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
	11 - Hawthorne High School Canteen Dance, Hawthorne CA* [8]
June	1 - Dykstra Hall UCLA,  Los Angeles CA*
	4 - Surfin' Safari/409 single released (Capitol)
	?? - Wagon Wheels Junction Roller Rink, Oxnard CA* [9]
	29 - Dykstra Hall UCLA,  Los Angeles CA*
July	14 - Radio KOXR Diaper Derby, Oxnard CA
	28 - Azuza Teen Club, Azuza CA [10]
	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 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: it's assumed the band did a few songs at each location.
	25 - The Reseda Jubilee, Reseda CA* [w/Jan & Dean]
	?? - Annual Surfer's Ball, Los Angeles CA* [w/Dick Dale]
September	2 - Pandora's Box, Hollywood CA [11]
	4 - session: The Revo-Lution/Number One/Humpty Dumpty/Recreation [12]
	?? - The Revo-Lution/Number One Rachel & The Revolvers single released (Dot) [13]
	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]
	13 - session: Cindy, Oh Cindy/The Surfer Moon [Western] [14]
	14 - Surfers Ball, Morgan Hall, Long Beach CA*
	15 - Helen Stillman's 16th birthday party, Los Angeles CA*
	?? - Roller Gardens, Oxnard CA* [w/The Casuals - between the 7th & 22nd]
	?? - Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino CA* [w/Dick Dale]
October	?? - The Surfer Moon/Humpty Dumpty Bob & Sheri single released (Safari) [15]
	1 - Surfin' Safari album released (Capitol)
	?? - session: Gonna Hustle You [Western ?]
	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	3 - Pickwick Dance Party, Burbank CA* [16]
	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)
December	3 - USC Pep rally, USC campus CA*
	6 - The Cinnamon Cinder, Long Beach CA* [grand opening]
	17 - Earl Warren Show Grounds, Santa Barbara CA [17]
	20 - Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield CA
	22 - Exhibition Hall, Fresno CA
	28 - Surf Fair, Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
	28 - County Fairgrounds, Merced CA
	30 - Gold Rush Festival Auditorium, Stockton CA
	31 - Santa Cruz CA*
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	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.
9	Exact date unsure, but very close to the 5th.
10	Filmed for the short movie One Man's Challenge.
11	This is the first documented appearence by The Beach Boys at Pandora's Box, and   according to the Hawthorne area newspaper it appears in, the band were playing nightly !   The exact length of their stint is unclear, but it could have been as long as three weeks.   Further, there's additional evidence that their first show at the Box was in late August   (certainly after David's 14th birthday on the 22nd). Finally, the first meeting between Brian   & Marilyn now almost certainly took place in early September, not October.
12	"Number One" is a retitled "Visions".
13	The first record to bear the label credit "Produced by Brian Wilson".
14	This version of "The Surfer Moon" was by Bob & Sheri.
15	Safari was a one-shot label, with Brian's home address printed on the disc.
16	The Beach Boys' performance was later aired on KTLA TV, November 10th.
17	The first 'proper' tour.
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