2008/10/11

Related groups (with selected discographies)

*Murry Wilson (July 2, 1917 – June 4, 1973, father of Brian)
lp: The Many Moods Of Murry Wilson 1967
His biggest success was with a dance song, "Two-Step Side-Step", which was featured by Lawrence Welk on his radio program and covered on record by RCA Victor Western Swing artist Johnnie Lee Wills.

*The Sunrays Produced & managed by Murry Wilson.
(= Marty DiGiovanni, Rick Henn, Eddy Medora (deceased), Vince Hozier (deceased) and Byron Case)
lp: Andrea 1966
Their hits included "I Live for the Sun," (#51 in 1965), "Andrea," (#41 in 1966) and "Still" (#93 in 1966).

*The Honeys Produced by Brian Wilson
(= The sisters Marilyn and Diane Rovell, and their cousin Ginger Blake)
Various singles 196..., lp: Ecstacy 1983, cd: The Honeys Collector Series 1992
info http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8303/brian/honeys.htm#unrel

*American Spring Produced by Brian Wilson
(= The sisters Marilyn and Diane Rovell)
lp: (American) Spring 1972 included the great song Sweet Mountain

*Dennis Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983)
lp: Pacific Ocean Blue 1977. (on 2cd in 2008)

*Brian Wilson
Most important albums:
Brian Wilson 1988
Orange Crate Art 1995 (= Van Dyke Parks music, Brian Wilson vocals)
Brian Wilson Presents Smile 2004
That Lucky Old Sun 2008

*Carl Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998)
Albums: Carl Wilson (1981), Youngblood (1983)

*Beckley-Lamm-Wilson
= Gerry Beckley of America, Robert Lamm of Chicago & Carl Wilson
cd: Like A Brother 2000

*Mike Love
lp: Looking Back With Love 1977

Stan Love

Steve Love

*Maureen Love
Maureen Love (art photographer and harpist) (Mike's sister)
You can hear her playing the harp on "Catch A Wave" 1963

*Celebration
(with: mike love, charles lloyd, ron alltbach, dave robinson, mike kowalski, ed carter, wells kelly, gary griffin and more...)
lps: Celebration 1977, Almost Summer Soundtrack 1978, single: Almost Summer 1978
info http://everything2.com/e2node/Almost%2520Summer

*Bruce Johnston
lp: Going Public 1977
Disco hit single, remake of the Chantays' tune "Pipeline" 1977
He wrote the Billboard number one, Barry Manilow hit ("I Write the Songs") for which he won a Grammy

*Bruce & Terry
(=Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher)
singles Custom Machine 1964 and Summer Means Fun 1964

*The Ripchords
(= Phil Stewart, Rich Rotkin, Arnie Marcus and Ernie Bringas, produced by Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher)
single: Hey Little Cobra 1964
http://www.ripchords.info/

*Terry Melcher (1942 – 2004)
He was a son of Doris Day.
Produced with Bruce Johnston (Bruce & Terry) and for The Birds (Turn, Turn, Turn, Mr Tambourine Man), The Mamsa & The Papas among many many more.
He co-wrote the Beach Boys song Kokomo, and he co-wrote a lot songs on the Beach Boys (really poor) album Summer In Paradise 1992, which he produced also.

*Al Jardine
Tours with his Endless Summer Band containing many of the stage musicians who toured with The Beach Boys, including Billy Hinsche (of Dino, Desi and Billy), Ed Carter, Bobby Figueroa, and Jardine's son Matt Jardine, who sang with the Beach Boys during much of their later career.
He is currently working on his first full-length solo studio album "A Postcard From California" 2010?
+ http://www.aljardine.com/

*David Marks Surf-guitarist aka 'The Lost Beach Boy'
He is best known as being a member of The Beach Boys from February 1962 to October 1963.
+ http://www.davidleemarks.com/
+ http://www.myspace.com/DavidMarks

Dave & The Marksmen
+ http://davidmarksandthemarksmen.com/
+ http://www.myspace.com/davidmarksthemarksmen

*The Flames =
Steve Fataar (1963–1970), Brother Fataar (1963–1970)
Ricky Fataar (1964-1970), Baby Duval (1967), replaced by Blondie Chaplin (1967-1970)
+ http://www.the-flames.com/
(Ricky & Blondie played with the Beach Boys in the early 70s.)

*Wilson Phillips
= Brian's daughters Carnie and Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips, daughter of John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas.
CDs Wilson Phillips 1990, Shadows And Light 1992
Singles: "Hold On", "Release Me" 1990,
"You're in Love", "Impulsive", "The Dream Is Still Alive"
1991

Carney & Wendy Wilson
Christmas cd Hey Santa! 1993
included I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus 1977 with The Beach Boys on backing vocals

*Carnie Wilson
cds For the First Time 2003, Christmas With Carnie 2008

*The Wilsons
= Brian with daughters Carney & Wendy Wilson
cd The Wilsons 1997
+ http://www.surfermoon.com/lyrics/the_wilsons.html

*In Bloom (trio)
= alt-rock trio featuring Justyn Wilson (Carl Wilsons' son) on guitar, cousin Carl Benton Wilson (Dennis Wilsons' son) on drums, and bassist Mario Tucker.
Carl: There are alot of different influences between the three of us. For me The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin, The Specials, The Clash, Bob Marley, Weezer to name some bands that I feel inspired me. My first and obviously my strongest influence was watching my dad play when I was young.