Murry Wilson: 'If The Beach Boys Realize Their Dad Is On The Ball, They'll Work Harder!'
Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 2 December 1967
ARRIVING at the Hilton Hotel to talk to Murry Wilson, I phoned his room to enquire as to whether I could go up and start the interview there and then. A voice, seemingly that of a young American girl, answered me saying it would be a pleasure if I would come up. "Thank you," I said. "You're welcome," the voice replied.
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