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Fact #17517

When:

31121961

Short story:

As support to Ike And Tina Turner, The Beach Boys play their first gig under that name at the Richie Valens Memorial Dance in The Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA.

Full article:

Brian Wilson (leader, The Beach Boys) : We were asking each other what the hell we were doing there,