Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles popularized by the Beach Boys.
Among their most successful songs was 1963's "Surf City", the first surf song ever to reach the #1 spot. Their other charting top 10 singles were "Drag City" (1963), "Dead Man's Curve" (1964; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008[1]), and "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (1964).
In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album,[2] and was nominated three other times in the same category for albums of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. In 2013, Torrence's design contribution of the Surf City Allstars' In Concert CD was named a Silver Award of Distinction at the Communicator Awards competition.[3]
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duo JanandDean. Jan Berry album Second Wave—One Way 34524 (1997) A Memorial edition of this CD was released in April 2004, after Jan's death Dean Torrence...
include rock and roll, blues, bluegrass and gospel music. As a session musician he has played for and with artists as varied as JanandDean, Gary Lewis...
exposure when it was represented by vocal groups such as the Beach Boys andJanandDean. Dale is quoted on such groups: "They were surfing sounds [with] surfing...
guitarists of all time and especially of the early 1960s. Most of the leading bands in surf music, such as The Beach Boys, JanandDeanand The Trashmen, were...
future collaborations with JanandDean, although they continued to appear on each other's records. Wilson's hits with JanandDean effectively revitalized...
Drive-In along with Jan Berry andDean Torrence (of JanandDean), Fabian, Bobby Vee, Chris Montez, Dodie Stevens, and Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (the sons...
rock duo JanandDean. Though recorded sporadically from 1966 to 1968, it was not released until 2010. Even though it is credited as a JanandDean record...
He also has performed and recorded with JanandDean. John Patrick Cowsill was born in Newport, Rhode Island to William "Bud" and Barbara Cowsill. He is...
& Garfunkel) "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Johnny Rivers) "Baby Talk" (JanandDean) "Back Home Again" (John Denver) "Barbara Ann" (The Beach Boys) "Batman...
in 1973 and worked part-time as both a lawyer and writer. During this time, he developed his feature-length article on surf singers JanandDean that was...
for star Dean Martin, playing Matt Helm. She performed her own stunts and was taught martial arts by Bruce Lee. The film was successful and brought Tate...
arranger, conductor and composer John Bahler. In Bahler's early career, he worked with Jan Berry (of JanandDean). Later, he and his brother John were...
Meanwhile, JanandDean released Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfing, which featured the Wilson brothers and David Marks as guests on the tracks "Surfin'" and "Surfin'...
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