Sir Paul later credited Pet Sounds as a major inspiration behind the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Brian’s life was also marked by significant personal challenges.

Sir Paul later credited Pet Sounds as a major inspiration behind the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Brian’s life was also marked by significant personal challenges. He struggled with ...

When Wilson heard the Beatles “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band”, he was so awestruck he shelved working on “Pet Sounds” follow up ”Smile.” ...

It is little wonder that his friend and rival Paul McCartney was inspired to write Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band after hearing the Beach Boys’ masterpiece Pet Sounds for the first time. That ...

The Beach Boys, from left, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson and Mike Love, hold their trophies after being inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame ...

The 1966 album “Pet Sounds” was voted No. 2 in a 2003 Rolling Stone list of the best 500 albums, losing out, as Wilson had done before, to the Beatles' “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” ...

The 1966 album “Pet Sounds” was voted No. 2 in a 2003 Rolling Stone list of the best 500 albums, losing out, as Wilson had done before, to the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club ...

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader who helped compose and arrange “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and ...