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	YouTube - Jan Berry / Jan & Dean Tribute Album: "Anaheim, Azusa"
		Fascinating and rare audio peek behind the scenes -- offering a tentalzing idea of how Jan Berry put their records together.
		Mark - is there any plan to put all of your clips together and release them as a tribute and documentary to Jan and Dean.
		Also, I'd like to echo comments that Jan and Dean belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though if it comes now, it would be bitter sweet.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=zskCIxaUSu8 (616 words)

	Jan and Dean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jan Berry (April 3, 1941, Los Angeles -- March 26, 2004) and Dean Torrence (born March 10, 1940, Los Angeles) were a rock and roll duo popular from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s.
		Jan signed a series of contracts with Screen Gems to write and produce music for Jan and Dean, as well as other artists such as Judy and Jill (which included Berry's girlfriend Jill Gibson and Dean's girlfriend Judy Lovejoy) and a young female solo singer called, Pixie.
		Jan and Dean finally ended with Jan's untimely death on March 26, 2004, at the age of 62.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jan_Berry (875 words)

	Jan Berry
		Jan Berry, half of the 1960s surf duo Jan and Dean, has died at 62.
		Jan and Dean's meteoric career might have soared higher, but for the April 12, 1966, accident in which Berry's silver Corvette Sting Ray hit a parked truck at 90 mph in Beverly Hills after he came off Sunset Boulevard only a few blocks from the legendary "Dead Man's Curve" of their song.
		Berry's right hand and arm remained paralyzed, reducing his instrumental repertoire from ukulele, guitar and most other instruments to one-handed piano.
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/JBobit.htm (589 words)

	Helped pioneer surf music in the '60s \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Jan and Dean had a string of hits and 10 gold records with their tales of Southern California's laid-back lifestyle.
		Berry was considered the creative force behind Jan and Dean and pioneered, along with friend and Beach Boys member Brian Wilson, the innovative "surf music" sound of driving drums and guitar and falsetto harmonies.
		Berry, whose full name was William Jan Berry, was born in the wealthy Bel Air area of Los Angeles to a large family.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040328/news_1n28janobit3.html (526 words)

	Guardian \| Jan Berry
		Berry had recorded a hit, Jennie Lee in 1958, as half of 'Jan and Arnie', and another, Baby Talk in 1959, with Torrence, as Jan and Dean, but after that, there had been relatively little success.
		Berry and Torrence were keen surfers - they had the requisite looks and, from 1962, had been performing alongside the nascent Beach Boys at teen hops.
		And Berry, the creative force behind Jan and Dean, was collaborating on songwriting and recording with the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4893616-111261,00.html (547 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Jan Berry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		JAN Berry was a member of the singing duo Jan & Dean, whose surfing sound brought them hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 1960s.
		Berry was considered the creative force behind Jan & Dean and pioneered, along with his friend and Beach Boys member Brian Wilson, the surf music sound of driving drums and guitar, and falsetto harmonies.
		Berry, who had been in poor health recently from the lingering effects of his brain damage, collapsed at home and was pronounced dead at hospital.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=358852004 (468 words)

	Jan & Dean's Jan Berry Dies
		Berry, who would have turned 63 on April 3, had suffered from poor health ever since a 1966 auto wreck that left him paralyzed for a year, essentially ending the duo's career.
		Jan and Dean, which Berry co-founded with former schoolmate Dean Torrence while both were college students, enjoyed seven top-10 hits, including the 1963 chart-topper "Surf City," which was co-written by their friend, Beach Boy Brian Wilson.
		Berry, a pre-med student with a genius-level IQ, was the creative brains behind Jan and Dean.
	www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000473855 (468 words)

	Jan & Dean Biography
		Two years earlier, Jan and Dean had one of its five Top 40 hits in 1964, the No. 8 "Deadman's Curve." Surf music was all the rage in the early '60s as Jan and Dean, the Beach Boys and Dick Dale created this West Coast "two girls for every boy" attitude.
		Jan Berry was born in 1941 and Dean Torrence in1940, both in Los Angeles.
		Berry and Torrence began having problems and by January 1966 were all but washed up.
	www.timelessmusic.com /Bios/biojandean_434.htm (319 words)

	Jan and Dean
		As teenagers, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence were in a garage band, called "The Barons", with a third man, Arnie Ginsberg.
		Jan was still the guiding force musically, now singing the leads in Arnie's absence, as well as dueting with Dean on the harmony parts.
		While Jan still recorded demos in his garage and had them overdubbed later for release as he had with the old Jan & Arnie sides (and "Baby Talk" as well), the new sessions for the label were often under the supervision of Lou Adler and Herb Alpert.
	www.classicbands.com /jandean.html (1140 words)

	Articles and Interviews with Jan and Dean
		The thick, shiny chain around Jan Berry's neck is gold, just the sort of adornment one might expect for a surf-music pioneer who is riding a wave of revived concert popularity.
		Jan Berry and Dean Torrence met in 1957 while both were at University High School in West Los Angeles.
		Jan was in a coma, his brain damaged, his right arm and leg paralyzed, his speech halted, with everything to be relearned.
	www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/1856/articles.html (4322 words)

	Comeback comrades reunite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Berry has memory and speech translation problems, and has to re-memorize hit songs — songs he co-wrote — over and over again to be able to perform them on stage.
		Berry's long-time musical partner, Dean Torrence, chatted with Durfee until Berry felt awake enough to entertain guests in the bedroom of the motor home that the Jan and Dean duo were using as a dressing room.
		Berry had graduated from the UCLA pre-med program and was attending California College of Medicine when he crashed his Corvette into a parked truck.
	www.vvdailypress.com /2004/10751301033027.html (607 words)

	Jan Berry -- half of '60s pop duo
		Berry died Friday at the UCLA Medical Center after suffering a seizure at his home nearby, his wife, Gertrude Filip Berry, said Saturday.
		Berry's silver Corvette Sting Ray hit a parked truck at 90 mph in Beverly Hills after he came off Sunset Boulevard only a few blocks from the "Dead Man's Curve" of their song.
		Berry in a coma for 10 months, initially left him unable to talk and walk, through determination he regained the ability to walk and to speak slowly.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/28/BAGQE5SL6V1.DTL&type=printable (396 words)

	RollingStone.com: Jan and Dean : Surf Legend Jan Berry Dies : News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jan Berry, the creative force behind legendary surf rock duo Jan and Dean, died Friday after suffering a seizure at his Los Angeles home; he was sixty-two.
		Jan and Dean are best known for their early Sixties hits "Drag City," "Dead Man's Curve" -- a song about a tragic car crash that eerily foreshadowed Berry's own accident two years later -- and "Surf City," a Number One single Berry co-wrote with the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
		Born William Jan Berry in Los Angeles in 1941, Berry scored his first hit in 1958 with "Jennie Lee," released under the name Jan and Arnie.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5937388/jananddean?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple3 (284 words)

	CTV.ca - Jan & Dean singer Jan Berry dies at 62- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Jan & Dean had a string of hits and 10 gold records in the 1960s with their tales of Southern California.
		Berry's hit-making career with high school friend Dean Torrence was cut short in 1966 when Berry's speeding Corvette hit a parked truck and he suffered severe brain damage that left him partially paralyzed and unable to talk.
		In addition to his wife, Berry is survived by his parents, William and Clara Berry of Camarillo; three brothers and three sisters.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1080418107841_58?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory (283 words)

	Keener13.com - Jan Berry
		When Jan went to a recording studio to press a one-off 45, an Arwin records exec heard the tape and promised to make Jan and Dean "bigger than the Everly Brothers".
		Jan was placed in intensive care and eventually emerged from coma with irreparable brain damage.
		In fact, Neither Jan, nor Roger Christian, who also collaborated on the record had any particular spot in mind, although fans usually point to a tight corner near the Drake University campus that was the site of a number of fatal accidents.
	www.keener13.com /janberry.htm (1108 words)

	Jan and Dean -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their first commercial success was (additional info and facts about Jennie Lee) Jennie Lee (1958), an ode to a local burlesque performer which they recorded along with pal Arnie Ginsberg.
		After Dean returned from an army stint and Arnie went off to other pursuits (by 1962, he was a hugely successful rock and roll deejay in Boston), the two began to make music again as Jan and Dean.
		With the help of friend (additional info and facts about Herb Alpert) Herb Alpert and producer Lou Adler, they scored a modest hit with (The developing speech of a young child) Baby Talk (1959), and then entered a long dry spell.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/jan_and_dean.htm (289 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Jan & Dean's Berry dies aged 62
		Berry suffered a seizure at his Los Angeles home and had been suffering from ill health since a car crash left him paralyzed for a year in 1966.
		Berry became a considerable songwriting influence on Wilson and was the creative force behind Jan & Dean, according to his biographer Mark Moore.
		According to his widow Gertie, Berry like his songs to be enjoyed on the road, and tested new tracks by asking his DJ friend Roger Christian to play them on the air while he drove in his car.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3576117.stm (308 words)

	Jan Berry dies; surf music star of Jan and Dean (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By AP Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan and Dean that had the 1960s hits "Deadman's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," has died.
		Berry, who would have turned 63 on Saturday, had been in poor health recently from the lingering effects of brain damage from a 1966 car crash.
		Jan and Dean's hit-making were cut short in 1966 when Berry's speeding Corvette rear-ended a parked gardener's truck in Beverly Hills.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000473906 (427 words)

	USATODAY.com - Golden boy Jan Berry, 62, overcame a strange twist of fate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jan Berry, half of the 1960s duo Jan and Dean died Friday.
		Composer/producer/lead singer Jan Berry and partner Dean Torrence manufactured enticing, comically exaggerated myths of the West Coast surf-and-hot-rod lifestyle of the early '60s.
		The gifted Berry (Wilson once said, "I thought he was a genius in the studio") shifted into overdrive, fashioning six studio albums in 16 months while taking pre-med courses.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-03-27-berry-obit_x.htm (607 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / Jan & Dean singer Berry dies at 62 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan and Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Deadman's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," has died.
		LOS ANGELES -- Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan and Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Deadman's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," has died.
		Jan and Dean had a string of hits and 10 gold records in the 1960s with their tales of Southern California.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/03/27/jan__dean_singer_berry_dies_at_62 (307 words)

	Behind The Hits: Specials: In Memoriam: Jan Berry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Berry's right hand and arm remained paralyzed, reducing his instrumental repertoire from ukulele, guitar and many other instruments to only one-handed piano.
		He was born William Jan Berry on April 3, 1941, and played football with Torrence at Emerson Junior High School and University High in West Los Angeles.
		In 1986, Berry lent his name to the government-funded Jan Berry Center for the Brain Injured in Downey, CA to assist others who had suffered physical problems similar to his.
	www.bobshannon.com /specials/jan.html (790 words)

	Power Line: Jan Berry, RIP
		Jan Berry was the tenacious musical genius who brought the Jan and Dean duo to life in the 1960's and profoundly influenced the evolving sound of his colleague Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
		Berry recalled that as he pursued his career in music, he "lived two lives—vocal harmonies and biochemistry.
		Berry poured himself into the song, layering eighteen vocal parts on the hit single version of the song.
	www.powerlineblog.com /archives/006269.php (605 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Jan Berry, 62, of Jan & Dean duo
		LOS ANGELES -- Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan and Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Deadman's Curve" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," died Friday.
		Berry's hit-making career with high school friend Dean Torrence was cut short when Berry's speeding Corvette hit a parked truck.
		Berry also leaves his parents, William and Clara; three brothers; and three sisters.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/03/28/jan_berry_62_of_jan__dean_duo?mode=PF (287 words)

	E! Online News - Surf Rocker Jan Berry Dies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Berry's musical career began in the late 1950s with his first hit, "Jennie Lee," released under the name Jan and Arnie.
		Berry was long considered the creative force behind the group, which had 10 gold records in their heyday, including "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" and "Dead Man's Curve," a song about a tragic car accident, which would turn out to be sadly prophetic.
		Jan and Dean served as an influence for the more popular Beach Boys, but did not tour frequently because Berry was studying to become a doctor.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,13806,00.html (382 words)

	Stereophile: Jan Berry 1942-2004
		Berry and partner Dean Torrance recorded a string of pop hits in the early-to-mid-1960s, including "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," "Honolulu Lulu," "New Girl in School," "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," and "Surf City." Their most productive years were 1963 and 1964, in which Jan and Dean enjoyed five Top 10 hits.
		Jan and Dean might have gone on to equal the Beach Boys' success had "Dead Man's Curve" not presaged an accident in 1966 that cut short the careers of both Berry and the duo.
		Berry had earned a degree in zoology at UCLA during his meteoric musical career, and had a "genius level IQ of 180," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	www.stereophile.com /news/032904janberry (423 words)

	Popular Music and Society: Jan Berry
		Jan Berry became a tragic figure in rock music when he crashed his Corvette into a parked truck on April 12, 1966, in Los Angeles.
		The "hidden" fact in Jan Berry's biography is that he was probably a victim of the Vietnam War.
		Jan's true colors (although not Dean's) come out in "The Universal Coward," a prowar answer song responding to Donovan's 1965 hit version of Bully Sainte-Marie's antiwar song "The Universal Soldier." Jan released "The Universal Coward" as a solo single and had a minor hit with it--Dean refused to put his name on it (Passmore 115).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_1_28/ai_n9488826 (714 words)

	Alan Reynolds on Jan Berry on National Review Online
		Jan Berry, of the surf duo Jan and Dean, recently died at terribly young age.
		Biographies of Jan and Dean note that they first used the Barons as the name of their singing group, but there were really three dozen Barons and they didn't all sing.
		Jan and Dean's favorites were what we'd have dismissed as white bread, such as "Book of Love," "Little Star" and "Hushabye." Greased hair combed into a jellyroll (early Jan Berry) or waterfall (Dean), was on the way out.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/reynolds200404060903.asp (1048 words)

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