Forbes

One Of The Beach Boys’ Most Famous Songs Soars Higher Than Ever

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" reaches a new peak on the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1966, The Beach Boys Released One of the Most Influential Pop Songs Ever—Inspired by Brian Wilson’s Mom

Few songs have changed pop music, production styles, linguistics, or history in general quite like the song The Beach Boys released on October 10, 1966. Decades later, these notions might ...
Daily Herald

10 songs to celebrate the life, legacy of Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson

NEW YORK (AP) — The musical world lost a giant with news Wednesday that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82. Headphones on, stereo up. The Beach ...
The Virginian-Pilot

12 essential songs from The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson

The gimmick of the Beach Boys was to package the 1960s California dream in pop singles that wed up-tempo guitar songs with multipart harmonies. The reason the group endured was Brian Wilson, the ...

1966 No. 1 Hit Was the Best Song of the Decade—and It Holds up 60 Years Later

The 1960s really was the golden era for pop and rock music. Think about it: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors, Bob ...

The 1967 album Brian Wilson claimed was entirely out of tune

While carving out incredible tunes was the forte of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, one album of theirs took a rather unique ...

Unlikely Journey Of ‘Sloop John B,’ One Of Beach Boys’ Greatest Hits, Explored In Upcoming Documentary – Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: In “Kokomo,” the Beach Boys famously sang “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I want to take ya…” But it wasn’t their only hit ...

From Pet Sounds to playing Brian on tour, Glen Campbell’s hair-raising tenure as the Beach Boys’ guitarist

We all know Glen Campbell: the silken voice behind Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman, a mean guitarist and one of the ...