Monument for the Beach Boys

Legends never die.

Finally. The legendary Beach Boys will get their monument and will be declared as an official historical landmark. It will be located at 3701 W. 119th Street in Hawthorne, California. According to the website Beach Boys landmark, "it was in this middle class American home, purchased by Murry and Audree Wilson in 1944, where Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson (three of the original five Beach Boys) spent their formative years, honing what would later become recognized and celebrated worldwide as unique musical talents. It was also at that Hawthorne home during Labor Day Weekend, 1961 where the Wilson brothers plus their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine cut the demonstration tape of their breakthrough song "Surfin'", playing musical instruments rented with money left with Brian by their father for the purchase of groceries. This, plus the writing of other memorable hit songs by Brian at this family home, such as "Surfer Girl" and "In My Room", marked the beginning of a musical legacy, which had far reaching impact not only on the State of California, but on modern music itself. The music of The Beach Boys broadcast to the world an image of California as a dream-like place of sun, sand, surfing, hot rods, and romance, transforming California from a place on the map to a state of mind. This contributed to a significant migration to this state during the 1960's; no one will ever be able to tell how many young people--perhaps measured in the hundreds of thousands--came to California to make it a permanent home due to the music of The Beach Boys, in search of what has been often called the 'California Myth'."