Carl Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, was born 68 years ago today. Wilson was rock singer, guitarist and composer, and lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Beach Boys. Wilson performed lead vocals on a number of notable songs, including Good Vibrations and God Only Knows. Carl Wilson was the youngest brother of fellow Beach Boys Dennis and Brian Wilson and cousin of Beach Boy Mike Love. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Wilson was diagnosed with lung cancer after becoming ill at his vacation home in Hawaii in early 1997. Despite his illness, Wilson continued to perform during chemotherapy treatment. He played and sang throughout the Beach Boys entire summer tour which ended in the fall of 1997. During performance he sat on a stool. His unique, compelling voice, however, never deserted him and he always respectfully stood while singing God Only Knows. Wilson died of his cancer in Los Angeles surrounded by his family, on February 6, 1998, just two months after the death of his mother, Audree Wilson. He was 51 years old. Here, Wilson performs “God Only Knows.”
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