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Revision as of 12:15, 20 April 2004 by David Newton (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Brian Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an American pop musician, best known as a founding member of and the main producer, composer, and arranger for the Beach Boys.
Wilson's creativity reached its heights during the mid-1960s with songs like "Good Vibrations", the Pet Sounds album (which, according to Paul McCartney, heavily inspired The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and the unreleased Smile project.
Following a breakdown as a result of mental illness and drug abuse in the 70's, he recovered to try a career as a solo artist in the 80's with limited success. Wilson quit working with the Beach Boys on a regular basis after the release of The Beach Boys in 1985. His final release as part of the group was on Stars and Stripes, a group collaboration with selected country music artists.
Married Melinda Ledbetter in 1996.
Released a second solo album Imagination in 1998 to widespread appreciation. Following this, he started to play live for the first time in decades, to great success, going on to play the whole Pet Sounds album live on his tours of the USA, UK and Europe.
He now tours regularly as a solo act with a large backing band including The Wondermints and in 2004 performed Smile live for the first time.
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Another Brian Wilson is a Labour MP in the UK