His favorite album of all time is "Phil Spector`s Christmas Album". Another favorite is "Sail Away" by Randy Newman.

His favorite singers include Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.

Enjoys the music of Phil Spector, The Ronettes and The Byrds.

Recipient of the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors. Other recipients that year were Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, and Martin Scorsese.

Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [14 November 2006]

During the 1980s and his crash-diet and when he was at his thinnest, Dr. Eugene Landy had him eating 600 calories a day, or as Brian described it, "One little sunflower seed a day!".

Turned in a composition called "Surfin`" to his high school music theory teacher, which got an F, but eventually became a million dollar hit.

No longer plays bass or guitar, and has played keyboards or piano since his 1985 performance at Live Aid in which he gave a solid performance of "Wouldn`t It Be Nice", he first in many years

Actually performed the song "Brian Wilson" by The Barenaked Ladies live with slight abridgments to one line instead of "Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun" he said "Playing my piano and building castles in the sand."

In June 2006, re-united with the original Beach Boys on top of the Capitol Records Building for the first time since 1996, and the first time without brother Carl.

Names "California Girls" his favorite song out of all the songs he has written.

Inducted by Sir Paul McCartney into the Songwriter`s Hall Of Fame June 2000

Years of smoking six packs of cigarettes a day damaged his voice; even though he no longer smokes, he sings without the range and smoothness of his early days. When he performs Beach Boys songs during shows, another vocalist often takes Wilson`s former parts, while Wilson takes the parts recorded by Mike Love. He has referred to having a chest x-ray after he quit smoking as the bravest thing he ever did.

With the death of brother Carl Wilson in 1998, he became the last surviving original member of the Wilson family.

The Beach Boys were voted the 12th Greatest Rock `n` Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone.

Recently revisited his long-shelved "Smile" album (co-written with Van Dyke Parks), finally completing the project, with plans to both release the album and perform it live on tour, with current backup band The Wondermints. (March 2004)

Almost completely deaf in his right ear, from an early accident. While he has never heard stereo music, his ear for balance between sounds is unusually strong; he preferred to mix in mono because he noticed stereo was off-balance unless one was directly between the speakers. (Later productions of his are in stereo, or binaural sound.)

Confessed years later that one entire album side (from 1965`s `The Beach Boys Today`) had been written and arranged under marijuana`s influences.

Was a board member for the Monterey Pop Festival.

Became a virtual recluse after the "Smile" project was abandoned, which by all accounts would have been on a par with The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band".

His songs `California Girls` and `Good Vibrations` have been played more than three million times, `I Get Around`, `Help me, Rhonda` and `Wouldn`t it be Nice` more than two million times, on radio. [1998]

Inducted by Elton John into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beach Boys) 20 January 1988.

Cousin of Mike Love. Father of Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson.

Married twice.

Born in Inglewood, California, USA