“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...

A ranking of the 20 greatest songs written by Brian Wilson, from 'Surfer Girl' to 'Surf's Up' to 'Love and Mercy.' ...

Listening to Brian Wilson’s music was like growing up with him. Beginning with songs about teenage kicks like surfing, ...

The Beach Boys leader, whose death was announced on Wednesday, was a brilliant writer, arranger and producer whose ambitions ...

Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

We pick Brian Wilson's five greatest songs from a long career that moved from the Beach Boys to his eclectic solo creations.

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

The Beach Boys' founding member never seemed to encounter a genre, instrument or movement he didn’t want to incorporate into ...

Chunks of work by the Beach Boys’ founding genius went unpublished during his tumultuous life. Here’s a look at his phases ...