Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.

This year’s inductees include Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, funk pioneer George Clinton, country songwriter Ashely Gorley, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, pr...

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