Sloop John B ( Beach Boys) - Tenors & Basses of Earthly Voices Choir Cobham, Summer Concert in Esher

Sloop John B ( Beach Boys) - Tenors & Basses of Earthly Voices Choir of Cobham - Summer Concert in Esher, July 2024

Song performed a cappella in 3 part harmony (Tenor, Baritone, Bass)

CREDITS
Arrangement: Dan Pate
Words & Music: Traditional
Musical Director: Emily Leather
Video: Grace Art & Music

Charity: The concert raised funds for RNLI

Theme: This year is the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI, so the theme of the concert was ‘The Sea’

Concert on Sunday 14th July 2024, held at Church of the Holy Name, Arbrook Lane, Claygate, Esher, Elmbridge, Surrey


Sloop John B was originally published as "The John B. Sails") It is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by Richard Le Gallienne. Carl Sandburg included a version of this song in his ‘American Songbag’ in 1927.
There have been many recordings of the song since the early 1950s, with variant titles including "I Want to Go Home" and "Wreck of the John B".

The most well known version is by The Beach Boys who recorded a folk rock adaptation that was produced and arranged by Brian Wilson.

It was innovative for containing an elaborate a cappella vocal section not found in other pop music of the era.

The song was released as the second single from their album Pet Sounds in 1966. It was a big hit single in UK, USA and many other countries.