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Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) [1] 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.
Jan Berry, the creative force behind legendary surf rock duo Jan and Dean, died Friday after suffering a seizure at his Los Angeles home; he was sixty-two. The singer had endured various...
Jan Berry. Soundtrack: Blast from the Past. Jan Berry was one half of the popular 1960s "surf music" singing duo Jan & Dean, who enjoyed chart success with songs including "Surf City", "Little Old Lady from Pasadena", "Popsicle", "Dead Mans Curve", "Drag City" and "Ride the Wild Surf".
Jan Berry, leader of the music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to mid-1960s, was an intense character who experienced more in his first 25 years than many do in a lifetime. As an architect of the West Coast sound, he was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s original rebels–brilliant, charismatic, reckless, and flawed.
JAN BERRY. 1963 • Staff Songwriter and Record Producer for Screen Gems-Columbia Music — Signed in June 1963; Writer, arranger, and producer for Jan & Dean and other artists • Surf Scene — First television pilot, October 1963 • California College of Medicine — Enrolled in medical school in September 1963. 1964
Legendary Drummer EARL PALMER Played On Nearly Every Recording Session for JAN BERRY, from JAN & ARNIE in 1958 through the Biggest Successes of JAN & DEAN in 1964. • August 1958 —Jan & Arnie performed at the first Rock ‘n Roll show ever held at the Hollywood Bowl .
Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean, which had the 1960's surf music hits ''Dead Man's Curve'' and ''The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena),'' died on Friday. He was 62.