Van Halen always had a touchy relationship with their frontmen, but Sammy Hagar felt he could have fleshed out some pieces a bit more.

From The Beatles to David Bowie, Woodstock, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, erotic pop and Altomont, we look through 1969 in music—the greatest year.

Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock's most enduring songs such as "Good Vibrations" and "God Only ...

Fifty-three years since their first hit single, “Listen to the Music ,” raced up the charts in 1972, the Doobie Brothers are ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

BEACH BOYS cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock’s most enduring songs such as “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows” in a career that was marked by a decades-long battle between his ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most ...

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WASHINGTON — 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 ...

As the visionary leader of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson helped create some of the greatest pop music of all time.

Wilson rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the Beach Boys and has been consistently recognized as one of the greatest American musicians.