"This one here hits different," George Clinton told an assorted crowd of songwriters, artists and music industry players in New York City on Friday (June 13) night as he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

NEW YORK — The Beach Boys’ Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.

Love, a founder member of The Beach Boys, was inducted alongside music legends George Clinton, Michael McDonald and The Doobie Brothers.