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He is a singer-songwriter born in Los
Angeles. He was a founder member of The
Beach Boys and first cousin to the Wilson Brothers. He has often been seen as the
negative creative force within the band. He wrote the lyrics for "Good
Vibrations". He co-wrote
many of the early songs and won a lawsuit for his uncredited contributions. He initiated a lawsuit in 2005
against Brian Wilson and the Mail on
Sunday newspaper arguing misuse of The Beach Boys' name in
promotions. According to
most sources he was opposed to the lyrical content and "avant garde
modalities" in the Pet Sounds
and SMiLE album projects. He accompanied The Beatles and
Donovan on their trip to India
in 1968 after he became involved in Transcendental Meditation. In the mid-70s he recorded two
albums with the band Celebration
and then a solo album in 1981.
As well as co-writing he played the saxophone on "Kokomo". He was nominated for a Golden Globe for
the Original Song Category for the song "Kokomo",
which is the only song that reached No. 1 which hadn't been written
with Brian Wilson. He was
mentioned in songs by The Fall and Bell & Sebastian. After the death of
Carl Wilson in 1998 the group disbanded but he took over the name
"The Beach Boys" and still tours with other original
members.
Beach Boy Recordings
Wendy (Brian Wilson)
Livin' With a Heartache (Carl
Wilson/Randy Bachman)
Little Honda (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Love
- www.westworld.com/~ireedman/backsters5.html
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