The Beatles and Beach Boys hung out together, at least some of them sometimes, and they were at Rishikesh together. I have a bootleg of the Beatles (and others) singing Happy Birthday to Mike Love there, or maybe it's on an official release...I can't seem to find it now :/
I saw the Beach Boys at a Beatles festival last month, and Mike Love talked quite a bit about the two bands' friendships and friendly rivalry. He commented that in the 60s, one of the main goals of every band (except one) was to not be like the Beatles. He ...