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The Beach Boys' scored their third No. 1 hit with "Good Vibrations," a "truly radical" track that rewrote the rules for a pop ...
Wilson leaves behind a singular catalog of pop and rock music, which is of course headlined by his work in the '60s and '70s ...
Chunks of work by the Beach Boys’ founding genius went unpublished during his tumultuous life. Here’s a look at his phases ...
There’s little left to say about the brilliance of Pet Sounds—except perhaps to show it. In honor of Brian Wilson, who passed ...
Fairgoers who saw the Beach Boys in Wayne County in 1963 shared their memories following the death of Beach Boys co-founder ...
If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four's explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.
Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.
American music's equivalent to John Lennon has crossed the rainbow bridge, an ever-tedious euphemism for death.
We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire ...
Brian Wilson, the prodigious visionary engine behind the Beach Boys, composer of “teenage symphonies to God,” the big, gentle, sweet-voiced soul whose music touched generations, has died at 82. It’s a ...
If Wilson must be known for one thing, let it be his inimitable sense of harmony, perfected across his craft and completely ...
From "Love and Mercy" to a "Duck Dodgers" soundtrack, Brian Wilson's solo music could be spiritual, upbeat, arty or just plain fun.