The Honeys

Dedicated to the often overlooked 1960s girl-group The Honeys. Composed of sisters Marilyn and Diane Rovell and their cousin Ginger Blake, throughout the 60s they released a handful of singles, the majority of which were written/produced by Beach Boy Brian Wilson (who married Marilyn Rovell).

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Video by The Fray: “The Fray - Break Your Plans”

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Can you guys do me a HUGE favor?

I am trying to win meet and greet passes for my favorite modern-day band, The Fray. The more people who click on this video and watch it, the more points I get. The more points I get, the better chance I have of winning. You guys are so awesome and supportive of my blog, and I would really really appreciate it if you would take the time to do this for me (you don’t have to listen or watch, just put it on mute, and let it play through, I won’t take it personally!). 

THANK YOU, YOU ROCK!! 

p.s. Reblogging this would be great as well! Also, allthoseyearsago- is my personal tumblr :)

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4th place and only a little more than a day left. I can’t believe how much you’ve all helped!

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Marilyn Rovell

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Marilyn Wilson at dinner on Laurel Way, 1967

Source: Scanned from "Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys" by Steven Gaines

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The Honeys

Source: Scanned from "Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys" by Steven Gaines

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Marilyn Rovell (top), Diane Rovell (bottom) high school senior portraits

Source: scanned from "Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys" by Steven Gaines

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Marilyn Wonderful. You are now 81 and I am 87, but we still look the same to each other. I love you more each day, Marilyn. You didn’t know me when I was ‘Brian the Neurotic,’ but there was another way for me to obtain it. Through music, my world of music. Honey, I was out of it. No one needed music like I did. Hours at the piano. I was a starving child. Through an act of God, a blessing in its most beautiful way, I was saved from a life of misery… Yours ‘til God wants us apart, Brian.

Letter to Marilyn Rovell from Brian Wilson, 1964 (via keepinthesummeralive)

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“‘Yours until God wants us apart, Brian’. That’s a nice letter, huh?” - Marilyn Wilson

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Brian and Marilyn

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I’m not sure why I can’t make a gif of this, but oh well, here’s a crappy snapshot from a video of a pregnant Marilyn. And I think that’s Barbara next to her. I don’t know. It looks like a Rovell girl. Maybe I’m wrong.

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Where did your long hair go?

Brian and Marilyn Wilson, c. 1966