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The origins of "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" stem from a very popular Dodge ad campaign in southern California that launched in early 1964. [5] Starring actress Kathryn Minner, the commercials showed the white-haired elderly lady speeding down the street (and sometimes a drag strip) driving a modified Dodge.
"Sidewalk Surfin'" is a song with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Roger Christian, which was recorded by 1960s American pop singers Jan and Dean.The song was recorded as a single and then appeared on the 1964 album Ride the Wild Surf, and later on the Little Old Lady from Pasadena album.
Subsequent top 10 hits included "Drag City" (#10, 1964), the eerily portentous "Dead Man's Curve" (#8, 1964), and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3, 1964). In 1964, at the height of their fame, Jan and Dean hosted and performed at The T.A.M.I. Show, a historic concert film directed by Steve Binder.
The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6. Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0
The Beach Boys. The Beach Boys defined coastal cool. ... You can hear him on "Surfin' Safari," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Surfer Girl" and "Little Deuce." Marks left the Beach Boys in 1963 but returned in ...
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" "Sidewalk Surfin'" "Like a Summer Rain" (a Dean Torrence recording from the Save For a Rainy Day LP) "Surf City" Jan and Dean's latter-day back-up band, Papa Doo Run Run (featuring Dean Torrence), went into the studio to record some additional songs for the soundtrack.
The record blended surf rock with horror-comic themes and featured a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks. Each song leveraged macabre humor, with pun-filled titles like "The Little Old Lady from Transylvania" and "Be True to Your Ghoul," offering satirical nods to contemporaneous hits by Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys.
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" (The Monkees) [10] "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (The Beach Boys) "A Little Less Conversation" (Elvis Presley) [44] [45] "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (Jan and Dean) [46] [3] "Lizzie and the Rainman" (Tanya Tucker) [6] [1] "The Lonely Bull" (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass) [7]