1961: in Hawthorne, California -- 1962: Al Jardine leaves -- 1963: first serious sessions -- 1964: Shut down vol. 2 album -- 1965: recording sessions -- 1966: The group -- 1967: Sessions for Smile -- 1968: The group -- 1969: recording sessions -- 1970: sessions conclude -- 1971: recordings continue -- 1972: The group decides -- 1973: Holland album -- 1974: Chicago's producer/manager -- 1975: 'Sail on sailor' -- 1976: recording sessions -- Post-'76 round: The Beach Boys Love You album ; Dennis's solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue ; first Caribou-label LP, L.A. Light album ; Carl Wilson solo album ;'Beach Boys Medley' single makes number 12 ; Mike's solo album, Looking back with love ; Dennis Wilson dies ; Beach Bosys/Fat Boys single 'Wipe-out' makes number 12 ; 'Kokomo' single goes to number 1 ; Good Vibrations boxed set ; Pet Sounds sessions boxed set ; Carl Wilson dies ; Brian's solo album, Imagination, and first solo tour ; Hawthorne, CA CD ; Brian tours, playing Pet Sounds and, later, Smile -- Brian Wilson solo concerts 1995-2004.