Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/27/1942
Place of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
The Beach Boys
Bruce Johnston
Biography
Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American singer, musician and songwriter who is a member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords, and California Music) and composed the 1975 Barry Manilow hit, "I Write the Songs".
Born in Illinois, Johnston grew up in Los Angeles and studied classical piano in his early years. While in high school, he arranged and played on his first hit record, Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat" (1959), and also worked with musicians such as Kim Fowley and Phil Specto...
Known For
The Beach Boys
as Self
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
as Self
The Wrecking Crew
as Self - Beach Boy (uncredited)
Disorderlies
as Himself
The Beach Boys: It's OK
as Self (The Beach Boys)
The Beach Boys: An American Band
as Self
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
as Self
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
as Self
Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys
as Self
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
as Self
The Beach Boys - Live at Knebworth
as Self
The Beach Boys: A Celebration Concert
as Self
The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
as Self
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
as Self
Cease to Exist
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
as Self
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
as Himself
The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
as Self
The Beach Boys: Live In Paris, 1969
as Self