Brian Wilson
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Born 1942-06-20 · Inglewood, California, USA · Died 2025-06-11
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
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The Beach Boys
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
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The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
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Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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Streetlight Harmonies
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My Music: A Classic Christmas
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The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
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Brian Wilson at la Baloise Session
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The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
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Dr. Feelgood
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I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
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Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Love & Mercy
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Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
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The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
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The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
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…Sings Musicals
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Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
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Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
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Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
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Going Home
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Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
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The Wrecking Crew
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Beach Boys: Surfin' Success
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Mellodrama
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Cease to Exist
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Musicares Presents a Tribute to Brian Wilson
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The Swinging 60's - The Beach Boys
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