McDonald is a five-time Grammy winner. Simmons and Jerkins are both two-time Grammy winners. All three musicians have won ...

Ann Wilson has had a lot of musical inspirations but one "genius" songwriter inspired her to form Heart after falling in love with music. Read more here.

"Their love is eternal," said Mike Love during Ronald Reagan's inaugural ball in 1985. "And their hearts will always be full ...

The career of Brian Wilson was in jeopardy until he created 'Rio Grande', a song that revisited his critical experimental masterpiece, 'Smile'.

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 ...

George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys' Mike Love and Tony Macaulay ...

The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted a new class on Wednesday, including funk legend George Clinton and writers for The Beach Boys and The Doobie Brothers.

Brian Wilson’s songwriting is simply on another level… And these four songs are great examples of that talent. The Beach Boys are rarely associated with the blues. However, some of Brian ...

While working on “The Beach Boys Today” album, Brian Wilson informed the band that ... playing him “Back in the U.S.S.R.” before the song had its bridge and suggested he add lyrics about ...

Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters ...