The Beach Boys' founding member never seemed to encounter a genre, instrument or movement he didn’t want to incorporate into ...

Brian Wilson's "smart Girls" was supposed to be the centerpiece and/or big closing number of his Sire Records album "Sweet Insanity." Instead it was one of the big reasons the album was shelved.

Wilson introduced “Smart Girls” as “It’s a white rap song, that’s all I can say for it … we figured we could do our own brand of rap.” Read more:13 of the late Brian Wilson’s ...

The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain ...

John Stamos was by Beach Boys founding member Mike Love's side when news of Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday stunned the ...

Brian Wilson ... this list with songs from “Pet Sounds,” but this one stands out for its poignancy about time passing and the grind of life changing a lost love. Wilson regarded it as ...

The musical world has lost a giant. Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, has died at age 82.