Tears in the Morning
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Record World said that the band "should smile at the projected success of this excellent Bruce Johnston composition".[1]
Personnel
Sourced from Craig Slowinski[2] and Timothy White.[3]
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
- Bruce Johnston – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, Rocksichord, grand piano (during coda), production
- Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals
- Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals
- Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, guitar
Additional musicians
- Ronald Benson – guitar, mandolin
- Ray Pohlman – bass
- Daryl Dragon – vibraphone
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Carl Fortina – French concertina
- Igor Horoshevsky – cello
- Anatol Kaminsky, Sam Freed, Marvin Limonick, David Frisina, George Kast, Nathan Kaproff, Alexander Murray, Dorothy Wade – violins
- Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harstian – violas
- Edgar Lustgarten – cello
- Abe Luboff – arco double bass
- unknown – trombone
Production staff
- Michel Colombier – arranger
- Stephen Desper – engineer
Cover versions
- Belgian pop band the Radios covered the song in their 1990 album No Television.
- Norwegian stoner rock band Thulsa Doom recorded a cover version of this song in 2005 for their album Keyboard, Oh Lord! Why Don't We?
Charts
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch GfK chart[4] | 4 |
| Dutch Top 40[5] | 6 |
| US Record World | 117 |
References
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