Rest in peace Brian Wilson, leader and head songwriter of The Beach Boys' “teenage symphonies to God.” In this picture, ...

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Rest in peace Brian Wilson, leader and head songwriter of The Beach Boys' “teenage symphonies to God.” In this picture, ...

Rest in peace Brian Wilson, leader and head songwriter of The Beach Boys' “teenage symphonies to God.” In this picture, expectant fans wait for the Beach Boys' plane outside of Incoming for the Raleigh-Durham airport (RDU), ahead of a concert that evening at Dorton Arena, July 12th, 1965. This was the year Wilson and the band recorded their classic break with surf music, the TODAY! LP, featuring “Help Me Rhonda,” and one year before PET SOUNDS. NO.65.7.720 From the N&O Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina. Photo copyrighted by the News and Observer. Illegal to use without express permission from the N&O.