Wilson’s death was announced yesterday (June 11) via his family – he was 82. In the hours since the announcement, fans of The Beatles and The Beach Boys have been reliving pleasantries shared between ...

The Beach Boys were Brian Wilson. Sure, those ethereal harmonies and passed-around lead vocals might have had a host of names attached to them since the band's debut in the early 1960s, but it was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings. Of all Brian Wilson’s songs, ...

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Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define a revved-up era of American popular music, has died at age 82. Wilson's family announced his death on social media Wednesday ...

Paul McCartney wearing red sitting at a piano with his fist in the air at the 2005 Super Bowl Image via FOX Sir Paul McCartney needs no introduction as the former Beatles member, one of the most ...

Until the summer of 1966 the Beach Boys were primarily known as a surf’n’hot-rod band, but ‘God Only Knows’, ‘Good Vibrations’ and the Pet Sounds album changed all that - and, by the end of the year, ...

You can’t reduce a genius like Brian Wilson down to a singular accomplishment. But it is worth noting how many of us, immediately after learning of his passing Wednesday at age 82, went to YouTube, ...

TORONTO — Elton John, One Direction, Lorde and Stevie Wonder are just some of the artists appearing in a video for a new version of the Beach Boys 1966 classic “God Only Knows.” The promotional video ...

A new charity single has just been unveiled, and it's a collaboration of Band-Aid-sized proportions. It's a cover of the Beach Boys' classic love song "God Only Knows," and it was commissioned to ...

The BBC have unveiled a secretly recorded new charity version of the Beach Boys’ hit God Only Knows - with One Direction, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Sir Elton John amongst the performers. A number of ...

Anyone who has listened to the soaring melodies and sunny harmonies of 1994's Blue Album knows that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is a devoted Beach Boys fan. He even released a version of "Don't Worry ...