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Brian Wilson

American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

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Brian Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for co-founding and leading The Beach Boys, one of the most influential bands in popular music history. He matters because of his innovative contributions to music production and songwriting, particularly on landmark albums that shaped the sound of 1960s pop and rock music.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 18 August 1925
Died: 19 AUgust 2017
Works: 571

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Acting · Inglewood, California, USA

Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was…

Known for

The Beach Boys — Self2024
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys — Self2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback — Self (archive footage)2023
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" — Self (archive footage)2022
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road — Self2021
Streetlight Harmonies — Self2020
My Music: A Classic Christmas — Self - The Beach Boys (archive footage)2019
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds — Self2017
Brian Wilson at la Baloise Session — Self2016
The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971 — Self2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1942
Active to: 2025

americanpoprock

Discography

Caroline, No / Summer Means New Love1966
Let’s Go to Heaven in My Car1987
Brian Wilson1988
Love and Mercy1988
Night Time1988
Melt Away1989
Smart Girls1991
Sweet Insanity1991
21 Little Ones1995
Do It Again1995

Member of

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 369,973
Total plays: 7,190,780

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Quotes

“Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.”
“All of us have the privilege of making music that helps and heals — to make music that makes people happier, stronger and kinder. Don't forget: music is God's voice.”
“Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that. God damn!”
“You don't want to be scared all the time. There are other emotions besides fear. You've got anger. You've got jealousy. You've got joy. You've got fascination. You've got jealousy. You've got anger. You've got frustration. You've got hunger. You've got all those emotions. But that's how it's strung together. We strung all these hits together. One hit, strung it together. Another hit, strung it together. Another hit, strung it together. And pretty soon we had a string of hits.”
“I would have the musicians keep playing over and over again till the sound made sense. I worked overtime on that; I worked hours to get it right. If the sound didn't make any sense, then I wouldn't know what to do — I'd be lost! It's instinct that tells me. I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.”
“I think because I felt so sad I had to bring out my feelings, and try to create music that would make me and all my friends feel better.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.brianwilson.com
Image: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys in West Los Angeles 1990 photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg
Number of children: 7

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date of birth: 1942-06-20
Commons category: Brian Wilson
birth name: Brian Douglas Wilson
start of work period: 1961-00-00
social media followers: 9690
date of death: 2025-06-11
end of work period: 2022-00-00
name in native language: Brian Wilson

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Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and significant musical figures of his era, he was distinguished for his high production values and complex harmonies, orchestrations, and vocal arrangements. In addition to his typically ingen uous or introspective lyrics, he was known for his versatile head voice and falsetto.

Wilson's formative influences included George Gershwin, the Four Freshmen, Phil Spector, and Burt Bacharach. In 1961, he began his professional career as a member of the Beach Boys, serving as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, he became the first pop musician credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material. He also produced or co-wrote songs for acts such as the Honeys and Jan & Dean. By the mid-1960s, he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits, including the number-ones "Surf City" (1963), "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), and "Good Vibrations" (1966). He is considered the first rock producer to apply the studio as an instrument and one of the first music producer auteurs.