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"'Tears in the Morning'" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album 'Sunflower'. Written by Bruce Johnston, it was issued as a single, with the B-side "It's About Time". The single failed to chart in the U.S., but reached the top 5 in the Netherlands.

Personnel



Sourced from Craig Slowinski and Timothy White.

'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



References



Category:1970 songs

Category:The Beach Boys songs

Category:Songs written by Bruce Johnston

Category:Song recordings produced by the Beach Boys

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