Brian Wilson to complete Gershwin songs

In a surprise union of two quintessentially American composers from different eras, one the 1960s mastermind of “Good Vibrations,” the other the Jazz Age creator of “Rhapsody in Blue,” former Beach Boy Brian Wilson has been authorized by the estate of George Gershwin to complete unfinished songs Gershwin left behind when he died in 1937.

Randy Lewis, “Brian Wilson to finish some George Gershwin songs”,  Los Angeles Times, 8 October 2009.

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