Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. Because of his unorthodox approaches to song composition and arrangement and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and influential creative forces in popular music by critics and musicians alike.
In the mid-1960s, Wilson composed, arranged and produced Pet Sounds (1966), considered one of the greatest albums ever made. The intended follow-up to Pet Sounds, Smile, was cancelled for various reasons, which included Wilson's deteriorating mental health. As he suffered through multiple nervous breakdowns, Wilson's contributions to the Beach Boys diminished, and his erratic behavior led to tensions with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began performing and recording consistently as a solo artist. On the Beach Boys' 50th anniversary, Wilson briefly returned to record and perform with the group. He remains a member of their corporation, Brother Records Incorporated.
Brian Wilson (footballer, born 1957)
Brian Wilson (born 14 April 1957) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League, as a defender.
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Brian Wilson (born 1942) is an American musician and one of the original members of The Beach Boys.
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Art Linkletter
Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly, July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio and TV for 19 years.
Linkletter was famous for interviewing children on House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things, which led to a series of books quoting children. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Early life and career
Linkletter was born Gordon Arthur Kelly in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In his autobiography, Confessions of a Happy Man (1960), he revealed that he had no contact with his natural parents or his sister or two brothers since he was abandoned when only a few weeks old. He was adopted by Mary (née Metzler) and Fulton John Linkletter, an evangelical preacher.
When he was five, his family moved to San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego High School at age 16. During the early years of the Great Depression, he rode trains around the country doing odd jobs and meeting a wide variety of people. In 1934, he earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State Teachers College (now San Diego State University), where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. While attending San Diego State, he played for the basketball team and was a member of the swimming team. He had previously planned to attend Springfield College but did not for financial reasons.
Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer)
Brian Wilson (born 30 September 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Early in his career, he played in the centre and later became a forward pocket. At Melbourne he developed into an aggressive player, winning possessions in packs and showed great handballing skills.
Believed to be the only player to have won a Brownlow Medal at his third club. At 20 years of age, he was also the youngest winner since Bob Skilton in 1959.
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Brian Wilson (song)
"Brian Wilson" is a song by the Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies. It was released as a single from the band's debut studio album, Gordon.
The song was written by singer/guitarist Steven Page in his parents’ basement on his twentieth birthday, in 1990. The first lines of the song chronicle one of his many late-night journeys to the Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street.
The song tells the story of a man whose life parallels that of Beach Boys member Brian Wilson, particularly during his time spent with psychologist Eugene Landy after Wilson was diagnosed with mental illness, and, more generically, with lyrics about suffering from comorbid mental illness and obesity.
Alternative versions
Steven Page stated in the liner notes for Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits that the song has more "official" recordings than any other song in their repertoire, saying that there are at least five. The song was first recorded for the never-released 1990 BNL cassette, Barenaked Recess. After Tyler Stewart joined the band in 1991 as a drummer, it was re-recorded for the band’s platinum-selling Yellow Tape, in 1992 for Gordon, in 1996 for the live album Rock Spectacle, and again in 1997 for a version which was called "Brian Wilson 2000" and was released as a single.
Brian Wilson (Labour politician)
Brian David Henderson Wilson (born 13 December 1948 in Dunoon, Scotland) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1987 until 2005 and served as a Minister of State from 1997 to 2003 (Scottish Office 1997–1998, Department of Trade and Industry 1998–1999, Scottish Office 1999–2001, Foreign Office 2001 and Energy Minister, DTI 2001–2003). After standing down as a Minister prior to his departure from Parliament, he was asked by Tony Blair to act as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Overseas Trade.
Early life
Educated at Dunoon Grammar School, the University of Dundee and University College, Cardiff, Wilson was the founding editor and publisher of the West Highland Free Press which he established along with three friends from Dundee University. Founded in 1971, the newspaper was initially based at Kyleakin, on the isle of Skye, and continues to be published from Broadford, Skye. Its uniqueness lay in the radicalism of its political content, particularly on matters relating to the ownership of land, and its role as a local newspaper. It is credited with having exerted a strong influence over political debate in the Highlands and Islands, and—along with other concurrent initiatives such as the 7.84 production, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil and publication of John MacEwen's book Who Owns Scotland?—restoring the land question to a place of prominence in Scottish politics. For his early work on the West Highland Free Press, Wilson was made the first recipient of the Nicholas Tomalin Memorial Award. He also wrote widely for national newspapers and, in 1977–78 he was involved in Seven Days, a political weekly in Scotland which folded after a few months.
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- In the Key of Disney released: 2011
- Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin released: 2010
- That Lucky Old Sun released: 2008
- What I Really Want for Christmas released: 2005
- Good Vibrations released: 2004
- SMiLE released: 2004
- Gettin' In Over My Head released: 2004
- Live at the Festival Hall released: 2002
- Pet Sounds Live released: 2002
- Live at the Roxy Theatre released: 2002
- Imagination released: 1998
- Landylocked released: 1997
- 21 Little Ones released: 1995
- Orange Crate Art released: 1995
- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times released: 1995
- Sweet Insanity released: 1993
- Brian Wilson released: 1988
That Lucky Old Sun
Released 2008- That Lucky Old Sun
- Morning Beat
- Room With a View (narrative)
- Good Kind of Love
- Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl
- Venice Beach (Narrative)
- Live Let Live / That Lucky Old Sun (reprise)
- Mexican Girl
- Cinco De Mayo (Narrative)
- California Role / That Lucky Old Sun (reprise)
- Between Pictures (narrative)
- Oxygen to the Brain
- Can't Wait Too Long
- Midnight's Another Day
- That Lucky Old Sun (reprise)
- Going Home
- Southern California
- Good King of Love
- I'm Into Something Good
- Just Like Me and You
What I Really Want for Christmas
Released 2005- The Man With All the Toys
- What I Really Want for Christmas
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- O Holy Night
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- First Noel
- Christmasey
- Little Saint Nick
- Deck the Halls
- Auld Lang Syne
- On Christmas Day
- Joy to the World
- Silent Night
SMiLE
Released 2004- Our Prayer / Gee
- Heroes and Villains
- Roll Plymouth Rock
- Barnyard
- Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine
- Cabin Essence
- Wonderful
- Song for Children
- Child Is Father of the Man
- Surf’s Up
- I’m in Great Shape / I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
- Vega‐Tables
- On a Holiday
- Wind Chimes
- Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
- In Blue Hawaii
- Good Vibrations
Landylocked
Released 1997- Proud Mary
- I'm Getting in Over My Head
- You're Still a Mystery
- Chain Reaction of Love
- Soul Searchin'
- It's Not Easy Being Me
- Desert Drive
- Saturday Morning in the City
- This Song Wants to Sleep With You Tonight
- Marketplace
- I'm Broke
- Must Be a Miracle
- In My Moondreams
- My Maryanne
- Slightly American Music
- saturday morning in the city (bonus)
- soulful old man sunshine (bonus)
- out in the country (bonus)
- back home (track two) bonus)
- back home (track two) bonus)
21 Little Ones
Released 1995- The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll
- Turning Point
- Just Say No
- Heavenly Bodies
- Christmas Time
- Walkin' the Line
- Save the Day
- Concert Tonight
- Barbie
- This Could Be the Night
- Sweets for My Sweet
- Too Much Sugar
- Goodnight Irene
- California Girls
- God Only Knows
- Surfer Girl
- The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll
- Let's Go to Heaven in My Car
- I'll Bet He's Nice
- That Special Feeling
- Still I Dream of It
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Country Feelin'
by: Brian WilsonCountry feelins they're a-callin me
And brother I'm feelin' fine
Wanna cut loose from the city
Get out and run around
Country feelin's movin' in
My feet are dancin' in the hot sunshine
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
Country feelin's at a county fair
And under a big blue sky
See those bright birds fly
Cotton candy and apple pie
Country feelin's puttin' me on top of the world
On this happy day
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
Country, country feelin'
Country, country feelin'
Country, country feelin'
wo wo oh-oh
Country feelin's they got me sittin'
Right there in a rockin' chair
On a porch outside with a cold lemonade in the
Clean fresh air
Stand up tall be proud of yourself
And you just step out there
I'm gonna spread those country feelin's all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town