Jan and Dean Surf City ( Live 1963)

Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). They became associated with the vocal surf music craze that was later popularised by The Beach Boys. Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, both born in Los Angeles, California, began singing together as a duo after football practice at University High School. Primitive recording sessions followed soon after, in a makeshift studio in Berry s garage. They first performed onstage as The Barons at a high school dance. With the Barons, Jan Berry was experimenting with multipart vocal arrangements five years before he started working professionally with Brian Wilson. Their first commercial success was Jennie Lee (1958), an ode to a local, Hollywood burlesque performer, that Jan Berry recorded with fellow Baron Arnie Ginsburg and which reached, 8 on the charts. Jan Arnie released three singles in all. After Dean