I Am Brian Wilson, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 28 relations: Alan Light, Autobiography, Ben Greenman, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson is a genius, Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, Coronet Books, Da Capo Press, David Hepworth, David Kirby (journalist), Esquire (magazine), Forbes, Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy, Love & Mercy (film), Melinda Ledbetter, Memoir, Mike Love, New Statesman, Star Tribune, The Daily Telegraph, The Desert Sun, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Townsquare Media, Van Dyke Parks, Vanity Fair (magazine), Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story.

2. Authorship debates
3. Books about rock musicians
4. Books about the Beach Boys
5. Da Capo Press books

Alan Light

Alan Light (born August 4, 1966) is an American journalist who has been a rock critic for Rolling Stone and the editor-in-chief for Vibe, Spin, and Tracks.

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Autobiography

An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life.

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Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman (born September 28, 1969) is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publishing executive who has written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, and others.

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Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded <!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->the Beach Boys.

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Brian Wilson is a genius

"Brian Wilson is a genius" is a line that became part of a media campaign spearheaded in 1966 by the Beatles' former press officer Derek Taylor, who was then employed as the Beach Boys' publicist.

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Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road is a 2021 documentary film about the Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson directed by Brent Wilson (no relation).

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Coronet Books

Coronet Books was established in 1966 as the paperback imprint of Hodder & Stoughton.

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Da Capo Press

Da Capo Press is an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.

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David Hepworth

David Hepworth (born 27 July 1950) is a British music journalist, writer, television presenter, and publishing industry analyst.

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David Kirby (journalist)

David Kirby was an American journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and was formerly a regular contributor to The New York Times since 1998.

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Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is an American men's magazine.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy is an autobiographical memoir by American musician Mike Love, co-founder of the Beach Boys, written with James S. Hirsch. I Am Brian Wilson and Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy are 2016 non-fiction books, American biographies, American memoirs, books about the Beach Boys, Collaborative non-fiction books and music autobiographies.

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Love & Mercy (film)

Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Bill Pohlad about the Beach Boys' co-founder and leader Brian Wilson and his struggles with mental illness during the 1960s and 1980s.

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Melinda Ledbetter

Melinda Kae Ledbetter (October 3, 1946 – January 30, 2024) was an American talent manager who was the second wife and longtime manager of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.

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Memoir

A memoir is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories.

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Mike Love

Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of t<!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->he Beach Boys which he co-founded with his cousins Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and their friend Al Jardine.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Desert Sun

The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York.

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Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

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Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story is the first memoir by American musician Brian Wilson, written with celebrity journalist Todd Gold and published by HarperCollins in 1991. I Am Brian Wilson and Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story are American biographies, American memoirs, Authorship debates, books about the Beach Boys, Collaborative non-fiction books and music autobiographies.

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See also

• Adalbert of Spalding
• Author profiling
• Bixby letter
• Frankenstein authorship question
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Historicity of the Book of Mormon
• Homeric Question
• I Am Brian Wilson
• Identity of Junius
• Molière authorship question
• Ralph Acton
• Shakespeare authorship question
• Spalding–Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship
• Stylometry
• The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein
• When Nature Wants a Man
• Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
• With the Century
• Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Books about rock musicians

• Born to Run (autobiography)
• Can I Say (book)
• Cobain Unseen
• Courtney Love: The Real Story
• Faith, Hope, and Carnage
• Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa
• I Am Brian Wilson
• In Search of The La's: A Secret Liverpool
• Led Zeppelin: The Biography
• My Cross to Bear
• Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects
• Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
• The Music and Art of Radiohead
• The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones
• This Book Is Broken
• This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake
• Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses
• When Giants Walked the Earth
• Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess

Books about the Beach Boys

• Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963
• Catch a Wave (book)
• Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
• Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys
• I Am Brian Wilson
• Inside the Music of Brian Wilson
• The Beach Boys and the California Myth
• Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Da Capo Press books

• An American Trilogy (book)
• Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
• Damned to Eternity
• Detroit Rock City (book)
• Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing
• Formosa Betrayed (book)
• Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth
• Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes
• I Am Brian Wilson
• I Put a Spell on You (book)
• Iron John: A Book About Men
• Juggalo: Insane Clown Posse, Their Fans, and the World They Made
• Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam
• Playing Hurt
• Sex Variant Woman
• Standing Eight
• The Aesthetics of Rock
• The Book of Drugs
• The Great Good Place (book)
• The Last Battle (Harding book)
• The Longest Winter
• The Psychopathic God
• The Velvet Rage
• This Day in North American Indian History
• Under the Big Black Sun (book)
• What Is America?

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Brian_Wilson

Also known as I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir.