Editing Jan and Dean (section)

{{Short description|American musical duo}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jan and Dean
| image             = Jan and Dean 1964.JPG
| caption           = Jan and Dean in 1964
| associated_acts   = [[The Beach Boys]], [[Jill Gibson]], [[Sandy Nelson]], [[The Fantastic Baggys]]
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[vocal surf]]|[[California sound]]|[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]}}
| years_active      = {{hlist|1957–1968|1973|1976–2004}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Arwin Records|Arwin]]|[[Doré Records|Doré]]|Ripple|[[Challenge Records (1950s)|Challenge]]|[[Liberty Records|Liberty]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[J&D Records|J&D]]|[[Jan & Dean Records|Jan & Dean]]|[[Magic Lamp Records|Magic-Lamp]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Brer Bird Records|Brer Bird]]|[[White Whale Records|White Whale]]|[[Sundazed Music|Sundazed]]}}
| website           = {{URL|jananddean.com}}
| past_members      = * Jan Berry
* Dean Torrence
}}

'''Jan and Dean''' were an American [[rock music|rock]] duo consisting of '''William Jan Berry''' (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004)<ref name="Jan Berry obituary BB-AP">{{cite web |last1=Billboard Staff |last2=The Associated Press |title=Berry, Half of Surf Duo, Jan & Dean, Dies |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/berry-half-of-surf-duo-jan-dean-dies-1441153/ |website=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |access-date=July 21, 2024 |date=March 29, 2004}}</ref> and '''Dean Ormsby Torrence''' (born March 10, 1940).  In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the [[California Sound]] and [[vocal surf]] music styles later popularized by [[the Beach Boys]].

Among their most successful songs was 1963's "[[Surf City (song)|Surf City]]", the first surf song ever to reach the #1 spot on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the US.<ref name="Surf City No. 1">{{cite web |last1=Billboard Staff |title=61 years ago this week, Jan & Dean’s “Surf City” became the first surf song to hit No. 1 on the #Hot100. |url=https://x.com/billboardcharts/status/1814009911359197669 |access-date=July 21, 2024}}</ref>  Their other charting top 10 singles were "[[Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song)|Baby Talk]]" (1959),<ref name="BB Hot 100 J&D archived">{{cite web |title=Jan and Dean Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jan-dean/chart-history/hot-100/song/572374 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512073639/https://www.billboard.com/music/jan-dean/chart-history/hot-100/song/572374 |website=Billboard |publisher=Billboard/Internet Archive |access-date=July 21, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |location=Internet Archive}}</ref> "[[Drag City (song)|Drag City]]" (1963),<ref name="BB Hot 100 J&D archived"></ref> "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]" (1964; inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jananddean-janberry.com/main/index.php/disc/capitol-digital?id=109 |title=Jan & Dean - Official Jan Berry Website - Dead Man's Curve / The New Girl In School |publisher=Jananddean-janberry.com |access-date=2014-08-23 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306115820/http://jananddean-janberry.com/main/index.php/disc/capitol-digital?id=109 |url-status=dead }}</ref>)<ref name="Surf City No. 1"></ref><ref name="BB Hot 100 J&D archived"></ref> and "[[The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)]]" (1964).<ref name="Surf City No. 1"></ref><ref name="BB Hot 100 J&D archived"></ref> 

In 1972, Torrence won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Cover]] for the [[psychedelic rock]] band [[Dobie Gray|Pollution]]'s first eponymous 1971 album,<ref name="pollution">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Pollution-Pollution/release/1856539 |title=Pollution (3) - Pollution (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communicatorawards.com/winners/list/?l=T&pageNum_winners=1&totalRows_winners=59&event=8&category=3&award=D |title=Winners |publisher=Communicator Awards |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref>