Jan & Dean
Jan & Dean
Group from United States
Genres: Surf, 60s, oldies, surf rock, Rock and Roll
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About Jan & Dean
Jan Berry and Dean Torrence began singing together after football practice at University High School in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. Primitive recording sessions followed soon after in a makeshift studio in Jan's garage. They first performed on stage as The Barons at a high school dance. Then they were known as Jan & Arnie. After Dean returned from a stint in the army reserves, the duo began to make music as Jan & Dean in 1958. Jan Berry and Brian Wilson collaborated on roughly a dozen hits and album cuts for Jan & Dean, including the number one national hit, "Surf City" (1963). Subsequent Top-10 hits for Jan & Dean included "Honolulu Lulu," "Drag City," "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," and "Dead Man's Curve" -- which became eerily portentous when Berry received severe head injuries in an automobile accident just a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in April 1966. This accident marked the end of their commercial peak, during which they'd scored an impressive total of 26 chart hits over eight years. The group finally stopped performing after Jan Berry died in March 2004.
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Jan & Dean — Top 13 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan And Dean | Fun Fun Fun (1963) | ||
| Jan And Dean | White Tennis Sneakers | ||
| Jan And Dean | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena | ||
| Jan And Dean | Surf City (1963) | ||
| Jan And Dean | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (1962) | ||
| Jan And Dean | Surfin' Wild | ||
| Jan And Dean | Ride The Wild Surf 1964 | ||
| Jan And Dean | Surf City | ||
| Jan And Dean | Surf City [FSB] | ||
| Jan And Dean | Drag City | ||
| Jan And Dean | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (1964) | ||
| Jan And Dean | Frosty The Snowman [fbd] | ||
| Jan And Dean | Batman Theme |