At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one in ...

Here's a quintessential summer listen! Sampling iconic tracks like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London," it's a nostalgic sing-along anthem that blends rock, ...

Days spent on the sand are finally here, but your packing list isn’t complete without the best summer songs to set the mood. The thing is beach songs can sound like anything you want. Ukuleles and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The brilliant Brian Wilson was the driving force behind The Beach Boys and a great deal of other music. His genius was such that ...

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The sun is out, there’s a holiday weekend on the way, and it’s time to take that road trip to your favorite swimming hole. For this year’s summer playlist, we’ve tried to look beyond the obvious hits, ...

“It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere” — The title has been a go-to rallying cry for early-bird drunks across the globe for some time now, and this catchy song made sure it would stay that way. “Margaritaville” — ...

The Beach Boys‘ songs were great, but they didn’t have a tremendous amount of influence on mainstream music like The Beatles had. Very few mainstream groups could be classified as Beach Boys wannabes.