Murry Wilson

Murry Gage Wilson ( born July 2, 1917 in Hutchinson, Kansas, † June 4, 1973, also known by his pseudonym Reggie Dunbar ) was an American musician, composer, music manager and record producer. He was thus known that he was responsible for the band The Beach Boys from 1961 to 1964 as a manager and the father of the band members Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and Mike Love of the uncle was.

Life

Murry Wilson worked as a young man in a factory Goodyear, where he lost his left eye in an industrial accident. Later he started his own business and founded his own company, which he called ABLE. He sold about this company technical accessories for the aviation industry.

In his spare time he tried to establish himself as a composer and lyricist. He wrote some lyrics to songs, which published mediocre artist as a B-side. The first Murry Wilson composition was the publication, which was Two Steps Sidestep The Bachelors interpreted in 1952. Lawrence Welk interpreted this song as well and made ​​him interesting for radio stations. More songs that were an artist, were Hide My Tears and His Little Darlin. Murry had with his work as a composer does not work, but he had thereby contacts in the music business. Especially for couple Morgan, who owned his own recording studio.

Murry gave his children music lessons and even he was the one the studio of his friend Hite Morgan hired for the recording of the first Beach Boys demo tape and produced this demo tape together with Brian Wilson. It has, however, came to disagreements with the band, as Murry was that they recorded songs composed by him. The did not meet the band. After the small record label Candix Records had released the song " Surfin ' Murry was presented with another demo recordings with larger record companies, but without success. Only Nick Venet of Capitol Records gave him belonging.

Murry had a very authoritarian style soon no longer fit as a manager what the band. In 1964, he was released during recording in the studio of Brian from his duties after they stumbled once again on differences in the musical field.

Although Wilson was fired from the band in 1964, he took care to continue some band affairs. He took care of a long time about the rights of the music of the Beach Boys. He founded it together with Brian Musikverlag Sea of ​​Tunes of 1967 replaced by a company founded by the Beach Boys Brother Records. He was also asked and unasked advice to various band affairs. 1969 Murry sold with a forged signature of Brian Wilson, the rights to the Beach Boys songs for only $ 700,000 to the American label A & M Records ..

Mike Love soon found out that Murry where Mike Love was involved as the author of many songs, had only written to Brian. Love, however, was complicit in many songs as a lyricist. This led to a lawsuit between Mike Love and Brian Wilson in the early 1990s, Wilson had his hand A & M Records sued for damages.

Murry Wilson had a dampening effect on the 1969 Beach Boys single Breakaway under the pseudonym " Reggie Dunbar " as a co- composer and co-producer with. "Break Away" reached # 63 in the U.S. and the UK ranked # 6

He tried to continue to establish themselves in the music business. So he took care of the band The Sunrays, where he was the manager and producer to the side. The band was a copy of the Beach Boys and tried to copy their sound. Murry made ​​it though the band a contract with Capitol Records to get, but they soon realized that Murry had not been the genius behind the Beach Boys. The band also managed only two singles on the charts to place. He also took care of the band The Honeys in which Marilyn Wilson, wife of Brian Wilson and Diane Rovell and her sister sang.

1967 Murry published his first and only solo album entitled " The Many Moods of Murry Wilson ". It consisted only of instrumentals which for the most part were cover versions. The album also his version of the Beach Boys song "The warmth of the sun" is heard. A second cover version of the Beach Boys reference is the song " Italy". In the credit of the name Alan Jardine is noted, this quasi served as a placeholder for a Brian Wilson composition.

Murry Wilson died on 4 June 1973 at the age of 55 of a heart attack. Murry was married to Audree Wilson and mid-1960s by her divorced.

Discography

• The many moods of Murry Wilson (1967, Capitol Records)