The Beach Boys had some surprising celebrity friends, with Dennis Wilson even living with some of Charles Manson’s family. In fact, one song written by Manson appeared on a Beach Boys album.

There are strange coincidences which exist in the creative world, and you can clearly see one in the strange way this Led Zeppelin song connects to others.

Manson learned to play the guitar during one of his many stints in prison, and had dreams of becoming a star. He actually got pretty close. What songs did Charles Manson write?

LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson was cremated and his ashes scattered following a brief, private funeral four months after the death of the man who gained worldwide infamy for the 1969 Los Angeles ...

At the very start of the album, Bono declares: "This is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles. We're stealing it back!" 1989-present: Marilyn Manson borrows Charles Manson's name.

According to 500 Songs, Charles said: "They were fighting among themselves, so I wrote that song to bring them together.‘Submission is a gift, bring it to your brother’. Dennis has true soul ...

Charles Manson’s unsavory association with The Beatles is well-known. However, few classic rock fans know Manson wrote a song referencing The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour.It’s not clear ...

Songs are open to interpretation, but that can go fatally awry. Charles Manson, the infamous cult leader behind a grisly massacre in 1969, allegedly believed “Helter Skelter,” a song by The Beatles, a ...

Written by Charles Manson Covered by Marilyn Manson, who took the last name of his stage moniker in homage to the serial killer, “Sick City” was also on Manson’s 1970 debut LP. The song is ...

The song was credited solely to Wilson since, he explained, Manson had exchanged his publishing rights for “about a hundred thousand dollars’ worth of stuff” (another motorcycle and some cash).

The Beach Boys' song "Never Learn Not to Love," which was put out as a B-side on their 1968 single "Bluebirds over the Mountain," was actually written by Manson.

Before he was a convicted murderer, Charles Manson was an aspiring musician, who, at one point, rubbed shoulders with Neil Young. That was thanks to Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. Wilson and ...