Beach Boys Present Starland Vocal Band - BEST NEW ARTIST Grammy Awards 1976

[@neymaalnajmah2436]

I love the Wilson brothers ❤️

[@pajamas_the_emo]

i’ve been looking for the EVERYWHERE!!! DENNIS LOOKS SO GOOD OMGGGGGGG

[@willbainbridgedrummer]

Wow were Boston snubbed here, by far and away the best artist from this list

[@user-hj5nh1rl7t]

Love Love Love The Wilson Brothers

[@toastertwo1602]

Wow, I didn't know that Carl ever shaved his beard after 1970.

[@karmafrog1]

There's also a picture - exactly one - of a clean shaven Carl (looking great) in the mid '80s. Good luck finding it tho'.

[@profanius66]

Around 1989 I asked Audree why Carl doesn't shave his beard, and she told me there's lots of stuff it covers up. I think it's most likely because Carl looked a lot like Murray without it and he didn't want to make his brother feel uncomfortable.

[@toastertwo1602]

@@profanius66 Probably yes. I have to admit, in the 70's beard helped him a lot, making him look more mature. But later on, when it became grey, it made him look much older than he was.

[@profanius66]

@@toastertwo1602 I agree! When I spoke with Audree about it all the other guys in the band were beardless, Carl was the only holdout which is why I asked her.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

@@karmafrog1 Link?

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

Cool love the Wilson brothers.Boston should have won.

[@user-hj5nh1rl7t]

The One and Only The Very Best Beach Boy and and a Very Good Man Carl Wilson

[@BigStarTX]

Brian from 2:31 to the end is the greatest thing. Also, Boston was robbed.

[@renaemetz9992]

Boston should have won

[@TheStarclipse]

What is he doin' there lol

[@jaredbrown1662]

Kinda reminds me of Pee Wees Big Adventure when he is the bell hop and trying to stay in the scene and mouthing the words....lol

[@BigStarTX]

Haha. What a great movie.

[@justincarroll1313]

Yeah, sometimes Best New Artist got it wrong. In '72, the freakin' Eagles lost to America. America was a good group with several hits, but still. Foreigner lost to Debby Boone in '77.

[@lourdesdagostino5469]

Been looking for this video for a while now!! Aweeesome!!

[@hellomcflyy]

I'm Larry....this is my brother Daryl...and my other brother Daryl.....

[@RJW14863]

haha, love the Wilsons! But how did Boston not win that???

[@starlandandmore]

Thanks,we appreciated being nominated and to have won after other artists having hits/success with our songs

[@RJW14863]

@@starlandandmore Ha, not saying your song was bad, I've actually got a copy...just thought Boston was/is a classic

[@starlandandmore]

@@RJW14863 our Jon Carroll is a big Boston fan, just thought I'd add my 2 cents into the conversation..curious, have you ever heard the song My Maria by BW Stevenson, he had the original hit before Brooks and Dunn, we provided backing vocals, thought it sounded good then and now, again thanks

[@RJW14863]

@@starlandandmore no I haven't heard that, will check it out

[@MooseCall]

Sky rockets in flight!

[@jamesjohnson5646]

Lol @ Brian just kinda lingering while everyone walks off

[@liamkeane4214]

FINALLY!! Can never find this video! Thank you!!

[@ahutchence9056]

Dennis ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JeffreyOakarPhotos]

Hindsight is 20/20 but....really? Boston doesn't win this category? It wasn't just More Than a Feeling...the whole album was worthy of Best album of the Year. It's a CLASSIC. Nothing against the Starlight Vocal Band but it's a farce to call them a new artist. Half the group are songwriting and performing vets. They co-wrote Country Roads with John Denver back in 72. To say they are new artists is totally false. Sour grapes but Boston deserved to win.

[@johnfulton4061]

The new artist category has always been a somewhat controversial category the Milli Vanilli fiasco when Shelby Lynne won sheentioned in her acceptance speech that this was her fifth album meanwhile Whitney Houston was denied a nomination in that category on a slim technicality maybe they should rename the category the horizon artist so this will cover artists that are new as well as artists that have been around a while but are finally making a break through

[@johnfulton4061]

Oh and one more thing much disrespect to Starland Vocal Band THEY SUCKED BIG TIME

[@JeffreyOakarPhotos]

@@johnfulton4061 there is a scene in Good Will Hunting where Matt Damon is on a couch at a psychologist's office and he responds to a question by singing Afternoon Delight. In a novelty sense, I like it for that reason. But Boston is beyond a great band. They defined a genre that we all love.

[@johnfulton4061]

@@JeffreyOakarPhotos Afternoon Delight is a cute song but Boston was awesome everytime I listen to More than a feeling it blows me away and I'm not really a hard rock fan I think what can explain the reason Boston lost is because at that time I don't know about now the average age of a grammy voter was 50 I know this because I had two friends that were grammy voters at that time and that's what they were told by the academy that explains a lot like Lionel Ritchie beating Prince and Springsteen for Album of the year

[@JeffreyOakarPhotos]

@@johnfulton4061 Oh I believe you! And I totally agree. Boston's debut and second album are over played yet I listen every time! LOL

[@AlmightyNeb]

Masterful

[@valhalas]

carl looks gorgeous and also a lot like Joaquin phoenix here

[@impalaman9707]

I think that's as close to 'clean shaven" as Carl ever got, post-Sunflower The babyface makes a slight reappearance. And yes--his hair is perfect!

[@chrono817]

Legends

[@Luolve]

Denny ❤️

[@impalaman9707]

I bet Dennis and Carl were Boston fans. They were rooting for Boston--I want to believe that they were

[@BURSRKR]

Brian is hilarious how he stands right in the middle of the afternoon delight band. By the way, just my opinion but I never liked that song and I just didn’t get it. I felt like Boston was the clear winner. Just my opinion

[@dimorphodons5281]

There’s more from this show… seem to remember Dennis and Carl presenting another award inc Linda Ronstadt as one of the contenders

[@antebellumstage]

Is that shortenin' bread playing the background?? And also, was that Andy Williams who introduced them?

[@magicwindow6682]

2:44 yeah maybe should have kept it lol

[@keithbradley1197]

That girl should have listened to her mother and kept her day job

[@j.r.shartzer]

Brian actually sounds more lucid than Dennis here.

[@impalaman9707]

What is that--the Tonight Show band trying to play "Good Vibrations"?🤣🤣🤣

[@krisscanlon4051]

Check out Dr Buzzard Savannah Band!

[@johncortez2009]

Is Boston really should have won the

[@impalaman9707]

"More Than A Feeling" was a sweet innocent love song.... "Afternoon Delight", on the other hand, was dirty, lewd and hedonistic

[@MegaSammy70]

The song Afternoon Delight was about sex...🤣

[@impalaman9707]

@@MegaSammy70 My point exactly

[@Triggerzombie677]

Not dissing the winner, but Boston should've at least won in this category because they had longer chart success & more sales album wise. But things at the time were cute, cuddly & innocent. Starland Vocal Band was & is a one hit wonder who NEVER had album sales as stronger than Boston.

[@neonfroot]

Cute, cuddly, and innocent? Maybe the televised aesthetics but in practicality, there wasnt much that was cuddly/cute/innocent about the 1960s and 70s. Although I prefer the fashiom sense of the 70s over the 80s,90s, and 00s.

[@impalaman9707]

"More Than A Feeling" was a sweet innocent love song.... "Afternoon Delight", on the other hand, was dirty, lewd and hedonistic

[@justincarroll1313]

I mean, "Afternoon Delight" was a great song, but yeah, Boston should've won. Sometimes the Best New Artist got it wrong...in '72, THE EAGLES lost to America (great group that had several hits, but still), and in '77 Foreigner lost to Debby Boone. In '70, Elton John lost to The Carpenters. The Carpenters were awesome, but Elton should've won.

[@impalaman9707]

"More Than A Feeling" > "Afternoon Delight"

[@impalaman9707]

"More Than A Feeling" was a sweet innocent love song.... "Afternoon Delight", on the other hand, was dirty, lewd and hedonistic

[@rodmoore1577]

WTF were they thinking! I don't even remember this! I actually found this out a few days ago. Well let's look at impact and career. Obviously Boston and the Brothers Johnson had better careers but there's no way anyone can listen that saccharine piece of crap and say they deserve a grammy for best new artist. Boston then the Brothers Johnson then wild cherry. After that who cares. What a shame

[@starlandandmore]

Thanks, we did appreciate being nominated for all the categories and for those we won in, after other artists having hits with songs we wrote, John Denver hit big with Take Me Home Country Roads with us providing harmony, there are a few others, but anyway we are fortunate enough that millions didn't think it was crap...peace

[@profanius66]

@@starlandandmore Totally with you on that, Bill.

[@johnfulton4061]

@@starlandandmore I just want to say that music is probably the most form of art there when jazz icon Duke Ellington was asked in an interview to define good music his answer was whatever sounds good to you

[@johnfulton4061]

@@starlandandmore CORRECTION I meant to say that music in my opinion is probably the most subjective art form out there

[@McOldYoung]

wow, Carl is almost beardless.

[@impalaman9707]

For the first time since 1969?

[@ryosakazaki5746]

Can u upload full grammys thanks

[@Smileysmile67]

If i can find it i will

[@burdwurds3758]

DR BUZZARDS MENTIONED RAAAH

[@NOWtheband]

K A W A I I

[@victormirabelli5895]

The Best New Artist Award of 1976 was a complete disaster! Starland Vocal Band? Lol a one hit wonder while Boston didn't win! Even Heart, wasn't even nominated!

[@starlandandmore]

We had other hits, some we wrote for other artists, we were appreciative to have been nominated and to have won, thanks

[@profanius66]

@@starlandandmore Any chance we can see a reissue on CD of the Bill & Taffy RCA albums?

[@starlandandmore]

@@profanius66 hi Robbie, we have been trying to get Pass It On released in CD format, fingers crossed, we did manage to get the Bill and Taffy "Fat City-Welcome To Fat City " album on CD, in the meantime the Bill and Taffy albums are on our channel here in vinyl format, thanks for asking.

[@profanius66]

@@starlandandmore I hope that can happen, as there are several decent CD reissue labels who might be interested in making that happen. It would help if you have the rights to the recordings and they're not still owned by RCA. You might want to reach out to Iconoclassic, BGO, Wounded Bird and Real Gone, all excellent reissue companies. Thank you so much for the awesome music over the years, and check out the comments shared by so many folks on the Afternoon Delight videos elsewhere on this site, you've created a lot of lasting memories and love. Are you at all in touch with your former bandmates?

[@profanius66]

I have the Welcome to Fat City CD, I believe it's a Korean import and it sounds wonderful. It's possible to have the Bill & Taffy and SVB records distributed digitally, including in high definition on sites like HDTracks, if you have access to the original master tapes. It would be a treat hearing your music in 24-bit, much better sound quality than a CD... I'll keep my fingers crossed too!

[@izamorano]

dr buzzard should’ve won

[@jenniferfelan694]

Dr. Buzzard and The Savannah Band would later become Kid Creole and The Coconuts

[@impalaman9707]

The Wilsons are the only Beach Boys that matter---just like the three Gibb brothers are the only Bee Gees that matter

[@zipchtkdn7804]

Boston should have ran away with it

[@jenniferfelan694]

I agree. They should have one. Both the first and second album "Don't Look Back" are two classic rock favorites. Brad Delp was such an incredible lead vocalist with an incredible range.

[@Slipmahoney21]

As usual, the Grammys got it wrong.. picked one hit wonder.

[@will2741]

ahahah this is so fabulously awkward

[@LSUOdyssey]

Disgusting! Love the Wilson brothers