Jan and Dean

Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean
	Jan and Dean in 1964
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock; pop; vocal surf; California sound; psychedelia;
Years active	1958–1968; 1973; 1976–2004;
Labels	Arwin; Doré; Ripple; Challenge; Liberty; London; J&D; Jan & Dean; Magic-Lamp; Columbia; Warner Bros.; Brer Bird; White Whale; Sundazed;
Past members	Jan Berry; Dean Torrence;
Website	jananddean.com

Jan and Dean was 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 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" (1964; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008), and "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (1964).

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.

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