Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson got an “F” on a high school music paper changed to an “A” more 50 years later, according to a Tuesday report.
Wilson, who wrote, produced, sang, and played keyboards and bass for the Beach Boys, got the grade change at Hawthorne High School in Las Vegas, Nev., on a composition that eventually became the band’s first single, reported The Washington Post.
“Brian wrote a composition for me and it turned out to be ‘Surfin’,'” said Fred Morgan, Wilson’s high school music teacher. “That composition got an ‘F,’ but it made a million dollars.”
Dr. Vanessa Landesfeind, who serves as the current principal of Hawthorne High School, made the grade change.
Brian’s high school music teacher Fred Morgan: “Brian wrote a composition for me and it turned out to be ‘Surfin.’ That composition got an F, but it made a million dollars.” Brian’s failing grade has now been changed to an A on this assignment by Dr. Landesfeind! pic.twitter.com/ICANT605Kx
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) January 15, 2018
Wilson became the first pop artist to perform, produce, write, and arrange his work upon the 1963 release of the Beach Boys album “Surfer Girl.”
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