- Uncle of Mike Love.
- Of his musicianship, Carlin states that Murry was self-taught on guitar and received piano lessons from his sister, but biographer Timothy White writes that Murry could not play an instrument.
- In 1921, the family moved west to Los Angeles, and were initially so impoverished that they camped for two months in a tent on the beach when they arrived.
- After the birth of his children, he founded a machining business, A.B.L.E. (Always Better Lasting Equipment) but maintained an active interest in music, which he passed along to his sons. W.
- The middle name Gage was taken from the doctor who delivered him as a baby.
- One of his eight siblings died in infancy.
- The Beach Boys dismissed him as their manager in early 1964, due to his overbearing and disruptive presence at the group's concerts and recording sessions. Following this, he produced the sound-alike group The Sunrays and recorded an easy-listening album, "The Many Moods of Murry Wilson" (1967).
- His father, Buddy, who struggled with alcoholism, was often physically and verbally abusive to his family. In one incident, after Buddy's glasses were broken by Murry's younger brother Charlie, Buddy beat the boy so savagely that the rest of the family temporarily forced him out of the home for a period. According to biographer Peter Ames Carlin, Murry increasingly "found himself thrust into the role of his mother's protector, raising his own fists against the father he loved but who seemed unable to love him or anyone else in the family.".
- Authored or co-authored at least 50 compositions in his lifetime, albeit with little commercial success.
- Raised in Los Angeles, Wilson grew up in a hostile family environment due to his own father's violent nature.
- Ws interested in music from a young age and aspired to be a pop songwriter since he was a teenager.
- He was married to Audree Wilson from 1938 until their divorce in 1966.
- Later in his life, he was accused of physically and verbally abusing his children, charges which he denied.
- An American songwriter, talent manager, record producer, and music publisher best known as the father of three of The Beach Boys.
- In 1929 the family settled at a home on 605 W. 99th St. near Inglewood, and one year later rented a nearby farmhouse at 9722 S. Figueroa.
- His father was of English, Irish, and Scottish descent, while his mother was of Swedish heritage.
- In 1969 he sold Sea of Tune--The Beach Boys' music publishing company--for the undervalued sum of $700,000 (equivalent to $5.17 million in 2021).
- His management of [xxxxxx]' publishing became the subject of numerous lawsuits decades later.
- His most popular songs were "Two-Step, Side-Step", recorded by Johnnie Lee Wills and Bonnie Lou in the 1950s, and "Break Away", released as a single by The Beach Boys in 1969.
- After The Beach Boys ) formation in 1961, he became their first manager, and in 1962 founded their publishing company, Sea of Tunes, with Brian Wilson.
- Was also credited as a producer for some of The Beach Boys' early records, including the 1962 singles "409" and "Surfin' Safari".
- In April 1970 he assembled a tape comprising songs that he had recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders called "So Much in Love" and "Love to Be Your Lover". The tape begins with a spoken interlude in which he suggests that The Beach Boys should record these songs, as he "doesn't have long to live".
- In March 1955 he obtained a loan of $20,000 (equivalent to $200,000 in 2021) to finance the start of his own machining business, A.B.L.E. Machinery Co. (Always Better Lasting Equipment).
- Portrayed in two television movies: in Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990) by Arlen Dean Snyder, and in The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000) by Kevin Dunn.
- In early 1969 he co-wrote The Beach Boys' song "Break Away" with Brian Wilson, and was credited under the pseudonym "Reggie Dunbar" on the record, which was released without much commercial success. In October, he returned to the studio to work on various productions, including a song titled "Gonna Be Alright".
- Following graduation, he worked as a clerk at Southern California Gas Co., until the birth of Brian Wilson,, in 1942, after which Murry took a job as a junior administrator at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber factory, where he lost his left eye in an industrial accident.
- In 1931 hr enrolled at Washington High School. There he met Audree Neva Korthof, who, in addition to playing piano, sang at school functions and community events with her classmates. They graduated in June 1935 and were married on 3/26/38.
- In 1968 he appeared on The Beach Boys' "Friends" album, singing the brief bass vocal harmony in the chorus of "Be Here in the Mornin'".
- After his injury, he returned to Goodyear but soon left the factory for a job at Garrett AiResearch, where he worked from 1945-50.
- In 2020 musician George Faulkner released a tribute album, "George Faulkner Sings Murry Wilson", containing 11 Wilson songs. It was the first vinyl LP collection of vocal songs composed by Wilson ever released. David Marks contributed liner notes to the album.
- He did a four-year stint at Admiral Machinery Co., a heavy-machinery leasing business, where he was employed by his younger brother Douglas.
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