“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 ...

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

Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session ...

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 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 ...

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

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

Brian Wilson, the singer, songwriter and creative mastermind behind the influential pop and rock band the Beach Boys, has died, his family announced. He was 82. "We are heartbroken to announce that ...

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

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