Even great commercial success isn’t always enough to convince someone they’re worthy as an artist, as proven by the strange, sad request Brian Wilson had while traveling on the same day that one of ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ lead songwriter and inventive producer, was finally finished with “Good Vibrations,” a song he had been perfecting, on-and-off, for months throughout 1966. In the studio, ...

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer - a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single - by taking an ...