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.
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Stations that played Jan & Dean in the last 30 days
- 54×
Longboard Radio
United States · Rock - 19×
Halloween Radio Oldies
U.S. Outlying Islands · Rock - 16×
Coast FM
Rock - 15×
#1 Splash 60s
Germany · Pop - 11×
Classic 1260 KYA
United States · Rock - 9×
WNLB 97.7 "Blue Devil Radio" Holland, Ohio
United States · Rock - 7×
181.fm good time oldies
United States · Rock - 7×
Radio Northumberland
United Kingdom · Rock - 7×
LITT Live - 60's
United States · Rock - 6×
Christmas Radio Philippines - Powered By www.amfmph.net
Philippines · Pop - 6×
WPTX 1690 AM & 100.7 FM
United States · Rock - 6×
KISN Good Guys
United States
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