 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(June 2017) |
This is the discography for American rock duo Jan and Dean.
| | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(June 2017) |
This is the discography for American rock duo Jan and Dean.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard [1] | US Cashbox | ||
| The Jan & Dean Sound |
| — [lower-alpha 1] | — |
| Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin' |
| 92 | — |
| Surf City (and Other Swingin' Cities) |
| 32 | 21 |
| Drag City |
| 22 | 17 |
| Dead Man's Curve / The New Girl In School |
| 80 | 42 |
| Ride the Wild Surf |
| 66 | 26 |
| The Little Old Lady from Pasadena |
| 40 | 40 |
| Jan & Dean's Pop Symphony No. 1 (in 12 Hit Movements) (Performed by The Bel-Aire Pops Orchestra) |
| — | — |
| Folk 'n Roll |
| 145 | 87 |
| Jan & Dean Meet Batman Last album released before Jan's car accident |
| — | — |
| Filet of Soul - A "Live" One |
| 127 | — |
| Popsicle |
| — | — |
| Save for a Rainy Day |
| — | — |
| Carnival of Sound |
| — | — |
| Port to Paradise |
| — | — |
| Filet Of Soul Redux: The Rejected Master Recordings |
| — | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard [1] | US Cashbox | ||
| Command Performance - Live in Person |
| 33 | 42 |
| One Summer Night / Live |
| — | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard [1] | US Cashbox | NL [2] | UK [3] | ||
| Jan & Dean's Golden Hits |
| — [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — |
| Jan & Dean Golden Hits Volume 2 |
| 107 | 71 | — | — |
| Jan & Dean Golden Hits, Volume Three |
| — | — | — | — |
| Jan & Dean Anthology Album |
| — | — | — | — |
| Jan & Dean - Stars of The 60s |
| — | — | 7 | — |
| Gotta Take That One Last Ride |
| — | — | — | — |
| Deadman's Curve |
| — | — | — | — |
| The Jan and Dean Story |
| — | — | — | 67 |
| A-side/B-side | Year | Label & number | U.S. Charts | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | Cashbox | Billboard R&B Airplay | ||||
| "Jennie Lee" b/w "Gotta Getta Date" | 1958 | Arwin 108 | 8 | 3 [4] | 4 [5] | Non-album tracks |
| "Gas Money" b/w "Bonnie Lou" | Arwin 111 | 81 | - | - | ||
| "The Beat That Can't Be Beat" b/w "I Love Linda" | Arwin 113 | - | - | - | ||
| "Jennie Lee" b/w "Gotta Getta Date" | 1960 | Dot 16116 | - | - | - | |
| A-side/B-side Both sides from same album except where indicated | Year | Label & number | U.S. Charts | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard [6] | Cashbox | UK [7] | ||||
| "Baby Talk" b/w "Jeanette, Get Your Hair Done" First pressings shown as by "Jan & Arnie" | 1959 | Dore 522 | 10 | 7 | - | The Jan & Dean Sound |
| "There's A Girl" b/w "My Heart Sings" | Dore 531 | 97 | 80 | - | ||
| "Clementine" b/w "You're On My Mind" | Dore 539 | 65 | 88 | - | ||
| "White Tennis Sneakers" b/w "Cindy" | 1960 | Dore 548 | - | - | - | |
| "We Go Together" b/w "Rosie Lane" (from Jan & Dean) | Dore 555 | 53 | 39 | - | Jan & Dean's Golden Hits | |
| "Gee" b/w "Such a Good Night for Dreaming" | Dore 576 | 81 | 119 | - | Non-album tracks | |
| "Judy's an Angel" b/w "Baggy Pants" | 1961 | Dore 583 | - | - | - | |
| "Julie" b/w "Don't Fly Away" | Dore 610 | - | - | - | Jan & Dean | |
| "Heart and Soul" b/w "Those Words" (First pressings), "Midsummer Night's Dream" (later pressings) Both B-sides are non-album tracks | Challenge 9111 | 25 | 16 | 24 | Jan & Dean's Golden Hits | |
| "Wanted, One Girl" b/w "Something a Little Bit Different" | Challenge 9120 | 104 | 130 | - | Non-album tracks | |
| "A Sunday Kind of Love" b/w "Poor Little Puppet" | Liberty 55397 | 95 | 109 | - | Jan & Dean's Golden Hits | |
| "Tennessee" b/w "Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind" (Non-album track) | 1962 | Liberty 55454 | 69 | 83 | - | |
| "My Favorite Dream" b/w "Who Put the Bomp" (from Jan & Dean's Golden Hits) | Liberty 55496 | - | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
| "Frosty the Snowman" b/w "She's Still Talkin' Baby Talk" | Liberty 55522 | - | - | - | ||
| "Linda" b/w "When I Learn How to Cry" | 1963 | Liberty 55531 | 28 | 26 | - | Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin' |
| "Surf City" b/w "She's My Summer Girl" (from Popsicle) | Liberty 55580 | 1 [8] | 1 | 26 | Surf City and Other Swingin' Cities | |
| "Honolulu Lulu" b/w "Someday (You'll Go Walking By)" (Non-album track) | Liberty 55613 | 11 | 10 | - | ||
| "Drag City" b/w "Schlock Rod (Part 1)" | Liberty 55641 | 10 [9] | 10 | - | Drag City | |
| "Dead Man's Curve"/ "The New Girl in School" | 1964 | Liberty 55672 | 8 37 | 9 26 | - | Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School |
| "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" b/w "My Mighty G.T.O." (from Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School) | Liberty 55704 | 3 | 5 | - | The Little Old Lady from Pasadena | |
| "Ride the Wild Surf"/ "The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review & Timing Association" (from The Little Old Lady from Pasadena) | Liberty 55724 | 16 77 | 23 50 | - | Ride the Wild Surf | |
| "Sidewalk Surfin'" b/w "When It's Over" (from The Little Old Lady from Pasadena) | Liberty 55727 | 25 | 28 | - | ||
| "(Here They Come) From All Over the World" b/w "Freeway Flyer" (Non-album track) | 1965 | Liberty 55766 | 56 | 50 114 | - | Command Performance/Live in Person |
| "You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy" b/w "It's as Easy as 1, 2, 3" (from Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl In School) | Liberty 55792 | 27 | 42 | - | Jan & Dean Golden Hits, Volume 2 | |
| "It's a Shame to Say Goodbye" b/w "The Submarine Races" (from Ride the Wild Surf) Cancelled single | Liberty 55816 | - | - | - | Folk 'n Roll | |
| "I Found a Girl" b/w "It's a Shame to Say Goodbye" | Liberty 55833 | 30 | 39 | - | ||
| "A Beginning from an End" b/w "Folk City" | Liberty 55849 | 109 | 110 | - | ||
| "Norwegian Wood" b/w "I Can't Wait to Love You" (from Folk 'n Roll) Cancelled single | 1966 | Liberty 55856 | - | - | - | Filet of Soul: A "Live" One |
| "Batman!" b/w "Bucket T" (from Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School) Last single released before Jan's car accident | Liberty 55860 | 66 | 60 | - | Jan & Dean Meet Batman | |
| "Popsicle" b/w "Norwegian Wood" (from Filet of Soul: A "Live" One) | Liberty 55886 | 21 | 24 | - | Popsicle | |
| "Fiddle Around" b/w "A Surfer's Dream" (from Ride the Wild Surf) | Liberty 55905 | 93 | - | - | Non-album track | |
| "School Days" b/w "The New Girl in School" | Liberty 55923 | - | - | - | Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School | |
| "Summertime, Summertime" b/w "California Lullaby" | J & D Record Co. 001 (July) Magic Lamp 401 (August) J & D Record Co. 401 (August) | - | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
| "Like a Summer Rain" b/w "Louisiana Man" (from Carnival of Sound, cancelled) | J & D Record Co. 402 | - | - | - | Save for a Rainy Day (cancelled) | |
| "Yellow Balloon" b/w "Taste of Rain" | 1967 | Columbia 44036 | 111 | 116 | - | |
| "Hawaii" b/w "Tijuana" (Non-album track) | Jan & Dean 10 | - | - | - | Carnival of Sound (Cancelled) | |
| "Fan Tan" b/w "Love and Hate" | Jan & Dean 11 | - | - | - | ||
| "Vegetables" b/w "Snow Flakes on Laughing Gravy's Whiskers" Shown as by "The Laughing Gravy" | White Whale 261 | - | - | - | Non-album tracks | |
| "Only a Boy" b/w "Love and Hate" | Warner Bros. 7151 | - | - | - | Carnival of Sound (Cancelled) | |
| "I Know My Mind" b/w "Laurel and Hardy" | 1968 | Warner Bros. 7219 | - | - | - | |
| "Girl, You're Blowing My Mind" b/w "In The Still of the Night" Cancelled single | Warner Bros. 7240 | - | - | - | ||
| "Jennie Lee" b/w "Vegetables" | 1972 | United Artists 50859 | - | - | - | Jan & Dean Anthology |
| "Gonna Hustle You" b/w "Summertime, Summertime" Shown as by "The Legendary Masked Surfers" | 1973 | United Artists 50958 | - | - | - | Non-album tracks |
| "Summer Means Fun" b/w "Gonna Hustle You" Shown as by "The Legendary Masked Surfers" | United Artists 270 | - | - | - | ||
| "Fun City" b/w "Totally Wild" | 1975 | Ode 66111 | - | - | - | |
| "Sidewalk Surfin'" b/w "Gonna Hustle You" | 1976 | United Artists 670 | 107 | 119 | - | |
| "Ocean Park Angel" b/w "Blue Moon" Cancelled single | 1982 | - | - | - | - | |
| "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" b/w "Wa Ishi Nichi Shiow" | 1987 | Encore Studio | - | - | - | |
All released January 1973
All released 1993
Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence. In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles popularized by the Beach Boys.
Surf music is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is instrumental surf, distinguished by reverb-heavy electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. The second is vocal surf, which took elements of the original surf sound and added vocal harmonies, a movement led by the Beach Boys.
"Linda" is a popular song written, taking its name from then-one-year-old Linda McCartney. It was written by Jack Lawrence and published in 1946.
"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" is a song written by Don Altfeld, Jan Berry and Roger Christian, and recorded by 1960s American pop singers Jan and Dean. Singer/songwriter P.F. Sloan sings the falsetto part usually sung by Dean Torrence, while Dean sings one of the backup parts. This was the first time P.F. sang the falsetto on a single, although P.F. had already sung some falsetto on the last album Dead Man’s Curve/The New Girl In School.
Papa Doo Run Run is a band from Cupertino, California, United States, that specializes in covers of songs from the heyday of surf music in the 1960s.
"Surfin' Safari" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Released as a single with "409" in June 1962, it peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also appeared on the 1962 album of the same name.
"Barbara Ann" is a song written by Fred Fassert that was first recorded by the Regents as "Barbara-Ann". Their version was released in 1961 and reached No.13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A more well-known version of the song was recorded by the Beach Boys for their 1965 in-house live album Beach Boys' Party! In December, "Barbara Ann" was issued as a single with the B-side "Girl Don't Tell Me", peaking at No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK. The Regents' original version was featured in the 1973 film American Graffiti and later included on the soundtrack album.
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. Their discography from 1961 to 1984 was originally released on the vinyl format, with the 1985 album The Beach Boys being the group's first CD release. The Beach Boys' catalogue has been released on reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, CD, MiniDisc, digital downloads, and various streaming services.
"Surf City" is a 1963 song recorded by American music duo Jan and Dean about a fictitious surf spot where there are "two girls for every boy". Written by Brian Wilson, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, it was the first surf song to become a national number-one hit.
"Dead Man's Curve" is a 1964 hit song by Jan and Dean whose lyrics detail a teen street race gone awry. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 39 in Canada. The song was written and composed by Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld, Roger Christian, and Jan Berry at Wilson's mother's house in Santa Monica. It was part of the teenage tragedy song phenomenon of that period, and one of the most popular such selections of all time. "Dead Man's Curve" was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Let's Hang On!" is a song composed by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, and Denny Randell that was popularized by the Four Seasons in 1965.
Deadman's Curve is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film based on the musical careers of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. The film was developed from a 1974 article published in Rolling Stone by Paul Morantz, who also helped write the screenplay.
The Astronauts were an American rock band, who had a minor hit in 1963 with "Baja" and remained successful for several years, especially in Japan. They have been described as being, "along with...(the) Trashmen, the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s." For most of their career, the band members were Rich Fifield, Jon "Storm" Patterson, Bob Demmon, Dennis Lindsey, and Jim Gallagher.
"Sidewalk Surfin'" is a song with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Roger Christian, which was recorded by 1960s American pop singers Jan and Dean. The song was recorded as a single and then appeared on the 1964 album Ride the Wild Surf, and later on the Little Old Lady from Pasadena album. The B-side of the single is "When It's Over." "Sidewalk Surfin'" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 31, 1964, which was Jan and Dean's lowest-charting single in a year and a half since the release of their number one hit single "Surf City." Jan and Dean were known for their music of the 1960s surf era with songs like "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena."
"Honolulu Lulu" is a song written by Jan Berry and Roger Christian, and Lou Adler for the American rock band Jan and Dean. It was the second hit single from their 1963 album Surf City And Other Swingin' Cities, charting at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also included later on their 1966 album Filet of Soul.
"Popsicle" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Bobby Russell for the American rock band Jan and Dean. The song was originally released on their 1963 album Drag City.
G.T.O. is the debut studio album by American band Ronny & the Daytonas, and was released in 1964 on Mala Records, MALA 4001.
"You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy" is a song whose music was composed by Jan Berry, Jill Gibson, and Roger Christian, which was recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean. The song was recorded and released as a single and then appeared on the 1965 album Jan & Dean Golden Hits, Volume 2. The B-side of the single is "It's As Easy As 1,2,3." "You Really Know How to Hurt A Guy" reached up to number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1965, which was their highest-charting single of the year on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, by edging "I Found a Girl" which charted at number 30 later in 1965. Jan and Dean were known for their music of the 1960s surf era with songs like "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena." This single marked the beginning of Jan & Dean getting away from their Surfing roots that they were known for.
"Jennie Lee" is a song whose music was composed and written by Jan Berry and Arnie Ginsburg, which was recorded by Jan and Arnie. Jan & Arnie were the precursor to Jan & Dean. The song was recorded and released as the band's first single in April, 1958. The B-side of the single is "Gotta Getta Date". "Jennie Lee" reached No. 3 on the Cash Box charts on June 21, 1958, and No. 8 on the Billboard charts on June 30, 1958. This is generally regarded as the earliest example of elements that would become instrumental in the famous California sound of surf pop in the '60s.
"Surfin' U.S.A." is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, credited to Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson. It is a rewritten version of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love. The song was released as a single on March 4, 1963, backed with "Shut Down". It was then placed as the opening track on their album of the same name.