Jan And Dean had no game.) I probably went most of my life assuming that “Surf City” was a Beach Boys song, and it nearly was. Berry and Torrance, high school football teammates in late-’50s ...

Fame came quickly for the Los Angeles-born duo of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence ... the original singer of “Surf City” now living in a real place named after the song? “I love it,” Torrence ...

After Jan & Dean recorded their catchy hit "Surf City," the song topped the charts and allowed listeners around the country to imagine the coolness and relaxation of beach life in the 1960s.

of the pop duo Jan and Dean, incorrectly stated that the song “Surf City” contained the phrase “two girls for every guy.” The phrase is “two girls for every boy.” Along with his friend ...

That's more than 10 years before the song "Surf City," written and performed by the late Jan Berry and Dean Torrence with writing help from Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys in 1963. Known as Jan ...

Even so, the Beach Boys are in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and Jan and Dean are not, despite co-writing songs the Beach Boys made famous including "Surf City" and "The Little Old Lady from ...

Don’t Run”) the Surfaris (“Wipeout”) and the Chantays (“Pipeline), as well as vocal pop groups like the Beach Boys (“Surfin’ USA”) and Jan and Dean (“Surf City”). They perform ...

2. Jan and Dean, “Surf City" (1963) The first surf song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 also was written by Brian Wilson with lyrical help from Jan Berry. For people who blame the ...

when Berry — at the peak of his career with Jan and Dean, with ten Top Thirty hits over the past three years, including the AM radio classics “Surf City,” “Dead Man’s Curve” and “The ...

During a lightning round on Wednesday’s “Wheel of Fortune,” a “Song Lyrics ... puzzle properly, “SURF CITY HERE WE COME.” Somewhere, beach rock duo Jan and Dean are rolling their ...

Jan Berry, the creative force behind legendary surf rock duo Jan and Dean, died Friday ... early Sixties hits “Drag City,” “Dead Man’s Curve” — a song about a tragic car crash that ...

Get ready to "Ride the Wild Surf" with ... at 7:30 p.m. Jan and Dean, two native Californians, sold more than 30 million records between 1960-66. Their hits include "Surf City," "Drag City ...