| LIFE IN SOLERA | AUGUST 2025 | 33
HIGH NOTES
FROM KARAOKE
On June 11, we lost one of California's best known artists, song
writers and Beach Boys founder, Brian Wilson. Brian wrote many
popular songs about the beach, sun, surng, cars, girls, and good
clean "fun fun fun." Brian Wilson passed away at the age of 82.
e Beach Boys originally featured brothers Brian, Carl, and
Dennis Wilson, along with cousin Mike Love and friend of the
family, Al Jardine. e Beach Boys gave us some of our favorite
and best summer music ever.
Here are our top 20 Beach Boys favorites: Surn', Surn' U.S.A.,
Shut Down, I Get Around, Don't Worry Baby, Help Me Rhonda,
Be True To Your School, Surfer Girl, All Summer Long, Good
Vibrations, In My Room, Little Deuce Coupe, Catch A Wave, God
Only Knows, Dance Dance Dance, Surn' Safari, Kokomo, Wouldn't
It Be Nice, When I Grow Up (To Be A Man), and California Girls.
I also could've listed a couple of Beach Boys Christmas songs like
Little St. Nick and e Man With All e Toys. We will miss Brian
Wilson, but his legacy through his music with the Beach Boys will
always make our summers extra special.
is month you can start your summer o right when you
join Barb Miller, Rosie Ingalls and myself D.J. Blast in the
Oakmont Clubhouse on Fri., Aug. 15 starting with a potluck
at 5:30 pm followed by karaoke singing at 6 pm. If you have
any questions about our karaoke dates and schedules, you can
call Barbara Miller at (951) 845-7265. We look forward to seeing
you there and we will always keep a fresh disinfected microphone
ready for your songs.
