Jan Berry and Dean Torrence began singing together after football practice … Read Full Bio ↴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.
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 Lyrics
A Beginning From An End She looks like you in every way And I love her…
Eve Of Destruction The eastern world, it is explodin'. Violence flarin', bullet…
Folk City Two girls for every boy I got a Hohner harmonica and…
Hang On Sloopy Hang on, Sloopy Sloopy, hang on Hang on, Sloopy Sloopy, hang…
I Can't Wait To Love You Yeah, I've got a strong urge to love you You know…
I Found A Girl I, I found a girl Anybody can see just by looking…
It Ain't Me Babe Go away from my window Leave at your own chosen speed I'm…
It's A Shame To Say Goodbye It takes so long to say goodbye Goodbye is a long,…
Where Were You When I Needed You Don't bother crying, don't bother calling It's all over now…
Yesterday Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it…