THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER- DAY 32 OF 95- ‘SURF CITY’- JAN AND DEAN

The Sounds of Summer- Day 32 of 95- The summer of ’19 is officially 1/3rd over. Today’s song- “Surf City”- Jan and Dean.  Jan Berry and Dean Torrence had the first surf song to top the charts with “Surf City” 1963. From 1958-66 Jan and Dean had 26 Hot 100 hits with 15 making the Top 40. Like The Beach Boys [I note Jan and Dean had a Top 40 hit 4 years before The Beach Boys} they came from the Los Angeles area. A little trivia for you- Jan Berry’s worked for the famous reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes as project manager for the Spruce Goose- and flew in it with Hughes on it’s only flight.

 

 

4 responses to “THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER- DAY 32 OF 95- ‘SURF CITY’- JAN AND DEAN

  1. I didn’t know that trivia about Jan.
    In my senior year in high school Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys made up my soundtrack.

    Great choice.

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