Brian Wilson Signs with Walt Disney Records

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Brian Wilson Signs with Walt Disney Records

Beach Boys Co-Founder to Record Two Albums, Including Covers of George and Ira Gershwin Classics

Wilson to Craft Collaborative Compositions from Previously Unpublished Music from George Gershwin


Two giants of popular entertainment have come together as Brian Wilson, the pioneering musical genius who co-founded the Beach Boys and wrote many of the band’s greatest hits, has signed with Walt Disney Records.

In the months ahead, Wilson will record two new solo albums for the label’s Disney Pearl imprint, including one featuring covers of classic songs by great American songwriters, George and Ira Gershwin. …

Below is a little information about Brian Wilson just in case you didnt grow up listening to the Beach Boys

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American musician best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the American rock and roll band The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group.

Wilson was the primary songwriter in the Beach Boys, also functioning as the band’s main producer, composer, and arranger. In 1988, Wilson and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which refers to Wilson on its website as “One of the few undisputed geniuses in popular music.” In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and Wilson was ranked at #52.[1]

He is also an occasional actor and voice actor, having appeared in television shows, films, and other music artist music videos.

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