The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour

Together for their 50th anniversary, The Beach Boys are going to be be at the Westchester County Center on May 15th.  You can capsulize most pop music acts by reciting how many hits they've had and how many millions of albums they've sold.  But these conventional measurements fall short when you're assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. 

To be sure, this band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions.  But its greater significance lies in the fact that it changed the musical landscape so profoundly that every pop act since has been in its debt.