jan and dean

     

Jan an Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (3 April 1941 – 26 March 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born 10 March 1940). Although Jan & Dean pre-dated The Beach Boys, they became most famously associated with the vocal "surf music" craze inspired by The Beach Boys.

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  • Brian Wilson sang backing vocals on this duo's 1963 No. 1 hit "Surf City"
  • That's Brian Wilson singing in the background on this duo's 1963 hit "Surf City"
  • The 1978 move "Deadman's Curve" told the story of this musical duo, one of whom passed away in 2004

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