1961
September	15 - Morgan demo session: Surfin'/Luau/Lavender [Hite Morgan's home studio]
October	3 - 1st Morgan session: Surfin'/Luau/Lavender [World Pacific]
November	?? - Surfin'/Luau single released (Candix 331)
December	?? - Surfin'/Luau single released (X 301)
	23 - Rendevous Ballroom, Newport Beach, CA [1]
	30 - Pacific Ocean Park KHJ TV Dance Party, Los Angeles CA*
	31 - Ritchie Valens Memorial Concert, Long Beach CA
1962
January	?? - Surfin'/Luau single released (Candix 301)
	25 - Mesa Presbyterian Church Surf Nite, Hawthorne CA
February	8 - 2nd Morgan session - Surfin'Safari/Surfer Girl/Judy/Karate [World Pacific]
	16 - Rainbow Gardens, Pomona CA [2]
	17 - Rainbow Gardens, Pomona CA
	19 - Academy Fine Arts Theatre, San Diego CA [2 shows] [3]
	20 - Academy Fine Arts Theatre, San Diego CA [2 shows] [3]
March	2 - Millikan High Auditorium, Long Beach CA* [4]
	early - Harris Dept Store Deb Teen Fashion Show, San Bernardino CA*
	8 - Kenny & The Cadets vocal session: Barbie/What Is A Young Girl [World Pacific] [5]
	9 - Rainbow Gardens, Pomona CA*
	10 - Bel Air Bay Club, Los Angeles CA*
	16 - Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica CA [w/The Vibrants & The Bel Airs]
	17 - Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica CA [w/The Vibrants & The Bel Airs]
	18 - Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica CA [w/The Vibrants & The Bel Airs]
	23 - Mira Costa HS, Manhattan Beach CA*        [w/Spencer & Allred, Twin Tones and Tommy Terry]
	23 -  Rainbow Gardens, Pomona CA*
	24 - Newport HS Gym, Newport Beach CA* [w/The Vibrants]
	30 - Rainbow Gardens, Pomona CA*
	31 - National Guard Armory, Ontario CA [w/The Vibrants]
April	2 - Bel Air Bay Club, Los Angeles CA*
	4 - Womens Club, Inglewood CA*
	16 - session: Beginning Of The End/One Way Road To Love/Visions/My Only Alibi         [Western] [6]
	18 - Newport High School, Los Angeles CA*        [w/The Belairs, The Vibrants, Dodie & Dee Dee, and The Fabulous Biscaines]
	19 - demo tape session: Surfin' Safari/409/Lonely Sea/Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring         [Western] [7]
	20 - Redondo High School, Redondo Beach CA [w/The Vibrants & The Bel Airs]*
	21 - Redondo High School, Redondo Beach CA [w/The Vibrants & The Bel Airs]
	22 - Barbie/What Is A Young Girl Made Of ? Kenny & The Cadets single released (Randy)
	28 - The Wink Martindale Dance Party* (local TV)
May	4 - Womens Club, Inglewood CA
June	1 - Dykstra Hall UCLA,  Los Angeles CA [The Renegades]* [8]
	4 - Surfin' Safari/409 single released (Capitol)
	?? - Wagon Wheels Junction Roller Rink, Oxnard CA* [9]
	29 - Dykstra Hall UCLA,  Los Angeles CA [The Renegades]*
July	14 - Radio KOXR Diaper Derby, Oxnard CA
	14 - Hawthorne High School Canteen Dance, Hawthorne CA* [10]
	18 - Jodie Gable's birthday party, Burbank CA* [11]
	28 - Azuza Teen Club, Azuza CA [12]
	note: the famous, much reported July-September 40-date tour of the midwest is not included here, for the excellent reason that it never happened. Aside from there being no documentary evidence whatsoever (in fact, dates listed below indicate it couldn't have happened), in a November 1962 interview Murry Wilson stated that up to then the band hadn't performed outside of California.
August	8 - Surfin' Safari session: Ten Little Indians/Chug-A-Lug/The Shift [Capitol]
	20 - Broadway Store, Los Angeles CA*
	20 - Broadway Store, Del Amo, Los Angeles CA*
	21 - Broadway Store, West Covina, Los Angeles CA*
	21 - Broadway Store, Pasadena CA*
	22 - Broadway Store, Orange County, CA*
	22 - Broadway Store, Whitter, Los Angeles, CA*
	23 - Broadway Store, Westchester, Los Angeles CA*
	23 - Broadway Store, Crenshaw, Los Angeles CA*
	24 - Broadway Store, Long Beach CA*
	25 - Broadway Store, Hollywood CA*
	25 - Broadway Store, Valley, Los Angeles CA*
	The Broadway Store shows were KWFB events, all DJed by Roger Christian: David Marks recalls playing a short set on the roof of at least two stores, including the Hollywood one.
	25 - The Reseda Jubilee, Reseda CA* [w/Jan & Dean] [13]
	26 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA* [14]
	?? - Annual Surfer's Ball, Los Angeles CA* [w/Dick Dale]
late summer	?? - Cinnamon Cinder, Los Angeles CA* [15]
September	2 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA
	4 - session: The Revo-Lution/Number One/Humpty Dumpty/Recreation [16]
	?? - The Revo-Lution/Number One Rachel & The Revolvers single released (Dot) [17]
	early - Milton Berle's daughter Victoria's 17th birthday party, Los Angeles CA*
	5 - Surfin' Safari session: Summertime Blues/Land Ahoy/Little Miss America [Capitol]
	6 - Surfin' Safari session: Cuckoo Clock/Heads You Win/County Fair/Moon Dawg        [Capitol]
	9 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	13 - session: Cindy, Oh Cindy/The Surfer Moon [Western] [18]
	14 - Surfers Ball, Morgan Hall, Long Beach CA*
	15 - Helen Stillman's 16th birthday party, Los Angeles CA*
	16 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	?? - Roller Gardens, Oxnard CA* [w/The Casuals - between the 7th & 22nd]
	23 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	30 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	?? - Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino CA* [w/Dick Dale]
October	?? - The Surfer Moon/Humpty Dumpty Bob & Sheri single released (Safari) [19]
	1 - Surfin' Safari album released (Capitol)
	?? - session: Gonna Hustle You [Western ?]
	7 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	14 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	21 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA*
	27 - Hollywood Bowl YDay, Hollywood, CA         [w/Soupy Sales, Shelly Fabares, Bobby Vee and others]*
	27 - Fox Theater Cystic Fibrosis Benefit, San Francisco CA*         [w/Joey Bishop,Jane Mansfield, Don Grady,Troy Donahue, Annette Funicello,         Donna Loren, Beach Boys, Bobby Freeman and others]
	28 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA
November	1 - Leonard's Department Store Grand Opening, Torrance CA*
	3 - Leonard's Department Store Grand Opening, Garden Grove CA*
	3 - Pickwick Dance Party, Burbank CA* [20]
	4 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA
	11 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA
	21 - Biltmore Hotel, Hermosa CA [w/The Journeymen]
	26 - Ten Little Indians/County Fair single released (Capitol)
	30 - Alfred Goode Auditorium, Bakersfield CA*         [w/The Revlons, Candy Maloney and Ken and The Ho Daddys]
December	1 - Pacific Lodge Boys Home benefit, Van Nuys Theatre, Van Nuys CA*         [w/Dorsey Burnett, The Lively Ones, Dobie Gray, The Crystallets, Cyndy Malone,         The Mixtures, Dick Michals, The Pastel 6 and Jimmy Haskell]
	3 - USC Pep rally, USC campus CA*
	6 - The Cinnamon Cinder, Long Beach CA*         [grand opening - w/Jan & Dean, The Challengers and Sandy Nelson]
	12 - Four Speeds session: R.P.M./My Sting Ray/ Barefoot Adventure [Western] [22]
	17 - Earl Warren Show Grounds, Santa Barbara CA [21]
	20 - Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield CA [21]
	22 - Exhibition Hall, Fresno CA [21]
	28 - Surf Fair, Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
	28 - County Fairgrounds, Merced CA [21]
	30 - Gold Rush Festival Auditorium, Stockton CA[21]
	31 - Santa Cruz CA* [21]
X
1	The band played two songs during the interval of a Dick Dale show. Their reception was   poor.
2	The first show after Alan's departure, as a four-piece.
3	Carl recalled these shows in a later Tiger Beat interview (although he placed them in   January). The band played during the interval of a screening of "Surf Crazy", a Bruce   Brown movie, their first known show outside of the greater LA area.
4	Very probably the first show with David.
5	The vocal lineup was: Brian, Carl, Alan (who had left he band the previous month) &   Audree Wilson. Val Poliuto also claims to have been present.
6	A Brian Wilson/Gary Usher session with the rest of the BB also there.
7	Although "Judy" is listed on the tape box for this session, it is the February 8th recording.   This was the tape that landed the initial Capitol contract, produced by Murry.
8	The Renegades would become The Sunrays, who Murry would manage after he was   fired by The Beach Boys in 1964.
9	Exact date unsure, but very close to the 5th: probably 2nd or 3rd.
10	According to Dennis in a 1965 interview, there was some resistance to them being hired   to play this show - some students thought them a terrible band.
11	Jodie Gable was the band's fan club secretary, a position she retained until 1966.
12	Filmed for the short movie One Man's Challenge. According to David Marks, this was   far from the band's only performance here: they just happened to be playing the night the   film crew turned up.
13	Very likely this was the first meeting between The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean..
14	There's strong evidence that this was the band's first show at the Box, and according to the   then-manager, they played every Sunday for three or four months !! Further, according   to a Hawthorne area newspaper, the band were playing nightly ! Finally, the first meeting   between Brian & Marilyn now almost certainly took place in early September, not October.
15	According to long-time BB associate Ron Swallow, the band played the original Cinnamon   Cinder many times during the late summer of 1962
16	"Number One" is a retitled "Visions".
17	The first record to bear the label credit "Produced by Brian Wilson".
18	This version of "The Surfer Moon" was by Bob & Sheri.
19	Safari was a one-shot label, with Brian's home address printed on the disc.
20	The Beach Boys' performance was later aired on KTLA TV, November 10th.
21	These dates are listed by Badman in his book. However, with the exception of the Surf   Fair show, no independent confirmation could be found for any of them, thus there is strong   reason to doubt the dates. The only other known source for this tour is a 1971 interview   that Murry gave to Tom Nolan in which he stated that the band played five dates between   Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, grossing $26,684. The same interview further states   that Murry made calls setting up those dates from home on December 17th. Hence these   dates and venues are listed in the absence of any other info, but must be regarded as   questionable, in particular the two shows on the 28th as the distance by road between   Santa Monica and Merced is over 270 miles.
22	Dennis drums on these Gary Usher productions.
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