Editing Jan and Dean (section)

===Later years===
In 1971, Jan and Dean released the album ''Jan & Dean Anthology Album'' under the label [[United Artists Records]]. The album included many of their top hits, starting with 1958's "Jennie Lee" and ending with 1968's "[[Vegetables (song)|Vegetables]]".

Berry began to sing again in the early 1970s, touring with his Aloha band, while Dean began performing with a band called [[Papa Doo Run Run]].

On August 26, 1973, Torrence was scheduled to appear at the [[Hollywood Palladium]] as part of [[Jim Pewter]]'s "Surfer's Stomp" reunion. Torrence had recently released some Jan & Dean songs with new vocal parts by [[Bruce Johnston]] (of the Beach Boys) and producer [[Terry Melcher]] under the moniker the Legendary Masked Surfers. Torrence arranged with Berry to join him [[Lip sync|lip-syncing]] on stage to a pre-recorded track. The two anticipated that the audience would know it was a tape recording, and they decided to make light of it during the performance. That night, they joked around and stopped lip-syncing on stage while the music continued, but the audience became angry and started booing.<ref>Moore 2016, p. 383</ref> The duo's first live performance after Berry's accident occurred at the Palomino Nightclub in North Hollywood on June 5, 1976, ten years after the accident, as guests of Disneyland regulars Papa Doo Run Run. Their first actual multi-song concert billed as Jan and Dean took place in 1978 in New York City at the Palladium as part of the [[Murray the K]] Brooklyn Fox Reunion Show. This was followed by a handful of East Coast shows as guests of their longtime friends the Beach Boys. Four nationwide J & D headlining tours followed through 1980. Berry was still suffering the effects of his 1966 accident, with partial paralysis and [[aphasia]].

The duo experienced a resurgence after [[Paul Morantz]]'s "Road back from Deadman's Curve" article appeared in ''Rolling Stone'' in 1974, writing the piece after spending extensive time with the two singers, their families, doctors and associates. Morantz first submitted the story to ''Playboy'', who recommended it to ''Rolling Stone''. He then wrote a film treatment from his story which was purchased by CBS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/remembering-dead-mans-curve-28390/|title='Deadman's Curve': How We Turned Near-Forgotten '50s Surfer-Rockers Into Icons|date=20 June 2011|website=Thewrap.com|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulmorantz.com/jananddean/jan-dean-behind-the-movie/|title=Jan & Dean: Behind the Movie|website=Paulmorantz.com|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref>

On February 3, 1978, [[CBS]] aired a [[Television movie|made-for-TV film]] about the duo titled ''[[Deadman's Curve]]''. The [[biopic]] starred [[Richard Hatch (actor)|Richard Hatch]] as Jan Berry and [[Bruce Davison]] as Dean Torrence, with cameo appearances by [[Dick Clark]], [[Wolfman Jack]], [[Mike Love]] of the Beach Boys, and [[Bruce Johnston]] (who at that time was temporarily out of the Beach Boys), as well as Berry himself. Near the end of the film he can be seen sitting in the audience, watching "himself" (Richard Hatch) perform onstage. The part of Jan and Dean's band was played by Papa Doo Run Run, which included Mark Ward and Jim Armstrong, who went on to form Jan and Dean and the Bel-Air Bandits. Johnston and Berry had known each other since high school, and had played music together in Berry's garage in Bel Air — long before Jan and Dean or the Beach Boys were formed. Following the release of the film, the duo made steps toward an official comeback that year, including touring with the Beach Boys, and performing with Papa Doo Run Run at Cupertino High School. In the Netherlands the showing on television of the movie by [[Veronica (media)|Veronica]] in August 1979 earned them a huge{{Clarify|reason=vague|date=March 2019}} hit record of the re-recorded "Surf City" and "Deadman's Curve" songs as a double A-sided single record release, and a [[golden oldies]] record having "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" as its flip side reached a lower position in the charts.

In the early 1980s, Papa Doo Run Run left to explore other performance and recording ventures. Berry struggled to overcome drug [[Substance use disorder|addiction]]. In 1979, Berry had performed over 100 concerts of Jan and Dean songs with another front man from Hawaii, Randy Ruff. Torrence also toured briefly as "Mike & Dean", with Mike Love of the Beach Boys. Later, the duo reunited for good. In "Phase II" of their career, Torrence led the touring operation.

[[File:Jan and Dean performing at Orange County Fair, 1985.jpg|thumb|Torrence and Berry in 1985]]

Jan and Dean continued to tour on their own throughout the 1980s, the 1990s, and into the new millennium – with 1960s nostalgia providing them with a ready audience, headlining oldies shows throughout North America. [[Sundazed Music]] reissued Torrence's ''Save for a Rainy Day'' in 1996 in CD and vinyl formats, as well as the collector's vinyl 45 rpm companion EP, "Sounds For A Rainy Day", featuring four instrumental versions of the album's tracks.

Between the 1970s and the early 2000s, Torrence issued a number of re-recordings of classic Jan and Dean and Beach Boys hits. A double album titled ''One Summer Night / Live'' was issued by [[Rhino Records]] in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jananddean.moonfruit.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430171844/http://www.jananddean.moonfruit.com/#/one-summer-nightliv/4514844076|url-status=dead|title=Jan & Dean Resource|archivedate=30 April 2015|website=Jananddean.moonfruit.com|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> Torrence released the album ''Silver Summer'' with the help of Mike Love in 1985 for Jan & Dean's 25th anniversary. ''Silver Summer'' was officially released as a Jan & Dean album, but falsely gives credit to Berry as co-producer and singer; Berry did not contribute to the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jananddean.moonfruit.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430171844/http://www.jananddean.moonfruit.com/#/silver-summer/4514844078|url-status=dead|title=Jan & Dean Resource|archivedate=30 April 2015|website=Jananddean.moonfruit.com|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> Torrence participated with Berry on ''Port to Paradise'', released as a cassette on the J&D Records label in 1986. In 1997, after many years of hard work, Berry released a solo album called ''Second Wave'' on One Way Records. June 11, 2002, Torrence released a solo album titled ''Anthology: Legendary Masked Surfer Unmasked''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-legendary-masked-surfer-unmasked-mw0000220549 |title=Anthology: Legendary Masked Surfer Unmasked - Dean Torrence &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=June 11, 2002 |access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref>

On August 31, 1991, Berry married Gertie Filip at the Stardust Convention Centre in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. Torrence was Berry's best man at the wedding.

====Berry's death====
Berry died on March 26, 2004, as the result of a seizure at age 62.<ref name="Jan Berry obituary BB-AP"></ref> He was an [[organ donor]] and his body was cremated.<ref>''L.A. Times'' March 28, 2004, p. B.19</ref> On April 18, a "Celebration of Life" was held in Berry's memory at the [[Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)|Roxy Theatre]] on the [[Sunset Strip]] in [[West Hollywood, California]]. Attendees included Torrence, Lou Adler, [[Jill Gibson]], and [[Nancy Sinatra]], along with many family members, friends, and musicians associated with Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys, including the original members of Papa Doo Run Run.

In February 2010, the Jan and Dean album ''[[Carnival of Sound]]'' was released on the Rhino Handmade label. The album cover was designed by Torrence. Along with the CD, there was a limited edition (1500 copies), which included a 10-track LP. The album was released in Europe in April 2010 in its original US form.

In 2012, Torrence reunited with Bruce Davison, who portrayed him in the 1978 film ''Deadman's Curve'', to perform with the Bamboo Trading Company on their ''From Kitty Hawk To Surf City'' album. The songs were "Shrewd Awakening" and "Tonga Hut", which was featured on the film ''Return of the Killer Shrews'', a sequel to the 1959 film ''[[The Killer Shrews]]'' and also "Tweet (Don't Talk Anymore)", "Drinkin' In the Sunshine", and "Star Of The Beach". The album also features Dean's two daughters, Jillian and Katie Torrence; the three of them were featured in the music video of "Shrewd Awakening".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gq58e_XY1I| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2gq58e_XY1I| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title="Shrewd Awakening" music video|access-date=12 June 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.killershrewsmovie.com/bambootradingcompany.html |title=The Bamboo Trading Company |publisher=Killershrewsmovie.com |date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref>

After Berry's death, Torrence began touring occasionally with the Surf City All-Stars. He serves as a spokesman for the City of Huntington Beach, California, which, thanks in part to his efforts, is nationally recognized as "Surf City USA". Torrence's website features—among other things—rare images, a complete Jan and Dean discography, a biography, and a timeline of his career with cohort Jan Berry. He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California, with his wife and two daughters.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}