Editing Brian Wilson (section)

===International success and Houston flight incident===
[[File:Brian Wilson (1965) (cropped).png|thumb|upright|left|Wilson at a Beach Boys photoshoot, 1964]]
Throughout 1964, Wilson toured internationally with the Beach Boys while writing and producing their albums ''[[Shut Down Volume 2]]'' (March), ''[[All Summer Long (album)|All Summer Long]]'' (June), and ''[[The Beach Boys' Christmas Album]]'' (November).{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=46–72}} Following a particularly stressful Australasian tour in early 1964, the group dismissed Murry as their manager.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=51}} Murry maintained occasional contact with Wilson, offering unsolicited advice on the group's business decisions.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|p=113}} Wilson also continued to solicit his father's opinions on musical matters.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=54}}

In February, [[Beatlemania]] swept the U.S., a development that deeply concerned Wilson, who felt the Beach Boys' supremacy had been threatened by the [[British Invasion]].{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=51–52}}{{sfn|Gaines|1986|p=114}} Reflecting in 1966, he said, "[[The Beatles]] invasion shook me up a lot. [...] So we stepped on the gas a little bit."{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=52}} The Beach Boys' May 1964 single "[[I Get Around]]", their first U.S. number-one hit, is identified by scholar James Perone as representing both a successful response to the British Invasion and the beginning of an unofficial rivalry between Wilson and the Beatles, principally [[Paul McCartney]].{{sfn|Perone|2015|pp=42, 47}} The B-side, "[[Don't Worry Baby]]", was cited by Wilson in a 1970 interview as "Probably the best record we've done".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=273}}

By late 1964, Wilson faced mounting psychological strain from career pressures.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=63, 73–74}} He began distancing himself from the Beach Boys' surf-themed material, which had ceased following the ''All Summer Long'' track "[[Don't Back Down]]".{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=51}} During the group's first major European tour, a reporter asked how he had felt about originating the surfing sound, to which he responded by saying he had aimed to "produce a sound that teens dig, and that can be applied to any theme."{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=71}} Exhausted by his self-described "Mr Everything" role, he later expressed feeling mentally drained and unable to rest.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=74}} Adding to his concerns was the group's "business operations" and the quality of their records, which he believed suffered from this arrangement.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=77}}

[[File:The Beach Boys TV (cropped Brian).jpg|thumb|right|Wilson performing "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (The Beach Boys song)|Dance, Dance, Dance]]" with the Beach Boys at [[NBC]] TV studio, December 18, 1964{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=75–77}}]]

On December 23, 1964, Wilson was to accompany his bandmates for a two-week U.S. tour, but during a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, he experienced a breakdown, sobbing uncontrollably due to stress over his recent marriage to Marilyn Rovell.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=75}}{{sfn|Gaines|1986|p=127}} Jardine recalled, "None of us had ever witnessed something like that."{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=75}} Wilson played the show in Houston later that day, but was replaced by session musician [[Glen Campbell]] for the rest of the tour.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=75, 77}}{{refn|group=nb|This was the first time Wilson had skipped concert dates with the Beach Boys since 1963.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=77}} Although he continued to make sporadic appearances at gigs, the Houston show marked his last as a regular member of the touring group until 1976.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=75}}}} Wilson, speaking in 1966, described it as "the first of a series of three breakdowns".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=77}} When the group resumed recording their next album in January 1965, Wilson declared that he would be withdrawing from future tours.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=59}}{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=83}} Wilson attributed his decision partly to a "fucked up" jealousy of Spector and the Beatles.{{sfn|Love|2016|p=107}}{{refn|group=nb|Songwriters [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]] recalled that Wilson had confided in them about considering retirement from the music industry, changing his mind after hearing Spector's latest hit record, "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]."{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=40}}<!--- Original source: <ref name="yl">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303343404577519042622092010 |title=The Song That Conquered Radio |work=The Wall Street Journal |first=Marc|last=Myers|date=July 12, 2012 }}</ref>---> In an interview from August 1966, Wilson states, "I never wanted to quit the music business. I just wanted to get off the road, which I did."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Moses |first1=Ann |title=? Time with Beach Boy Brian Wilson |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/question-time-with-beach-boy-brian-wilson |magazine=[[NME]] |date=August 5, 1966 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Photographer Ed Roach said that Brian had felt overshadowed by the audience's enthusiastic response to his brother Dennis during live performances.{{sfn|Stebbins|2000|p=55}}}}

Campbell continued substituting for Wilson on tour until February 1965, after which Wilson produced Campbell's solo single, "[[Guess I'm Dumb]]", as a gesture of appreciation. [[Columbia Records]] staff producer [[Bruce Johnston]] was subsequently hired as Wilson's permanent touring replacement.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=83, 86, 89}}{{refn|group=nb|Wilson rejoined the live group for one-off occasions in February, March, July, and October 1965.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=84, 86, 102}}}}