“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...

Wilson leaves behind a singular catalog of pop and rock music, which is of course headlined by his work in the '60s and '70s ...

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.

Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time.

Two "Pet Sounds" highlights, the former featuring envelope-pushing instrumentation and production and the latter, a ...

Brian Wilson made “The Beach Boys Love You” emerging from mental illness. It was a major flop, ending his relationship with ...

Conceived as an all-in-one ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations was thematically triggered by the notion that dogs could sense ...

A hitmaker elevated and burdened by the label of genius, he transcended the breezy surf genre to create complex harmonies and ...

The musical world has lost a giant. Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, has died at age 82.

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define California surfing culture, has died at age 82, ...

Wilson's genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and ...

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