Arguably the most famous Beach Boys album, though, is the one that technically doesn’t exist. In late 1966 and early 1967, Wilson ran himself ragged working on SMiLE, ultimately shelving the ...

A concert paying tribute to the Beach Boys included Carnie Wilson and her mother and daughter, plus former members Blondie Chaplin and David Marks.

The Beach Boys were founded in Hawthorne, California, in 1961 by brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Love, and school friend Al Jardine, per the band’s website.

In total, The Beach Boys have placed 56 albums on the Billboard 200, with 22 of them reaching the top 40. Sounds of Summer is available in a standard 30-track edition and an expanded 80-track edition.

The Beach Boys are back in the top 40 for the first time in over a decade after the recent death of the band’s co-founder Brian Wilson. Billboard reports that the band’s greatest hits album ...

That history became “California Girls,” released July 12, 1965, as part of The Beach Boys’ ninth studio album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, it’s easily ...

His father, a frustrated songwriter who sold heavy machinery, was a "tyrant and heavy drinker" and abused Brian physically and emotionally. Brian was a musical prodigy, teaching himself piano and ...

By the time the Beach Boys began working on their 1970 album Sunflower, Brian Wilson had a song he had never completed, “Our Sweet Love.” It was later completed with the help of Carl and Jardine.

Wilson released numerous solo albums and one with the Beach Boys, finally issued a version of Smile, and returned to the stage solo and for a 50th anniversary Beach Boys tour.

The cultural consciousness of posterity is enriched by Wilson’s 1962–1967 output. His greatest accomplishments during that ...

Brian Wilson's cause of death has been revealed. The founder of the California-based band the Beach Boys' death was announced on Wednesday, June 11. He was 82 years old.

Legendary The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson’s cause of death has been confirmed. Wilson’s death at the age of 82 was confirmed by his family on 11 June.