Be True To Your School is the name of a song by The Beach Boys. The album version of this song was recorded on Monday, September 2, 1963. It appears on Little Deuce Coupe and also appeared on Endless Summer. The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961 who are widely considered one of the most influential bands in rock and pop music history. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (as established by Mike's lawsuit gaining rights to several co-written songs of the 1960s), and was first recorded on Session 1 of the recording of their 1964 album Little Deuce Coupe. On that day, they recorded "Ballad of Ole' Betsy", a cute melody about a classic car, co-written by Brian Wilson and former DJ Roger Christian, automobile ballads "Car Crazy Cutie" and "Cherry Cherry Coupe", "Spirit of America", "No-Go Showboat" and "Young Man Is Gone", and a reworking of The Four Freshmen's "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring", from a rehearsal for their "Lei'd in Hawaii" LP, a version which remained unreleased until 1990. Brian Wilson, 1988 Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942, in Hawthorne, California) is an American pop musician, best known as a founding member of and the main producer, composer, and arranger for The Beach Boys. ... Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter who was one of the lead singers and lyrical composers of The Beach Boys, along with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and a school friend Al Jardine. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Brian Wilson, 1988 Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942, in Hawthorne, California) is an American pop musician, best known as a founding member of and the main producer, composer, and arranger for The Beach Boys. ...

The Beach Boys recorded two studio versions of this song. The first version, which appeared on the album, was in a higher key and at a slower pace than that which was released as a single. The concept for the single version, recorded later that week, was borne in the same studio session as Brian and Mike came up with the original idea of the song Fun, Fun, Fun, backstage in Farmington, Utah. Farmington is a city located in Davis County, Utah. ...

The single version would be backed with In My Room, a collaboration between Brian and Gary Usher, released as Capitol 5069 and charting at number 6 in the United States. Though David Marks was later to appear on the cover of the album Little Deuce Coupe, he played little part, being replaced by Al Jardine. This album was shortly shipped off to Disc jockeys in the United States, coupled with a list of automobile-related terms to get them familiar with the language used on the songs, such as "Shut Down" and "Little Deuce Coupe". Gary Usher (born December 14, 1938; died May 25, 1990) was an American surf rock musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Alan Jardine is a founding member of the Beach Boys, their occasional lead vocalist, and one of their guitarists. ...