“Surf City” is part of a proud tradition of songs about imaginary party utopias. It belongs in the same lineage as “Funkytown” and “Love Shack” — starry-eyed dreams about places where everyone is ...

Though never on a par with the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean had their moments. This wasn't one of them. In fact, my first reaction when I heard Filet of Soul Redux echoed the famous opening line of Greil ...

When surf rock duo Jan & Dean released their 1963 hit “Dead Man’s Curve,” they expected to capitalize on a popular trend of teenage tragedy songs set to quintessentially ‘60s surf guitar and falsetto ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits ``Deadman's Curve'' and ``The Little Old Lady from Pasadena,'' has died. He was 62. Berry had a seizure ...

“He was driven,” says Dean Torrence of singer, songwriter and producer Jan Berry — his best friend and the other half of the best-selling surf-rock and hot-rod-pop duo Jan and Dean. “He always knew ...

Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Deadman's Curve," "Surf City" and "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," has died. Berry, 62, had a seizure and stopped ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jan Berry, 62, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Dead Man's Curve" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," died March 26 at a hospital here after a seizure ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. “Surf City” is ...