"Surfer Girl" was released on August 3, 1963, and it reached No. 7 on the Billboard charts by September 14 of that same year.

The familiar melody struck a chord for its wistful, dreamlike sound ...

Brian Wilson almost gave away The Beach Boys' Top 40 hit, "Don't Worry, Baby", but his co-writer convinced him to keep it ...

'Our Prayer' was a wordless symphony regarded as one of his most beautiful compositions ...

Having worked with some of the best musicians in the world, you'd think Jeff Lynne would have seen it all, but there were a ...

Lasting just one minute, this wordless 1969 vocal piece managed to capture the sweeping emotional ambition and intricate ...

IN the weeks before we lost The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson on June 11 last year, he had two special visitors.  They were the ...

Most artists have earned their place in history for a reason, but that doesn't mean Brian Wilson had to be infatuated with ...

The Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds, which marked a dramatic evolution of the band's music, has remained so ...

The Beach Boys' classic song 'Sloop John B' is explored in an upcoming documentary that's being presented at the Marché du ...

Among his many other distinctions as a songwriter and recording artist, Brian Wilson is responsible for not just one, but two ...