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Brian Wilson (other)
Brian Wilson (born 1942) is an American musician and co-founder of The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson may also refer to: People Sportspeople *Brian Wilson (baseball) (born 1982), Major League Baseball pitcher *Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1961), Brownlow Medal winner 1982 * Brian Wilson (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1984), Australian rules footballer for Geelong *Brian Wilson (footballer, born 1957), English footballer (Newcastle United FC) * Brian Wilson (footballer, born 1983), English footballer currently playing for Barrow A.F.C. *Brian Wilson (poker player) (born 1967), bracelet winner at the 2005 World Series of Poker *Brian Wilson (tennis) (born 1982), American tennis player Other people *Brian Anthony Wilson (born 1960), American film and television actor *Brian Courtney Wilson, American gospel and CCM singer * Brian Graham Wilson (born 1930), Australian astrophysicist and academic *Brian Wilson (news correspondent) (born 1956), Washington D.C. bureau chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century. His best-known work is distinguished for its high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, layered vocals, and introspective or ingenuous themes. Wilson is also known for his formerly high-ranged singing and for his lifelong struggles with mental illness. Raised in Hawthorne, California, Wilson's formative influences included George Gershwin, the Four Freshmen, Phil Spector, and Burt Bacharach. In 1961, he began his professional career as a member of the Beach Boys, serving as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and ''de facto'' leader. After signing w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (news Correspondent)
Brian Glenn Wilson (born February 15, 1956) is an American former anchor reporter for Fox News. He is a past chairman of the Capitol Hill Radio/TV Correspondents' Association. He currently hosts ''The Drive with Brian Wilson'' on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, a talk radio station in Nashville. Early life and education Wilson was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. Wilson holds a master’s degree in print journalism from American University, where he also served as an adjunct professor in the university's communication school. Career Wilson began his career as a reporter at KFDA, the CBS affiliate station in Amarillo, Texas, then worked at KTPX in Odessa, Texas, and as a reporter in Mobile, Alabama. Wilson then served as a reporter and anchor on WTTG in Washington, D.C. Wilson hosted a D.C.-based weekend program on Fox News and appeared once as a substitute anchor for Brit Hume on the weekday program ''Special Report with Brit Hume''. From 2003 to 2006, Wilson was also the congressio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Wilson (basketball)
Byron Neal Wilson (born September 1, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who also holds Argentinian nationality. A 6-foot-3 guard, he played college basketball at Utah for 3 years, sitting out his freshman year due to Proposition 48. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1993 NBA draft (54th overall), but he was cut before the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season and started his professional career in the CBA. He then moved to Argentina and he began a long career there, playing 570 games in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, scoring 11,149 points, and winning 4 national championships, 3 Finals MVP titles, and one Liga Sudamericana title. He retired in 2010 after a 17-year professional career. High school career Wilson was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, where he attended Lew Wallace High School: he averaged 19 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game as a senior in high school, shooting 52% from the field. He also shot 80% from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryon Wilson
Bryon Wilson (born April 7, 1988) is an American freestyle skier and Olympic bronze medalist. He earned a spot on the US Freestyle Ski Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics after a solid beginning to the 2009–10 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season where he had two 2nd-place finishes during the first weekend of competition at Suomu, Finland. Bryon was born and lived in Butte, Montana, for most of his life until his family made the decision to move to Park City, Utah, to be closer to an advanced training facility to enable him, along with his younger brother Brad Wilson, to advance their skills and build a career in competitive skiing. The boys learned gymnastics from a young age and began skiing as toddlers. They later began to combine the two sports. Both brothers train at Deer Valley and the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Wilson won the bronze medal in men's moguls with a score of 26.08. See also *Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Wilson (other)
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Bryan Wilson may refer to: * Bryan R. Wilson (1926–2004), British professor of sociology * Bryan Wilson (sport shooter) (born 1962), Australian sport shooter * Bryan Andrew Wilson (born 1981), American gospel musician and pastor See also * Brian Wilson (born 1942), American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer * Brian Wilson (other) Brian Wilson (born 1942) is an American musician and co-founder of The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson may also refer to: People Sportspeople *Brian Wilson (baseball) (born 1982), Major League Baseball pitcher *Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (song)
"Brian Wilson" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies from their 1992 album ''Gordon''. The song was written by Steven Page as a tribute to the Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson. It was released as a single and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian Singles Chart. In 1998, the song peaked at number 68 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Wilson himself covered the song on his live album ''Live at the Roxy Theatre'' (2000). Background and lyricism The song was written by singer/guitarist Steven Page in his parents' basement around his twentieth birthday, in 1990. The first lines of the song chronicle one of his many late-night journeys to the Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street. The song generally tells the story of a man whose life parallels that of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, particularly during his time spent with psychologist Eugene Landy after Wilson was diagnosed with mental illness, and, more broadly, with lyrics about suffering from comorbid mental illness and obesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (album)
''Brian Wilson'' is the first solo album by American musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, released July 12, 1988 by Sire and Reprise Records. Promoted as a spiritual successor to his band's 1966 release '' Pet Sounds'', the album is characterized for its rich, synthesizer-heavy orchestrations. It cost over $1 million to record and was the first album produced by Wilson since '' The Beach Boys Love You'' (1977). His former psychologist, Eugene Landy, was credited as "executive producer". The album was recorded over the course of a year across 11 studios. It was written and produced mainly by Wilson, Landy, and Sire staff producers Andy Paley, Russ Titelman, and Lenny Waronker. Landy was a constant disruptive presence, and creative differences between him and the rest of the production team occurred throughout the album's making. The record includes the eight-minute closing track "Rio Grande", which saw Wilson revisiting a more experimental approach in the form of an Old West- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (systems Scientist)
Brian Wilson (born 1933 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire) is a British systems scientist and honorary professor at Cardiff University, known for his development of soft systems methodology (SSM) and enterprise modelling.Robert Macredie (1998), ''Modelling for Added Value'', p.168. Biography After graduating from University of Nottingham with a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering, nuclear power engineering and control system design, Wilson joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority where he was concerned with the control and spatial stability of gas-cooled reactors and power plants. In 1966, he left the world of nuclear power engineering and control system design, and became a founder member of the Department of Systems Engineering at the University of Lancaster. Wilson has had an association with Cardiff University for a number of years, in a variety of roles, and has recently been conferred as an honorary professor in the Department of Computer Science. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Brian Wilson MLA (born 15 May, 1943) is a Northern Irish politician who was a member of North Down Borough Council for 34 years (1981–2015). He retired when local government was reformed. During this time he served as an Alliance member, Green Party and Independent. He was the first Green Party Councillor to be elected in Northern Ireland in 2005. Wilson served as the Green Party Northern Ireland’s Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2007 to 2011, and was the party’s first elected representative in the Assembly. He agreed to serve as an MLA for a single term, and stood down to be replaced by his research assistant, Steven Agnew. Early life Wilson was born in 1943 in Bangor, County Down. He attended Trinity Primary School and Bangor Grammar School. A former civil servant in the Department of Education, he studied part-time at the Open University and in 1973 left the civil service to do a full-time master's degree in Politics at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (Labour Politician)
Brian David Henderson Wilson (born 13 December 1948) is a former Scottish Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Cunninghame North from 1987 until 2005 and served as a Minister of State from 1997 to 2003. After standing down as a Minister prior to his departure from Parliament, he was asked by Tony Blair to act as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Overseas Trade. Having continued to take an interest in trade promotion, he was appointed to the newly re-established UK Board of Trade in 2017. He is also chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides, a director of Celtic Football Club and Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde. Early life and career Wilson was born in 1948 in Dunoon, Scotland and educated at the co-educational, comprehensive Dunoon Grammar School. He then studied at the University of Dundee and University College, Cardiff - where he was one of the first intake of 16 to the first-ever postgraduate journalism course in the UK, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (academic)
Professor Brian Graham Wilson (1930-2019) was an Australian astrophysicist and academic. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ... from 1979 to 1996, the role's longest tenure ever. Prior to his career in academic administration, he was a noted researcher in astrophysics for over 15 years specialising in cosmic radiation, solar physics and x-ray astronomy. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Brian 1930 births Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (baseball)
Brian Patrick Wilson (born March 16, 1982), nicknamed "The Beard" and "B-Weezy", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. He stands tall and weighs . Wilson is known for his large black beard, which he began growing during the 2010 pennant race. Wilson's entrance at home games accompanied by the song "Jump Around" was popular with fans. Wilson also portrayed Peterson, a pitcher in the 2019 film '' Bottom of the 9th''. Wilson pitched collegiately at Louisiana State University. His college career ended during his junior season, when he injured his elbow and underwent Tommy John surgery. The San Francisco Giants selected him in the 2003 draft. He reached the major leagues in 2006 and had become the Giants' regular closer by the end of 2007. In 2010, he led the Majors with 48 saves which tied the franchise single season record while posting a 1.81 ERA, and he saved cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
