it was also its 10th and last week on the chart... The song had entered the Top 100 on August 29th, 1965 at position #95; and on October 10th it peaked at #51 for one week…
Cool. I didn't know there was a film clip for this song. This particular track is my earliest recollection of music and always reminds me of my not being allowed to go to the quaintly named "City Baths" with my older brothers in the '60's because I was "too little, and might drown".
This was Murry's answer to getting fired by Brian, they added some stripes to the shirts...but its still a Beach Boy rip off.....But really a good song!!
Smile, Sunrays, while on stage, or Murry will fine you $100..... Dumb lyrics but great song. Came out when I was 13. Brings back the memories. I didn't want to be a dud so I listened.
And, right bach attcha, ChillDog! Being so much younger than his big brother, Brian, Carl MIGHT have been considered a bit of a "drag" on the older guys, except that Carl & his pal, David Marks, were both very gifted and well-rehearsed musicians that Brian could sort of "plug them in" and KNOW each would do a very good job. And, when Brian quit the road, Carl stepped up admirably, and did all it took to keep the Beach Boys sounding legendary. He was, in his own right, a very gifted guy!
I LOVED this record when I was a 45-RPM-crazed kid. I thought I was very cool because it wasn't a huge hit in my area and I was ON TO IT. "Andrea" was pretty good as well.
When I came to California in August 1966 as a seventeen-year-old exchange student from Germany, this song was being played on KFRC every now and then. It must have made quite an impression on me because parts of the lyrics and most of the melody (except for the bridge) have stayed with me to this day. So, just for the fun of it, I tried my luck today with a Google lyrics search - and lo and behold, here it comes up. Wonderful! The internet does have its merits after all, doesn’t it.
Well, the Sunrays played at my Senior Prom El Cortez Hotel, San Diego in 1967. They were good, but the Drummer/lead singer got there late, I believe he had been in jail.
lol It happened a lot in those days. I went to jail for sitting outside a park waiting for my father to pick me up ... it was 5 minutes after curfew O:) ... We did have a curfew from 9 pm to 6am for minors and we had a dress code for school. Girls had to were skirts or dresses and boys wore buttoned collared shirts for the most part and had to have their hair cut short.... and we werent allowed to wear patent leather shoes becuse they told us the boys could see our panties in the reflection lol im not jokin' O:)
my son is 9 he heard this song on the radio the other day and has been singing the chorus so I had to google it he loves it his new favourite song ,me Im over him singing it LOL
I once nabbed this K-Tel 'Sounds Of Summer' collection, which had two SunRays tracks; this one, as well as 'California Sun', which was my introduction to that song. Didn't know that their cut was the cover...
My favorite part! I picture the group sitting around saying "it's really hard to remember when we're supposed to sing the chorus.........maybe if we used some sort of signal, a cue or something".
This was a hit in Australia at the time then about 10 yrs later, Ward "Palley" Austin, a DJ, asked his audience to sign a petition to get the song re-released again, it worked, but times had changed, it didn't even get in the TOP 40
Murry Wilson, as in the father of Brian Wilson, was the manager, impetus, and sun god for this group. He was trying to prove at the time that he could create a group better than the Beach Boys. Eventually, he gave up when he discovered he couldn't. In time, they opened concerts for the Beach Boys.
@countryjoel Me too! Eddie was my uncle... Wished I could have lived closer to get to know him better. Gave me my first guitar lesson at age 10 when visiting my grandparents for their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary... He took me to see Disneyland as well then which was fantastic when you're a 10 yr. old kid, then later he worked for them for many years... I never saw these vids of him until now. :)
Rick Henn is a talented songwriter as evidenced by this song and a couple of others I've heard. Too bad he kind of got stuck in a Beach Boys copy band. He and Brian Wilson actually collaborated together on a fantastic song called Soulful Old Man Sunshine that was recorded by the Beach Boys in 1969 but didn't come out until the '90s.
Here's the "scoop" on Mike Love, Marc: The Wilsons wanted him on board as a front man, a role none of the Wilson brothers were equipped to play, Brian had the talent to do so, but he didn't want to. Brian in an introvert, and Mike is an extrovert, and the latter's attitude was: What have I got to lose? So, he played HIS role, and the other guys played THEIR roles, and the rest (as they say) is "history". Like him or hate him, Mike was an important piece of a puzzle that formed 50 years ago!
I didn't know about this song or the artist until a few years ago when someone introduced me to it. I loved it but then eventually forgot about the song. I recently remembered I liked the song but couldn't remember the name or performers. All I knew was that somewhere I had an audio cassette recording of it but didn't know what I did with it. Lucky I found the tape and after hearing it I was able to locate the song on the net. Now all I have to say is, thank you, thank you so much for this upload. I love it!
i want to believe its live, but there is no way. no mics, prefectly balanced, i do hear the guitar playing on top the recording, what sez the peanut gallery...absolutely one the best surf tunes ever done, barr none
Actually, you are dead wrong. The sunrays were originally called the Renegades, In 1963, they met Carl and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. At that time the Beach Boys had ten double-sided hits on the charts. Carl mentioned us to his dad, Murray Wilson, and set up an audition. We were at the Beach Boys home in Hawthorne until 4 AM. He said if we listened to him we would have a hit record in six weeks. Murray told us to go home and write songs. "I Live for the Sun" was our first hit.
Lol! It's possible that "GO!" was a cue. Maybe, this song should go to an ad for California tourism. I'm CA bound (again) someday. My Eternal Love, My Barbra Rose was from CA. Now, she's in Heaven, where the sun shines brightly (and Forever). Best -- W
Yes, their manager was Murray Wilson. It was his retaliation against his sons after they bounced him as their manager. So he goes out and hires a band, puts them in vertically striped shirts, and calls them the Sunrays...'sun' reportedly from wilSON, and 'ray' from murRAY. Who knows...
Yes, I saw the Love and Mercy yesterday. It was very good. More depth than the usual biographical films. I had forgotten this song until it was played in Love and Mercy.
So...the Sunrays were only half as good as the Beach Boys.... Listen, listen, bud. Don't be, don't be a dud. Nobody is as good as Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good. Sunrays, make sure you smile when you perform, or Murray will fine you $1000.
LOVE THESE GUYS CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND WE DID ''IN MY ROOM'' TOGETHER ALL NINE OF US ! ... JUST A FANTASTIC MOMENT IN TIME AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Similar to the Beach Boys? This rock group, The Sun Rays, was put together and also produced by Murry Wilson--The father of Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson...The Beach Boys had let Murry go as their manager...Soon, Murry Wilson co wrote this song. When this tune charted Murry is alleged to have told Brian that someday the "Sun Rays will kick your ass"...A few years later, the Sun Rays faded away...
@1btdt I don't understand, the band was formerly known as Larry Tremaine & The Renegades and were a group before they met Murry, is this incorrect? Also didn't they write Live for the sun and Andrea? Murray at first had them do a cover of an old country song. I get what Murry did and that's great but they were already a garage band and had the talent with out which Murry couldn't have given them. I love them and just trying to make sure they get their own credit.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys eventually fired Murray Wilson, who was Brian, Dennis, and Carl's father and group manager. In anger, Murray went out and assembled a band consisting of family friends and acquaintances in order to complete with Brian and company. Murray felt that he was responsible for the sound and success of the Beach Boys and set out to ruin their run with a band who had a very similar sound.
Thanks for that reply, it's very interesting. I wonder why the Sun Rays didn't go onto bigger things, I know they sound just like the Beach Boys but it was a great song in its own right. Why didn't they go on and produce more ?
@@roderick2105 Luck plays a huge role in the music industry. There were many great bands that didn't make it. For more of the Sunrays listen to "Still" and "Andrea".
I don't think they ripped off the Beach Boys...it was just the music of the times! I remember it soooo well!! Being a kid runnin' around on Hampton Beach NH...listening to ALL the beach and surf songs!! Yesssss indeed GREAT memories!!
@@ellenekanem Well that's probably because they were managed by Murray Wilson...the Beach Boys dad. I guess he figured all surf bands should wear the same clothes 😁
Even if its schlock, it's still a song to stomp down the accelerator on! Murray was a mean ole cuss, but he did have some pop sense. I remember this song making me skin shimmy a girl in a micro mini...hey! I just wrote a crankin' lyric...gotta go put it to a tune!
The amazing thing was Murray Wilson preferred Lawrence Welk but being very astute about what the younger generation wanted created this cool number. Really sad only son Carl and his former wife Audrey attended his funeral when he passed away in 1973 even worse from what I know he does not have a headstone buried in the Inglewood cemetery in California.
After his sons gave him the cold shoulder, finding his involvement with their music too intrusive, Murry Wilson started a new project: The Sunrays. Both in souns and appearance, the parallels with The Beach Boys are obvious.
Just today... I heard this classic tune on Erie, Pennsylvania's best Classic Hits Radio Station, WMCE FM 88.5 and AM 1530 from the Radio Bunker of Boogie beneath the beautiful campus of Mercyhurst University.
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This was such a great song. I remember as a kid duct taping my little transistor radio to my handle bars. Songs like this would come on, and I really thought that I was a cool Kat. Great memories!!
i can harness the power of the sun and power a 3800 ho 572 cubic inch horny great dane 2 stroke v8 engine
As an old 60's DJ, I gotta say that this was the ideal song to play to kick off the hour after the news. Loved it then. still do!!
life never got better than this and i pity those that missed it.
Great song. I loved this as a kid when i was 9 and still love it today and now 68.
California girl here lived in Sacramento, remember this one hit wonder, luved it! Also 68
The energy of this song through a transistor radio, to a young person at that time in history..! Wow..! Boo-gen..!!!
yes. unless one grew up without all the stuff out there today, one can't appreciate or even understand how songs or music like this were stunning
Eyup ...transistor radio next to ear on pillow at night or tied on to newspaper bag whil6 e delivering feeling soooo happy.
This made the Top 10 in Louisville, Kentucky. Great song that sadly never gets any airplay these days.
One of the first real Southern California Surf Music Bands to start off the Summer Season. Wow! Brings back my childhood days of sneaking and playing my youngest teenage sisters 45 rpm records while she was out at Jr. High School. The Sunrays were the coolest Surfer music Band right behind the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. Great memories and excitement of my youth just to get to listen to that music of the older teenagers Real Rock N' Roll Surf Scene music from Southern California. Grab your board and baggies, hitch a ride in a Woody Wagon going down Surf Route 101! Girls in Bikini's and Ocean Spray and ride the Waves all Summer Long! No books or homework to do just Surf and soak up the Sun. The Endless Summer.
Great memories of this one on the car radio when summer came in Australia. Still today it takes me back to my youth.
Yeah everything was a few years later in Australia with this music in America still good still listening
If this song was released two or three years earlier it would have went straight to number one.
What a great oldie. Memories when I was a teenager.
They were really good musicians...beautiful vocals...and no suprise... their manager was the Beach boys father. I met them in denver...when this song was on the charts...really nice guys!
I never knew that. Thanks for the background.
I think this was another tune recorded by the Wrecking Crew who also played on all the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Sonny and Cher and other recordings...
wish they had had more success
I always thought this was a Beach Boys song! Go figure. I looked it up today on You Tube because I was sunbathing and got singing it. Lol. The Sunrays!
When my wife bought our first piece of furniture, 1976, it was actually a juke box and this was the only record in it. I have played it hundreds of times over the years even though it is full of other records. It just epitomizes the times of juke boxes. Now after all those years, RUclips allows me to see the band. Obviously, they should have known the lyrics better, maybe they could not hear it well enough for the lip sync.
Looks like the keyboard player sings the falsetto" OH, OH , OH Oh OH OOOOh"
This song brings back great memories of my childhood.
Forgot this one! Love it.
Love that Sun! Even the words warm me up....
Emigrate here to Perth. Sunniest big city in Australia, with world class beaches. :-)
Love songs about the sun and summertime.
On this day in 1965 {November 6th} the Sunrays performed "I Live for the Sun" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was at #57 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it was also its 10th and last week on the chart...
The song had entered the Top 100 on August 29th, 1965 at position #95; and on October 10th it peaked at #51 for one week…
I loved Uncle Eddy! He was such a fun guy!
Cool. I didn't know there was a film clip for this song. This particular track is my earliest recollection of music and always reminds me of my not being allowed to go to the quaintly named "City Baths" with my older brothers in the '60's because I was "too little, and might drown".
fantastic song ,lots of fun,,,
Sunshine Pop! 60's...Like It!
This was Murry's answer to getting fired by Brian, they added some stripes to the shirts...but its still a Beach Boy rip off.....But really a good song!!
+Jerry JerryW great tune for sure
so true jerry Murry was sure an Ass .. he got his in the end
True it's a Beach Boys rip off, however the Beach Boys ripped off Chuck Berry....
there are only 8 notes, then higher or lower, these songs dont rip off
Smile, Sunrays, while on stage, or Murry will fine you $100.....
Dumb lyrics but great song. Came out when I was 13. Brings back the memories. I didn't want to be a dud so I listened.
Hot Damn I Love This Group!
And, right bach attcha, ChillDog! Being so much younger than his big brother, Brian, Carl MIGHT have been considered a bit of a "drag" on the older guys, except that Carl & his pal, David Marks, were both very gifted and well-rehearsed musicians that Brian could sort of "plug them in" and KNOW each would do a very good job. And, when Brian quit the road, Carl stepped up admirably, and did all it took to keep the Beach Boys sounding legendary. He was, in his own right, a very gifted guy!
Ah Murry Wilson, you old troublemaker...... I gotta admit it though. I like this one. LOL.. I do.
Oh wow! Happy memories riding my bike to Christies Beach...
Groovy babe 👋🌞
Agree, good copycat.
Even copied the beach boys outfits
I LOVED this record when I was a 45-RPM-crazed kid. I thought I was very cool because it wasn't a huge hit in my area and I was ON TO IT. "Andrea" was pretty good as well.
When I came to California in August 1966 as a seventeen-year-old exchange student from Germany, this song was being played on KFRC every now and then. It must have made quite an impression on me because parts of the lyrics and most of the melody (except for the bridge) have stayed with me to this day. So, just for the fun of it, I tried my luck today with a Google lyrics search - and lo and behold, here it comes up. Wonderful! The internet does have its merits after all, doesn’t it.
Well, the Sunrays played at my Senior Prom El Cortez Hotel, San Diego in 1967. They were good, but the Drummer/lead singer got there late, I believe he had been in jail.
lol
In jail for what? Stealing the sound of the Beach Boys...LOL
lol It happened a lot in those days. I went to jail for sitting outside a park waiting for my father to pick me up ... it was 5 minutes after curfew O:) ... We did have a curfew from 9 pm to 6am for minors and we had a dress code for school. Girls had to were skirts or dresses and boys wore buttoned collared shirts for the most part and had to have their hair cut short.... and we werent allowed to wear patent leather shoes becuse they told us the boys could see our panties in the reflection lol im not jokin' O:)
@@thetakongpancake1003 yeah, but the girls had to wear pantyhose.
One of the greatest one-hit wonders' songs EVVVA.
my son is 9 he heard this song on the radio the other day and has been singing the chorus so I had to google it he loves it his new favourite song ,me Im over him singing it LOL
Amazing how good they sound without any microphones or even having their guitars plugged in! /sarc
I once nabbed this K-Tel 'Sounds Of Summer' collection, which had two SunRays tracks; this one, as well as 'California Sun', which was my introduction to that song. Didn't know that their cut was the cover...
My favorite part! I picture the group sitting around saying "it's really hard to remember when we're supposed to sing the chorus.........maybe if we used some sort of signal, a cue or something".
Iloved this video
Wow! Awesome, a real shot in the arm of west coast sunshine, Go USA!
Great song!! And of course, we all live for the sun....
This was a hit in Australia at the time then about 10 yrs later, Ward "Palley" Austin, a DJ, asked his audience to sign a petition to get the song re-released again, it worked, but times had changed, it didn't even get in the TOP 40
Murry Wilson, as in the father of Brian Wilson, was the manager, impetus, and sun god for this group. He was trying to prove at the time that he could create a group better than the Beach Boys. Eventually, he gave up when he discovered he couldn't. In time, they opened concerts for the Beach Boys.
Thanks for this. Saw another longer cut showing this from a TV show called Shivaree
The Paul Hogan Show brought me here!
Great song for driving down to the beach on a Saturday morning....the transistor radio hanging from my rear vision window.
Love it
@countryjoel Me too! Eddie was my uncle... Wished I could have lived closer to get to know him better. Gave me my first guitar lesson at age 10 when visiting my grandparents for their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary... He took me to see Disneyland as well then which was fantastic when you're a 10 yr. old kid, then later he worked for them for many years... I never saw these vids of him until now. :)
Rick Henn is a talented songwriter as evidenced by this song and a couple of others I've heard. Too bad he kind of got stuck in a Beach Boys copy band. He and Brian Wilson actually collaborated together on a fantastic song called Soulful Old Man Sunshine that was recorded by the Beach Boys in 1969 but didn't come out until the '90s.
me too good times at the beach
oh yeah daddy o ---got too love this one
MAGNIFICO GRUPO
Here's the "scoop" on Mike Love, Marc: The Wilsons wanted him on board as a front man, a role none of the Wilson brothers were equipped to play, Brian had the talent to do so, but he didn't want to. Brian in an introvert, and Mike is an extrovert, and the latter's attitude was: What have I got to lose? So, he played HIS role, and the other guys played THEIR roles, and the rest (as they say) is "history". Like him or hate him, Mike was an important piece of a puzzle that formed 50 years ago!
I didn't know about this song or the artist until a few years ago when someone introduced me to it. I loved it but then eventually forgot about the song. I recently remembered I liked the song but couldn't remember the name or performers. All I knew was that somewhere I had an audio cassette recording of it but didn't know what I did with it. Lucky I found the tape and after hearing it I was able to locate the song on the net. Now all I have to say is, thank you, thank you so much for this upload. I love it!
i want to believe its live, but there is no way. no mics, prefectly balanced, i do hear the guitar playing on top the recording, what sez the peanut gallery...absolutely one the best surf tunes ever done, barr none
it's winter in Chicago and when I hear this song it makes it feel like summer
great beaches there and you can surf the lake, Be crazy to do it now though. I have ridden lake Ontario and Erie.
Real music from a GREAT time.
George Vreeland Hill
This is from the teen dance show Shivaree with host Gene Weed - an LA DJ on KFWB
Murry Wilson, father of 3 Beach Boys was the force behind the Sunrays
He even had them wear the same shirts.
Actually, you are dead wrong. The sunrays were originally called the Renegades, In 1963, they met Carl and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. At that time the Beach Boys had ten double-sided hits on the charts. Carl mentioned us to his dad, Murray Wilson, and set up an audition. We were at the Beach Boys home in Hawthorne until 4 AM. He said if we listened to him we would have a hit record in six weeks. Murray told us to go home and write songs. "I Live for the Sun" was our first hit.
Lol! It's possible that "GO!" was a cue. Maybe, this song should go to an ad for California tourism. I'm CA bound (again) someday. My Eternal Love, My Barbra Rose was from CA. Now, she's in Heaven, where the sun shines brightly (and Forever). Best -- W
Summer 1967.....Florida east coast....sun, ships, ladies, and Sandy.
Yes, their manager was Murray Wilson. It was his retaliation against his sons after they bounced him as their manager.
So he goes out and hires a band, puts them in vertically striped shirts, and calls them the Sunrays...'sun' reportedly from wilSON, and 'ray' from murRAY.
Who knows...
Be happy! Syncopate! Don't flat anymore.
Yep, Murry's influence was huge.
What's just as neat as listening to these songs is watching the girls dance. Couldn't been easy with the tempo of some of the songs.
This was played in the Love and Mercy movie.
Yes, I saw the Love and Mercy yesterday. It was very good. More depth than the usual biographical films. I had forgotten this song until it was played in Love and Mercy.
Chuck Hughes yeah, very funny scene, I had never heard of their dad’s new band before, lol!
So...the Sunrays were only half as good as the Beach Boys....
Listen, listen, bud. Don't be, don't be a dud. Nobody is as good as Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Sunrays, make sure you smile when you perform, or Murray will fine you $1000.
Well, no shit.
Yes, but in a higher key
Murray was really into striped shirts
I think Murray was trying to tell The Beach Boys not to get too cocky- he can make another group look and sound just like THEM!
It's the barber shop quartet thing, where the beach boys derived their sound, and barbershop quartets always wear bold striped shirts..
Sounds very similar to a Beach Boys sound...Good on you Murray....
Agreed! Thanks for posting
LOVE THESE GUYS CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND WE DID ''IN MY ROOM'' TOGETHER ALL NINE OF US ! ... JUST A FANTASTIC MOMENT IN TIME AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wish the guys had had more hits this is a fun song
Sometime "2 Hit Wonders" Are Thee Best----Also Love ANDREA!
Similar to the Beach Boys? This rock group, The Sun Rays, was put together and also produced by Murry Wilson--The father of Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson...The Beach Boys had let Murry go as their manager...Soon, Murry Wilson co wrote this song. When this tune charted Murry is alleged to have told Brian that someday the "Sun Rays will kick your ass"...A few years later, the Sun Rays faded away...
memories........................................
I will have to admit, its a pretty good song. Although, the Beach Boys were beyond this sound by this point.
I, loved it
Love "Sun" & of course, "ANDREA!"
@MichaelDiPrima...you are so right!
great surf song
@1btdt I don't understand, the band was formerly known as Larry Tremaine & The Renegades and were a group before they met Murry, is this incorrect? Also didn't they write Live for the sun and Andrea? Murray at first had them do a cover of an old country song. I get what Murry did and that's great but they were already a garage band and had the talent with out which Murry couldn't have given them. I love them and just trying to make sure they get their own credit.
miss u EDDIE MEDORA!
fun fun music good times at the ca beach
@1johncain yeah it IS a great tune--I remember when it came out in 1964.
I've never seen them live - the drummer could fly with those ears! THanks for posting!!
I wonder now, if Hal Blaine actually played the drums on the actual record.
There is a reason they sound just like the Beach Boys!
And what is that reason?
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys eventually fired Murray Wilson, who was Brian, Dennis, and Carl's father and group manager. In anger, Murray went out and assembled a band consisting of family friends and acquaintances in order to complete with Brian and company. Murray felt that he was responsible for the sound and success of the Beach Boys and set out to ruin their run with a band who had a very similar sound.
Thanks for that reply, it's very interesting. I wonder why the Sun Rays didn't go onto bigger things, I know they sound just like the Beach Boys but it was a great song in its own right. Why didn't they go on and produce more ?
i'm watcching the beach boys' an american family movie... part 2 and i may have an answer for you right after.
@@roderick2105 Luck plays a huge role in the music industry. There were many great bands that didn't make it. For more of the Sunrays listen to "Still" and "Andrea".
Never mind sounding like the Beachboys, how about looking like them? Great tune though.
Nice..........
pretty cool
They remind me of mini Beach Boys LOL.
I don't think they ripped off the Beach Boys...it was just the music of the times! I remember it soooo well!! Being a kid runnin' around on Hampton Beach NH...listening to ALL the beach and surf songs!! Yesssss indeed GREAT memories!!
They're wearing the same stripes as the Beach Boys though.
@@ellenekanem Well that's probably because they were managed by Murray Wilson...the Beach Boys dad. I guess he figured all surf bands should wear the same clothes 😁
One of the best "pony" songs ever. Let's dance!
Even if its schlock, it's still a song to stomp down the accelerator on! Murray was a mean ole cuss, but he did have some pop sense. I remember this song making me skin shimmy a girl in a micro mini...hey! I just wrote a crankin' lyric...gotta go put it to a tune!
@olhobbler That was LIVE... the overhead boom mike isn't supposed to be visible
Great vintage vibes!
This was the , so California surf scene. Idealistic kid living in PB
They even dressed like the Beach Boys!
Does anyone have ‘I Was A Loser’ by the Sunrays? I’ve been looking for it for years !
Murry Wilson was The Sunrays manager!
The amazing thing was Murray Wilson preferred Lawrence Welk but being very astute about what the younger generation wanted created this cool number. Really sad only son Carl and his former wife Audrey attended his funeral when he passed away in 1973 even worse from what I know he does not have a headstone buried in the Inglewood cemetery in California.
Never got past 1967 music changed
So pissed that I can’t hear this on Amazon Prime unlimited. One of the best summer songs of all time
After his sons gave him the cold shoulder, finding his involvement with their music too intrusive, Murry Wilson started a new project: The Sunrays. Both in souns and appearance, the parallels with The Beach Boys are obvious.
Just today... I heard this classic tune on Erie, Pennsylvania's best Classic Hits Radio Station, WMCE FM 88.5 and AM 1530 from the Radio Bunker of Boogie beneath the beautiful campus of Mercyhurst University.
👍👍🌞🌞
Shocked to hear this is not the Beach Boys!!