BRIAN WILSON
Name: Brian Douglas Wilson
Born: 20 June 1942 Hawthorne, California
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an
American musician best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and singer of the
American pop band The Beach Boys. Wilson was also the band's main producer,
composer, and arranger. The lead vocal parts for The Beach Boys recordings were
primarily sung by either Wilson, his brother Carl, or Mike Love.
Early influences included The Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry, among others.
Wilson admired Phil Spector, considering him both a mentor and rival.
Wilson was a perfectionist in the studio, and often upset the other members of
the Beach Boys with this incessant drive for perfection. Though one of the first
users of an eight-channel multitrack tape recorder, he shunned stereophonic
sound, preferring (as Spector did) to work in monaural — because he believed
stereo gave an incomplete "sound picture" if the listener was not directly
between the speakers, although this can also be partially attributed to Wilson
being deaf in his right ear.
Name: Brian Douglas Wilson
Born: 20 June 1942 Hawthorne, California
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an
American musician best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and singer of the
American pop band The Beach Boys. Wilson was also the band's main producer,
composer, and arranger. The lead vocal parts for The Beach Boys recordings were
primarily sung by either Wilson, his brother Carl, or Mike Love.
Early influences included The Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry, among others.
Wilson admired Phil Spector, considering him both a mentor and rival.
Wilson was a perfectionist in the studio, and often upset the other members of
the Beach Boys with this incessant drive for perfection. Though one of the first
users of an eight-channel multitrack tape recorder, he shunned stereophonic
sound, preferring (as Spector did) to work in monaural — because he believed
stereo gave an incomplete "sound picture" if the listener was not directly
between the speakers, although this can also be partially attributed to Wilson
being deaf in his right ear.