Gregg Jakobson (born August 2, 1939) is an American songwriter who was a friend and songwriting partner of

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, and a prosecution witness in the murder trials of members of the

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Beach Boys

Jakobson and Wilson wrote " Celebrate the News", "

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", "Slip on Through" and " San Miguel" for

. The pair also wrote many songs together for Wilson's 1977 album ''

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'' including " What's Wrong", "

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", " Friday Night", "

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", and " End of The Show", as well as "Baby Blue" and " You and I" with Karen Lamm. In 2008, Jakobson produced the "Legacy Edition" re-issue of ''Pacific Ocean Blue'', which also features previously unreleased tracks from this album and the unfinished follow-up '' Bambu''.

Manson

Jakobson met

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in 1968 through Wilson and became friends with him, eventually paying expenses for Manson to record some of his own compositions. He later wrote of his experiences with Manson for ''

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'' magazine, using the pseudonym of "Lance Fairweather".

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1939 births Living people Musicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota Songwriters from Minnesota {{songwriter-stub