Brian Wilson played the last show of his career July 26, 2022, at the Pink Knob Music Theatre in Clarkson, Michigan. Watch Brian Wilson Play 'California Girls' at Final Concert ...

Watch Brian Wilson Play ‘California Girls’ and ‘Good Vibrations’ at His Last Concert. Andy Greene. Wed, June 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM UTC. 4 min read.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define a revved-up era of American popular music and California surfing culture, has died at age 82, his family announced on ...

Wilson, who penned the hits "Surfin' U.S.A.," "California Girls" and "Good Vibrations," was one of the most influential musicians of the 1960s and '70s.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other ...

Brian Wilson, the visionary songwriter and tortured genius who revolutionized pop music as the creative force behind the Beach Boys, died Tuesday at age 82. His family confirmed the news in a ...

And yet, in songs like “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “California Girls” and “Good Vibrations,” Wilson did as much as anyone to depict Los Angeles and California as a land of bikinis and warm ...

Wilson was born June 20, 1942 in Inglewood, California. He was 19 when he formed the Beach Boys with his brothers. Their first album, “Surfin’ Safari,” was released in 1962.

Wilson's genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired "Good Vibrations" and "California Girls," has died.