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Brian Wilson

American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

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Brian Douglas Wilson (1942–2025) was an American singer, songwriter, and composer. Born in Inglewood, California, he was a member of The Beach Boys. His musical work spanned pop and rock genres, and he performed on voice, piano, keyboard instruments, and bass guitar. Wilson was affiliated with record labels including Capitol Records, Brother Records, Sire, and Reprise Records.

He was the son of Murry Wilson and the brother of Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson. Wilson was married to Marilyn Wilson and had children named Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson. He was also a relative of Mike Love, Stan Love, and Kevin Love. Wilson lived with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, organic personality disorder, and schizophrenia.

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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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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

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Listeners · Last.fm

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

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Douglas
Family name: Wilson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Inglewood
Place of death: Beverly Hills
Child: Wendy Wilson
Father: Murry Wilson
Sibling: Carl Wilson
Occupation: keyboardist
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Grammy Awards
Genre: pop music
Record label: Reprise Records
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
Voice type: tenor

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date of birth: 1942-06-20
Commons category: Brian Wilson
topic's main category: Category:Brian Wilson
member of: The Beach Boys
relative: Kevin Love
topic has template: Template:Brian Wilson
medical condition: bipolar disorder
birth name: Brian Douglas Wilson
start of work period: 1961-00-00
nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Music Film
copyright representative: Broadcast Music, Inc.
social media followers: 9690
writing language: English language
date of death: 2025-06-11
end of work period: 2022-00-00
name in native language: Brian Wilson
different from: Brian Wilson
place of burial: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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