The song “California Girls” represents the 1960s California Sound. The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it as one of "500 Songs That Shaped
Rock and Roll". In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #71 on its list of
the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2010, the Beach Boys’ recording
of “California Girls” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

"Honky Tonk Women" is distinctive as it opens not with a guitar riff, but 
with a beat played on a cowbell. The Rolling Stones’ producer Jimmy
Miller performed the cowbell for the recording.

Producer Jimmy Miller

The single “Ode to Billie Joe” was a number-one hit and became a big
international seller. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song for 1967.

The song is ranked #412 on Rolling Stone‘s list of "the 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time". The recording of "Ode to Billie Joe" generated eight Grammy
nominations, resulting in three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger
Jimmie Haskell.

Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) will turn 71 July 27.

The single (originally titled "Join Together With the Band") was
successful, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who

Steve Lawrence with wife and singing partner Eydie Gorme in 
1958.

The duo "Steve and Eydie” appeared regularly on Tonight Starring Steve
Allen in the mid-1950s on NBC until Gormé’s retirement in 2009.

Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz in Brooklyn, New York)