The Beach Boys' scored their third No. 1 hit with "Good Vibrations," a "truly radical" track that rewrote the rules for a pop ...

“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.

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

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

Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote some of the 20th century’s best and most enduring pop songs. These are some of our favorites.

Brian Wilson was an off-stage presence for this 1971 Beach Boys concert, in which L.A. Times Robert Hilburn described the ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...

Brian Wilson built a sizable net worth after decades in the music business and several top-10 hits with The Beach Boys during ...

The death of Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson reminds us all that the great artists don't live forever, and we should ...