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Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys with fan Paula Haynes, sometime in the 1970s.

I came across this beautiful write up on Instagram from November 18th, but I unfortunately don’t know who wrote it:

The Beach Boys lost a very special friend today. Paula Haynes, pictured here with Dennis, spent most of her life in a wheelchair. She also travelled all over the United States to see her favorite band and was especially close to Dennis Wilson. He often took her out to dinner, serenaded her at concerts, and surprised her with flowers. Here is a sweet story about their friendship, taken from the book “Denny Remembered.” Paula had been praying for Dennis and his brothers; in fact, whenever anyone would come up to Denny and talk about God, Denny would say, ‘Did Paula Haynes send you?’ {At one of the Washington DC concerts,} it was still raining when the other acts were performing. When The Beach Boys got up to play, as they hit the first note, the sun came out. Then over across from the drums, you could hear Denny yell, ‘Paula’s praying again.’ “

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We went on our honeymoon at the beginning of 1965. I was sitting around, looking at the water or closing my eyes out on the beach, and a whole song came to me. It was “Girl Don’t Tell Me.” I didn’t have any way to get it down. I didn’t have a pen. I didn’t have a guitar. I didn’t have a piano. But I just heard the whole thing up there, from start to finish, and I remembered it well enough to go later and write down the lyrics on a piece of paper. It was a real trip to write a song that way. I thought it would keep happening like that. It never did again.

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On this day in music history: February 19, 1972 - “Without You” by Nilsson hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. Written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans, it is the biggest hit for the Brooklyn, NY born singer, songwriter, and musician. Badfinger guitarist Pete Ham and bassist Tom Evans compose the song in 1970, including it on their album “No Dice”. Harry Nilsson hears the song at a party, initially mistaking it for a Beatles song. He decides to record the song for his album “Nilsson Schmilsson” with producer Richard Perry. Recorded at Trident Studios in London, the track features instrumental support from musicians including Gary Wright, Jim Keltner and Klaus Voorman. On the day of the session, Harry abruptly changes his mind, telling Perry he doesn’t want to record the song after all. Nilsson argues with Perry, who in turn suggests that they discuss the matter over tea at the Dorchester Hotel in near by Mayfair. When Perry finally persuades Nilsson to go through with the session, they hop into a taxi and go straight to the studio, where the singer records his lead vocal in a single take. Entering the Hot 100 at #99 on December 18, 1971, it climbs to the top of the chart nine weeks later. The single wins Nilsson his second Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male in 1973. “Without You” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.

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“I think Carl probably got the worst of it. Probably Carl and Dennis. Did I say worst? (laughs) The best of the worst or whatever. Because he would call Carl immediately. ‘Hey I got this idea, I need a guitar, come on I got something to work on.’ He was the guy that Brian would bounce his first seminal ideas onto, I think. Before he would approach the band with the full on thing.”

- Al Jardine