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 and Other Swingin' Cities
Jan & Dean Lyrics
Detroit City I want to go home, I want to go home, Oh…
Honolulu Lulu Queen of the surfer girls She's got stars in her eyes…
I Left My Heart In San Francisco I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Manhattan Summer journeys To Niagara And to other places Aggravate all…
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
Tallahassee Lassie Well she comes from Tallahassee She got a hot, wide chassis…
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land…
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis You came a long way from St. Louis, you climbed…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Jan:
Detroit City I want to go home, I want to go home, Oh…
Honolulu Lulu Queen of the surfer girls She's got stars in her eyes…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Manhattan Summer journeys To Niagara And to other places Aggravate all…
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Dean:
Surf City Two girls for every boy I bought a '30 Ford wagon…