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Brian Wilson’s Friend Remembers First Night “Pop Genius Turned Up At The Door For A Pizza”

Tributes have been pouring in this past week for Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder and pop music maestro, following his death aged 82. But there have been possibly none so personal as the memories of writer David Leaf,

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Brian Wilson's Genius Was the Surest Sign We'll Ever Have that Pop Music Is Religious

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Brian Wilson, the musical genius behind the Beach Boys, dies at 82

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Mike Love celebrates Brian Wilson and George Clinton shines at 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala

Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.

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Gracie Abrams, Garth Brooks and George Clinton Light Up Songwriters Hall of Fame, Beach Boy Mike Love Pays Brief Tribute to Brian Wilson

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The Doobie Brothers, Beach Boys’ Mike Love, George Clinton and more inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

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The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Dies at 82—64 Years After Forming Iconic Band Inside Humble Family Home in California

During his high school years, Wilson formed a group known as The Pendeltones, which would later become The Beach Boys, alongside his brothers, their cousin, Mike Love, and a classmate, Al Jardine.

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Iconic '80s Rocker Going Viral With 'God Only Knows' in Memory of Brian Wilson

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Brian Wilson, Frederick Forsyth, Uriah Rennie, Edmund White

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys cofounder and 'God Only Knows' genius, dies at 82

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

Unpicking the Beach Boys’ classic that confirmed Brian Wilson’s creative genius

Conceived as an all-in-one ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations was thematically triggered by the notion that dogs could sense the positive or negative energies of humans

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Elton John Shares Tribute to 'Musical Genius' Brian Wilson After His Death: 'The Biggest Influence on My Songwriting Ever'

Elton John shared an Instagram tribute to Brian Wilson after The Beach Boys co-founder's death was announced by his family earlier in the day.

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Elton John, Carole King, More Remember Brian Wilson: ‘His Cherished Music Will Live Forever’

Brian Wilson's friends and fellow celebrities, including Nancy Sinatra, are remembering the music icon in social media posts.

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A Salute to Brian Wilson: Darian Sahanaja on Growing Up on Brian, Then Basking in His Musical Inner Circle for a Quarter-Century

Darian Sahanaja, a crucial part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999, shares his thoughts about the late Beach Boy's brilliant legacy and last years.

Brian Wilson's summer of milestones

The Beach Boys founder who helped created the "sun & surf" soundtrack for the American summer has a new album, a new tour, and an acclaimed film bio, "Love & Mercy"