Post #363786 by tikiyaki on Wed, Feb 27, 2008 11:04 AM

The Beatles killed and/or threatened alot of people's careers....

Frank Sinatra
Elvis
Surf
Girl Groups

etc...

They certainly didn't set out to end anyone's career.

Maybe the fact that alot of those surf bands had one or 2 good songs, and alot of filler on their records had something to do with it.

It's not like people ever stopped surfing. When a trend comes on that strong, the only way to go is down. If the Chantays or the Surfari's made a full album's worth of hits, like the Beatles did, maybe surf wouldn't have died such an untimely death.

Check the Beatles volume of work and compare.

IN the case of the crooners, it was simply a generation gap.