Brian Wilson Information Continued
After forming The Beach Boys in the early 1960s with his brothers
Carl and Dennis, his cousin Mike Love and schoolfriend Al Jardine,
Brian Wilson steered the group to huge success around the
world. They they scored a string of international hits between 1962
and 1966, including pop classics such as "Surfin' USA", "Fun, Fun,
Fun", "I Get Around", "Help Me Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Good
Vibrations". Brian Wilson also produced records for other
artists, including Glen Campbell and The Honeys, but with nowhere near the
success he had with The Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson's creativity reached its apex during the
mid-1960s with the Pet Sounds album (which, according to Paul McCartney, inspired The Beatles' hit "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band"). Various music polls have named it one of
the greatest pop albums ever recorded.
Brian Wilson has two daughters from his first marriage to
Marilyn Rovell, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, who would go on to
musical success of their own in the early 1990s as two-thirds of
Wilson Phillips.
Brian Wilson is back on the road again performing both
newer material from his solo career, as well as his classic albums
SMiLE and Pet Sounds with his latter-day band. On the
U.S. Summer tour of 2005, Brian Wilson debuted a brand new
song called "Walking Down The Path of Life". The harmony laden,
spiritual ode was also performed at several Hurricane Katrina
benefits in the fall of 2005. The song, a medley with "Love And
Mercy" by himself and bandmembers, has also been released as a
charity CD-single for victims of the hurricane.
