The Beach Boys are Americas most successful band With 56 US Top 100 hits 36 Top Ten Hits and 4 Number One singles their impression on American pop culture is rivaled only by the band that considered them to be their sole competition The Beatles To mark the groups 50th anniversary Brian Wilson Mike Love Al Jardine Bruce Johnston and David Marks gathered in 2012 for an emotional reunion to record their first album of new material in 20 years to kick off a worldwide tour and to reflect on their remarkable history