Mike Love

Born 15 March 1941.

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Michael Edward "Mike" Love (born March 15, 1941) is an American singer/songwriter musician with The Beach Boys. He is a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to write, record and perform with the band to the present day. For most of the Beach Boys' career Love has been the primary lyricist, holding writing contributions to each of the band's studio albums and four number-one singles. In 1988, he, along with the other founding members of the Beach Boys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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