Dennis Wilson
Dennis Carl Wilson (born 1944 in Inglewood, California) was a drummer and
occasional vocalist for the Beach Boys. He began drum lessons at Hawthorne High,
later playing on the group’s first studio album Surfin’ Safari and contributing
vocals. Dennis Carl Wilson’s songwriting emerged with the 1968 single “Friends”
and the 1969 album 20/20, featuring “Be with Me” and “All I Want to Do”. In 1970
he contributed “Forever” to the Beach Boys’ album Sunflower, and in 1977 he
released his solo debut Pacific Ocean Blue, which reached number 96 on the US
Billboard chart and later gained a c...
