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 were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004)^[1] 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 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.^[2] Their other charting top 10 singles were "Baby Talk" (1959),^[3] "Drag City" (1963),^[3] "Dead Man's Curve" (1964; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008,^[4])^[2][3] and "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (1964).^[2][3] According to an obituary for Berry written by The Associated Press and also published by Billboard of their singles were certified as gold records in the US;^[1] however, there are no listings for any of their singles in the online database of the RIAA, the agency that officially certifies singles and albums in the US.

In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album,^[5] 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.^[6]