Brian Wilson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-06-20
Day of death
2025-06-11 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Inglewood, California, USA
Brian Wilson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Full House
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Champs-Elysées
The Dick Cavett Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Omnibus
The Ed Sullivan Show
Goldene Kamera
Duck Dodgers
Classic Albums
Behind the Music
Hack
The Kennedy Center Honors
…Sings Musicals
Disorderlies
Legends
Pet Stories
Live 8
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
The Beach Boys
The T.A.M.I. Show
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
The Return of Bruno
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
The Wrecking Crew
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
The Beach Boys: A Celebration Concert
The Monkey's Uncle
Beach Blanket Bingo
The Beach Boys - Live at Knebworth
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
The Beach Boys and The Satan
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
Love & Mercy
The Beach Boys - California Surfin
The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
Cease to Exist
Live Aid
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: An American Band
The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
The Girls on the Beach
The Beach Boys: Live In Paris, 1969
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Goin' Platinum Presents The Beach Boys
One Man's Challenge
The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
Mellodrama
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Brian Wilson at la Baloise Session
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
Tales of the Rat Fink
The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
Brian Wilson: Presents - Pet Sounds Live in London
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
The Jack Benny Hour
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
Brian Wilson: On Tour
Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Brian Wilson’s Imagination
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
The Beach Boys 20th Anniversary Special
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Streetlight Harmonies
Going Home
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
The Beach Boys: The Lost Concert
Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
Beach Boys: Surfin' Success
The Swinging 60's - The Beach Boys
Musicares Presents a Tribute to Brian Wilson
An All-Star Tribute To Brian Wilson
