The Beach Boys leader was a person.
The group , led by their principal songwriter and producer Brian , pioneered novel approaches to popular music form and production , combining their affinities for jazz-based vocal groups , 1950s rock and roll , and black R&B to create their unique sound .	rock	Rock music	Brian	Brian Wilson	popular	popular music	music form	musical form	production	record producer	jazz	jazz	rock and roll	rock and roll	R&B	R&B
Brian Douglas Wilson -LRB- born June 20 , 1942 -RRB- is an American musician , singer , songwriter , and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of the rock band the Beach Boys .	rock	rock music	the Beach Boys	the Beach Boys
