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Beach Boys singer Mike Love and lyricist Van Dyke Parks posed for a photo together at Brian Wilson's memorial service.
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The legend of SMiLE grew as songs Wilson had written for the album trickled out on bootlegs and Beach Boys albums like 1967’s Smiley Smile and 1971’s Surf’s Up.
Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day. Springsteen is releasing the “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” ...
'Smile' by The Beach Boys never happened, and it could have changed the world of psychedelic pop for the better. Instead, it marked the end.
The Beach Boys, a name that started off life as a gimmick attached to the teen surf craze of the early 60s, now hung in the air, stale and malodorous like a serving of oysters, way past their sell by ...
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other ...
Brian Wilson built a sizable net worth after decades in the music business and several top-10 hits with The Beach Boys during his career.
The genius of the Beach Boys group that he co-founded in 1961, Brian Wilson was one of the true visionaries of music who defined pop as we know it today.
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader and one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.