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The Beach Boys’ music captures the essence of the American dream: sun-drenched beaches, carefree youth, and endless summers.

While The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson is rightly touted as a genius, younger brother Carl also made significant contributions during their early 1970s.

Brian Wilson, the co-founder of The Beach Boys, named his favourite albums and cited The Beatles, Phil Spector, Randy Newman, The Rolling Stones and more.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1962: Rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" pose for a ...

10 of the best Brian Wilson songs At 81 ... Wilson has called it one of his favorite Beach Boys songs, and he took ...

Curiously, only one of the original Beach Boys knew how to surf ... Influenced by Chuck Berry, Phil Spector and the Beatles, Wilson’s songs grew increasingly more complex, peaking with 1966 ...

Elements of the arrangement subtly echo earlier Beach boys songs. “The Man with All the Toys” With a great a cappella intro, “The Man With All the Toys” has a chugging melody and a catchy ...

In an exclusive interview with 'American Songwriter,' The Beach Boys’ Mike Love said that being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2025 “would be really fantastic.” ...