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"Beach Baby" is a song by the British band The First Class. Written by John Carter and his wife, Gillian (Jill) Shakespeare, the song became the band's only substantial hit. The subject of the lyrics is not holiday love, but a broken love relationship between two high school students in Los Angeles in the 1950s.
The First Class were a British pop music studio-based group, put together by songwriter and record producer John Carter. [1] They are best known for their hit song "Beach Baby," a top 20 hit in both the US and UK, and number one in Canada.
A hit came in 1974 with "Beach Baby" – Carter/Shakespeare by First Class in 1974. The record also charted in Europe, Australia and South Africa. [5] Another song written by Carter and his wife Gill Shakespeare was "Dreams Are Ten A Penny" by Kincade which was successful on in Europe.
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The song interpolates the verse melody and chords of "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby", an earlier Wilson-Love composition that was first recorded in April 1964 and released as a single two months later by Sharon Marie [6] —a teenager Love met at a June 1963 Beach Boys concert in Sonoma County and helped sign to Capitol Records [7] —with production by Wilson himself. [8]
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