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Originally Posted by jcommin
I really believe he would have been as popular as Elvis if he was white. Sorry for the racial tone - he is a legend. Surfin USA by the Beach Boys, a knock off of a Chuck Berry tune. God Speed.
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I always thought this too, it's seemingly a blatant rip-off of Sweet Little Sixteen, then I realized that it was meant as a tribute. As RKT said, Brian Wilson was a big fan of Chuck Berry and IIRC Chuck received writing credit for Surfin' USA.