How James Bond became Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys in 1964. From left to right, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson (1944 - 1983) and Carl Wilson (1946 - 1998).
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The Beach Boys acclaimed album "Pet Sounds" was released 50 years ago today. Rolling Stone magazine put the album at No. 2 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The title track is an instrumental, and it was originally called "Run James Run" in hopes that it would become the theme song for a James Bond film.

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