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Brian Wilson
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Biography
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. On stage, Wilson provided many of the lead vocals, and often harmonized with the group in falsetto. Early during his on-stage career, Wilson primarily played bass on stage, but gradually transitioned to primarily playing piano/keyboards. Besides being the primary composer in The Beach Boys, he also functioned as the band's main producer and arranger. After signing with Capitol Records in mid-1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits including "Surfin' Safari", "Surfin' USA", "Shut Down", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Be True to Your School", "In My Room", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Get Around", "Dance Dance Dance", "Help Me Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Good Vibrations". These songs and their accompanying albums were internationally popular, making The Beach Boys one of the biggest acts of their time. In the mid-60s Wilson used his increasingly creative ambitions to compose and produce Pet Sounds, considered one of the greatest albums of all time. At this point his music was considered to rival that of Lennon–McCartney. The intended follow up to Pet Sounds, Smile, was cancelled for various reasons, including Wilson's deteriorating mental health. Wilson's contributions to The Beach Boys diminished as the years went by, and his erratic behavior led to tensions with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began a solo career in 1988 with Brian Wilson, the same year that he and The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Since then he has toured for the first time in decades with a new band and released acclaimed albums such as a reworked version of Smile in 2004, for which Wilson won a Grammy Award for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)" as Best Rock Instrumental, That Lucky Old Sun, and Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin. In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and ranked Wilson number 52. He is an occasional actor and voice actor, having appeared in television shows, films, and other artists' music videos. On December 16, 2011, a 50th Anniversary Reunion was announced and Brian returned to The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson remains a member of the Beach Boys corporation, Brother Records Incorporated.
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Discography
- SMiLE, 2004
- Live in Tokyo (disc 1)
- Orange Crate Art, 1995
- Live at the Roxy Theatre, 2002
- Our Prayer (Freeform Reform), 2005
- Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, 2010
- 21 Little Ones, 1995
- In the Key of Disney, 2011
- That Lucky Old Sun, 2008
- Imagination, 1998
- Pet Sounds Live, 2002
- Gettin' In Over My Head, 2004
- Sweet Insanity (Dumb Angel. Rarities, Volume 15)
- What I Really Want for Christmas, 2005
- Live at the Roxy Theatre (disc 2), 2002
- Brian Wilson, 2000
- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, 1995
- Landylocked, 1997
- Good Vibrations, 2004
- Sweet Insanity, 1993
- SMiLE (Hybrid Version), 2005
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| Song | Cabin Essence |
| Artist | Brian Wilson |
| Album | Smile |
| Label | Nonesuch/WEA |
| Year | 2004 |

| Song | Surf's Up |
| Artist | Brian Wilson |
| Album | Smile |
| Label | Nonesuch/WEA |
| Year | 2004 |

| Song | Vega-Tables |
| Artist | Brian Wilson |
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| Label | Nonesuch/WEA |
| Year | 2004 |

| Song | Your Imagination |
| Artist | Brian Wilson |
| Album | Imagination |
| Label | Giant |
| Year | 1998 |

| Song | Midnight's Another Day |
| Artist | Brian Wilson |
| Album | That Lucky Old Sun |
| Label | Capitol/EMI |
| Year | 2007 |
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On the ABC
- DIG Internet Radio - Brian Wilson With Brian Wise
- ABC - DIG - 16/12/2002: Brian Wilson In Concert, Sydney 2002
- DIG Radio - Brian Wilson Performs Ballet
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Elsewhere on the Web
- Brian Wilson :: The Official Website :: About Brian

- Brian Wilson | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

- Brian C. Wilson | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

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great afternoon listening for a Monday
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