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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Surf City
Jan & Dean Lyrics
Dead Man's Curve I was cruisin' in my Stingray late one night When an…
Drag City Burn up that quarter mile Just tuned my car, now she…
Fun Fun Fun Well she got her daddy's car And she cruised through the…
I Get Around Round round get around I get around Yeah Get around round ro…
Little Deuce Coupe Little deuce Coupe You don't know what I got Little deuce Co…
Little Old Lady From Pasadena It's the little old lady from Pasadena The little old lady…
Ride the Wild Surf In Hawaii there's a place known as Waimea Bay Where the…
Sidewalk Surfin Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Jan:
Dead Man's Curve I was cruisin' in my Stingray late one night When an…
Drag City Burn up that quarter mile Just tuned my car, now she…
I Get Around Round round get around I get around Yeah Get around round ro…
Little Deuce Coupe Little deuce Coupe You don't know what I got Little deuce Co…
Little Old Lady From Pasadena It's the little old lady from Pasadena The little old lad…
Ride The Wild Surf In Hawaii there's a place known as Waimea Bay Where the…
Sidewalk Surfin Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Dean:
Dead Man's Curve I was cruisin' in my Stingray late one night When an…
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…