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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Popsicle
Jan & Dean Lyrics
Down At Malibu Beach a long way down the beach she turns her skirt flaps…
Fiddle Around Wo wo wo fiddle around, fiddle around They would fiddle arou…
One-Piece Topless Bathing Suit I was sitting on the beach Just picking up some…
Popsicle My phys-ed teacher's got me working too hard Relax after sch…
She's My Summer Girl Eleven bees, four wasps, a turtle Eleven bees and a bumblebe…
Summer Means Fun Surfin' every day down at Malibu 'Neath the warm California…
Tennessee Bopbopbopbopbop bopbopbopbopbop Bop bop bop bop bopbopbopbop…
The Restless Surfer I can't settle down on just one shore To ride the…
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Tennessee Bopbopbopbopbop bopbopbopbopbop Bop bop bop bop bopbopbopbop…