Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters ...
Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.
The Beach Boys spearheaded a studio recording movement with their album 'Pet Sounds'. But Brian Wilson credits a later album ...
Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles Manson and many of his followers, has ...
No name is more synonymous with The Beach Boys than Brian Wilson. He helped found the band in its early years and led them to greatness, after all. However, like anyone, Wilson had his limits.
There’s a reason why The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson is considered “a living genius of pop music.” He is the big brain behind the legendary and still-influential rock outfit, and he dished ...
As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the song at the piano to give the musicians an idea of ...
McDonald is a five-time Grammy winner. Simmons and Jerkins are both two-time Grammy winners. All three musicians have won ...
The Beach Boys are no strangers to crossing paths with country artists. In a recent conversation, Love reminded me that Glen Campbell had briefly replaced Brian Wilson in late ’64 when he ...
The “I Get Around” / “Don’t Worry Baby” double-single release in May 1964 marked a significant shift for not just the Beach Boys, but for Brian Wilson’s songwriting. Both songs still ...
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1962: Rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" pose for a portrait with a surfboard ... [+] in August 1962 in Los Angeles, California. (L-R) Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson ...