as told to Jennie Rothenberg Gritz John Lennon chats with Mike Love (far right, in dark blue) as the Beatles sit for a photo with Maharishi and other course participants. Hulton Archives / Getty ...

Mike Love was obviously pleased to see the Beach ... We have a connection that goes back many years with the Beatles. And, of course, I spent a couple of months in Rishikesh at the Maharishi's ...

Brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and buddy Al Jardine merged ... as they joined The Beatles in ...

So how did "Back in the U.S.S.R." become a Beach Boys tribute? It got some help from a Beach Boy: Mike Love. The Beatles met Love in February 1968, when they all went to study Transcendental ...