'Help Me Rhonda' remains one of the most beloved in the Beach Boys catalogue ...

'Wouldn't It Be Nice' captures romance at its purest ...

There is no doubt that Brian Wilson was a musical genius, but there was one 1972 track that left him feeling queasy after ...

"Caroline, No," was the final song on the Beach Boys ' watershed LP, Pet Sounds. Released as Wilson’s first solo single, the track closes the album on a quietly emotional note, fading out to the ...

The album opens with a rousing version of “This Could BeThe Night,” a particularly special tune originally written by Harry ...

Even though Brian Wilson had a sixth sense for rock and roll perfection, he felt that some tunes didn't need to be single ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

When one learns of a genius musician, it’s hard not to research everything one can about that artist’s process. This is especially the case if you’re a musician yourself. I’ve spent quite a bit of ...

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson declared a vintage folk song "the greatest ever," and it's a pick that stops music fans in their tracks. Beloved 70s shock rocker Alice Cooper recalled that Wilson ...

Glen Campbell temporarily replaced Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys after Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown in the mid-1960s ...

Fans keep coming back to a 1963 Brian Wilson song that many consider the peak of his early genius. In 2025, "In My Room" was ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 25 best songs Wilson wrote. It’s a ...