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Film & TV
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Known for
- Bikini Beach — Surfer1964
- Muscle Beach Party — Beach Boy1964
- Beach Party — Beach Boy (uncredited)1963
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popSurfbaroque popsurf rocksunshine pop
Gary Usher (born December 14, 1938; died May 25, 1990) was an American surf rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Though a musician in a number of Californian bands in the late 1950s, Usher gained notoriety in the early Sixties, writing and producing a number of hits for various surf rock artists. He was a long-time collaborator of the Beach Boys, and was involved in many of their early hits. Later in the decade, he worked with The Byrds <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gary+Usher">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock and roll
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- date of death
- 1990-05-25
- date of birth
- 1938-12-14
- Commons category
- Gary Usher
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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