The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson listens to Rubber Soul

December 1965: Number 12 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicAs Brian Wilson later recalled, the Beatles' sixth album was the first release he'd ever heard where every song "went together like no album ever made before". It proved a huge influence on the set of songs that then became the Beach Boys' next album, Pet Sounds, released in May 1966. Paul McCartney later called Pet Sounds his favourite album of all time; it also marked the end of an era – because no set of ...

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