Brian Wilson | Daria & Delanie

Brian Douglas Wilson is widely given credit for inventing the California “surfin'” singing style of the Beach Boys, a rock and roll band from the 1960s. Wilson is regarded as a genius of the American popular music scene by his peers. He was primarily responsible for the Beach Boys’ numerous hit songs and records, both as a composer and producer. Wilson’s fading career took a turn for the better in 1988. The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in January of that year at the third annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards dinner.

Later that year, the rehabilitated Brian Wilson began a solo career with the release of his self-titled album, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Wilson married Melinda Ledbetter in 1995, and they have three children together. Daria and Delanie were adopted shortly after. Wendy and Carnie, Wilson’s older daughters, went on to have successful careers as professional singers in their own right as former members of the Wilson Philips trio.