Today! (The Beach Boys Album) - 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; bass guitar; handclaps
  • Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals; handclaps
  • Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; four and six string bass guitar; grand, upright and tack piano; baldwin harpsichord; hammond organ; handclaps
  • Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; lead, rhythm and twelve-string guitar; six-string bass guitar; handclaps
  • Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; drums, tambourine, handclaps
Session musicians and production staff
  • Hal Blaine – drums, woodblocks, sleigh bells, triangle, tambourine, castanets, temple block
  • Chuck Britz – engineer
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • Peter Christ – english horn
  • Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
  • David Duke – french horn
  • John Gray – acoustic grand piano
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Barney Kessel – classical nylon rhythm guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – bass
  • Larry Levine – engineer
  • Carrol Lewis – double-reed harmonica
  • Jack Nimitz – saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
  • Earl Palmer – drums, timbales
  • Don Randi – tack upright piano, organ
  • Bill Pitman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Billy Lee Riley – harmonica
  • Leon Russell – piano, organ
  • Billy Strange – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Ron Swallow – tambourine
  • Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Russ Titelman – microphone boom w/ screwdriver
  • Julius Wechter – vibraphone, bell-tree, timpani, tambourine, congas
  • Jerry Williams – vibraphone, timpani
  • Marilyn Wilson – backing vocals

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