Mike Love

While Brian Wilson is often cited as the great mind behind the Beach Boys -- the guy who wrote and arranged the songs, produced the records, and organized their stellar harmonies -- Mike Love is clearly the body, the man who has kept the band on the road and profitable through thick and thin. Love was the group's frontman on-stage from the beginning in 1961, as well as the lead singer on many of their hits, and after the Beach Boys stopped charting on a regular basis, he helped them evolve into a successful oldies act whose appeal as a touring attraction has made them a consis...