On this day in 2025 – American singer, songwriter and record producer Brian Wilson died in his sleep at his Beverly Hills home, nine days before his 83rd birthday. Wilson co-founded the Beach Boys and received widespread recognition as one of the most innovative and significant musical figures of his era. From 1962 to 1979, Wilson wrote or co-wrote over two dozen US top 40 hits for the Beach Boys, with eleven reaching the top 10, including the No.1’s ‘I Get Around’ (1964), ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ (1965), and ‘Good Vibrations’ (1966). The 1966 classic Beach Boys album Pet Sounds is widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in music history. Wilson released and toured the ‘lost’ Beach Boys Smile album in 2004.