Brian Douglas Wilson was born in Inglewood, California.
Wilson co-wrote over twenty-five top forty hits with the Beach Boys and was
inducted into the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He won Grammy Awards
for Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004) and The Smile Sessions (2011). In
lists published by Rolling Stone, Wilson ranked 52 for the "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time” in 2015. In 2012, music publication NME ranked Wilson
number 8 in its "50 Greatest Producers Ever" list.