Dean Torrence
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Jan and Dean in 1964
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1958–2004 |
| Labels | Arwin, Doré, Ripple, Challenge, Liberty, London, J&D, Jan & Dean, Magic-Lamp, Columbia, Warner Bros., Brer Bird, White Whale |
| Associated acts | The Beach Boys, Jan & Arnie, Jill Gibson, Richy & Ritchie, MIKAs, The MARIKAs, The Fantastic Baggys, Mike & Dean |
| Website | http://www.jananddean.com |
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Jan and Dean were an American rock 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 "Surf City", which topped US record charts in 1963, the first surf song to do so. Their other charting singles were "Drag City" (1963), "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (1964), and "Dead Man's Curve" (1964); the last was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album, and was nominated three other times in the same category for albums of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. In 2013, Torrence's design contribution of the Surf City Allstars "In Concert" CD was named a Silver Award of Distinction at the Communicator Awards competition.
William Jan Berry (born in Los Angeles, California April 3, 1941; died March 26, 2004), was the son of Clara Lorentze Mustad Berry (born September 2, 1919 in Bergen, Norway; died July 9, 2009) and aeronautical engineer William L. Berry (born December 7, 1909, in the Bronx, NY; died December 19, 2004, in Camarillo, California), Jan's father was project manager of the "Spruce Goose" and flew on its only flight with Howard Hughes.
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