Brian Wilson built a sizable net worth after decades in the music business and several top-10 hits with The Beach Boys during his career.

A starstruck Don Henley met Brian Wilson at an event. Wilson signed his autograph and insulted The Eagles while he was at it.

He was 82. "We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away," the family wrote on his X account, Instagram and website. "We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving.

Martin and the Fab Four weren’t the only ones whose minds were blown in summer of 1966 by the Beach Boys’ great leap forward with Pet Sounds. Bruce Johnston – who the band had brought in to ...

Despite singing about surfing and being endlessly labelled as a surf band, the Beach Boys didn't actually sound anything like other surf rockers like Dick Dale or the Ventures. Pet Sounds ' instrumental title track is the exception, with its twangy electric guitar and exotica rhythms apparently having been intended for a James Bond film.

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

Music is defined as a combination of sounds to show beauty, form, harmony, and/or rhythm. People use music to share feelings or create emotion. With varied tones, tempos, and patterns, music can move past language barriers and distances—even species—affecting people in ways that we do not always grasp.

Two "Pet Sounds" highlights, the former featuring envelope-pushing instrumentation and production and the latter, a deceptively complex harmonic structure as well as lyrics that were, at that point, taboo for a pop song because of the repeated references to God. The Beatles' Paul McCartney named "God Only Knows" his favorite song of all time.