Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) - Personnel

Personnel

Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski.

The Beach Boys
  • Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals; electric rhythm guitar; hand claps
  • Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals; acoustic grand piano, hammond organ, celeste; hand claps
  • Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals; hand claps
  • Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar; acoustic upright piano; hammond organ; hand claps, timpani
  • Carl Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead, rhythm, acoustic and twelve-string guitar; hand claps
  • Dennis Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; drums, tambourine, hand claps
Session musicians and production staff
  • Israel Baker – violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • Hal Blaine – drums, timbales
  • Chuck Britz – sound engineer
  • Glen Campbell – electric guitar
  • Frank Capp – vibraphone
  • Roy Caton – trumpet
  • Jerry Cole – twelve-string guitar
  • Al de Lory – organ
  • Joseph DiFlore – viola
  • Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
  • James Getzoff – violin
  • William Hinshaw – french horn
  • Harry Hyams – viola
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Carol Kaye – electric bass guitar
  • Bernard Kundell – violin
  • Jay Migliorii – baritone saxophone
  • Leonard Malarsky – violin
  • Jack Nimitz – bass saxophone
  • Bill Pitman – electric guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Lyle Ritz – upright bass
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Leon Russell – piano
  • Billy Lee Riley – harmonica
  • Ralph Schaeffer – violin
  • Sid Sharp – violin
  • Billy Strange – rhythm guitar, ukulele; tambourine
  • Ron Swallow – tambourine
  • Tommy Tedesco – lead guitar
  • Julius Wechter – claves
  • Tibor Zelig – violin

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