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Christmas has always been a special time for me and my family
Brian Wilson makes 500 calls for charity Oct 03, 2005
If you go over to England, they've got everything dedicated to the Beatles
Calif. gets a Beach Boy monument May 12, 2005
I'm so proud of the work I did long ago with the Beach Boys
Feature: Beach Boys still get around Oct 05, 2004
They said Brian, 'We think that Smile is finally ready for the public. They're finally ready to hear it,
Wilson says ''Smile'' was worth the wait Sep 27, 2004
Performing 'Smile' brings back lots of memories for me and I feel like the audience are all my friends, every night
Brian Wilson enthused with London gig Jul 29, 2004
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group. Besides being the primary composer in The Beach Boys, he also functioned as the band's main producer and arranger. Wilson's life was derailed by years of drug abuse and mental illness, contributing to tensions with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began a solo career in 1988.
That same year, Wilson and his band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which refers to Wilson on its website as "One of the few undisputed geniuses in popular music". In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and ranked Wilson number 52. Wilson won a Grammy Award in 2005 for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)" as Best Rock Instrumental. He is also an occasional actor and voice actor, having appeared in television shows, films, and other artists' music videos.
Wilson was born on June 20, 1942 at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California. He was the eldest of three boys; his younger brothers were Dennis and Carl. When Brian was two, the Wilson family moved from Inglewood to 3701 West 119th Street in nearby Hawthorne, California, a town in the greater Los Angeles urban area about five miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. He spent his entire subsequent childhood years in this middle-class family home.