The musical world lost a giant with news Wednesday that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died.

If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

Brian Wilson's musical legacy influenced some of the biggest artists today, including Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

While it's easy to imagine pastel surf boards and island getaways when you remember the Beach Boys in totality, Pet Sounds remains the group's signature achievement. Heck, it remains one of the ...

The genius of the Beach Boys group that he co-founded in 1961, Brian Wilson was one of the true visionaries of music who ...

“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...

How the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ Entered the Pop Music Pantheon. (Eventually.) Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music.

The family of Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys, announced on June 11 that he passed away at the age of 82.

Brian Wilson, who as leader of the Beach Boys and a founder of California rock invented a massively successful pop sound full ...

Attempting to distill Wilson's talent and influence in a few short songs is an impossibility; even just focusing on a few select cuts from The Beach Boys' 1966 album “Pet Sounds,” routinely ...

The Beach Boys' "California Girls" sounds massive. It is no doubt the result of Wilson's love and admiration for Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound," which lead to the song's use of guitar, horns ...