Jan & Dean - Surf City
Details
| Title | Jan & Dean - Surf City |
| Author | Liberation Hall |
| Duration | 2:57 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=ABDWeIhK39E |
Description
Jan & Dean were a California-based singing 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" (19640; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008, and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (1964).
They performed three of their biggest hit songs "Dead Man's Curve", "Honolulu Lulu" and "Surf City" as part of the Spring Break Reunion concert series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in May 1987.
