Jan and Dean Live - Little Old Lady from Pasadena .

The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964.
The little old lady from Pasadena
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
Has a pretty little flower bed of white gardenias
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
But parked in her rickety old garage
Is a brand new shiny red Super Stock Dodge
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena
If you see her on the street don't try to choose her
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
You might drive a goer but you'll never lose her
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
Well, she's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later
'Cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's a terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena
~Instrumental~
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
~Instrumental~
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
The guys come to race her from miles around
But she'll give 'em a length then she'll shut 'em down
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's a terror out on Colorado Boulevard

[@billsomrak]

Was lucky enough to have lived in the day when these guys (& the Beachboys) were knocking it out of the park on every song. Driving around in your wheels, blasting these songs on the AM radio in the car, driving thru the local food places (Manners for us), squealing tires ... those were fun days.

[@SputnickSpooner-jg5gi]

Cleveland area?

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

You must be from Cleveland. Our family left when I was 12, but I went to Manners as often as I could (or could talk my Dad into taking me) - loved those Big Boys!

[@robertcrummel9105]

When music was fun! Brought a smile. Not the same anymore

[@martinleavitt6094]

Couldn't agree with you more..miss the old days..

[@nadokid1]

It still does

[@mollyj6286]

ALl mUSic iS TerrIBle NoW. every SiNgLE SoNG Is GArBge.

[@rickrick5041]

Molly J Why is that? No one will say

[@dlandis8146]

happy music. These were songs I grew up with. Nice to be hear happy music during this miserable time of covid, fire, and trumptard.

[@cregister8353]

Jan, and Dean, don't need the rock n roll hall of fame. Their fans lifted them to a greater glory. Jan's, comeback proved that. They had lives outside of music. Jan's, medical studies, and Dean's, degree in graphic design. I think Jan, found contentment being back on stage. Amazing men.

[@KMK7355]

Jan was cheated of so much. May have been the US George Martin? We will never know. The live version is better than the studio recording.

[@ronnie237]

Their music was such fun. They were great innovators in the studio. Should be in the R&R Hall of Fame.

[@paulbrown1585]

Horseshit

[@frankmcgarry3155]

They really should

[@proudtobeeducated5336]

Their records benefitted big time from the instrumental excellence of the Wrecking Crew.

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

What a great duo!! I love all their songs. We lost Jan much too early... RIP Jan

[@josesonramirezsosa8800]

Jan and Dean must be into the Hall of Rock and Roll.

[@mitchellmau6168]

Little Deuce Coupe ....

[@mitchellmau6168]

Another 2 Legends ....

[@miltonmoore8369]

THEY NEVER SANG ROCK MUSIC; THIS IS NOT A ROCK SONG. IT'S "TEENY-BOPPER POP"🤔🙈😬😫🤨

[@davidwesley2525]

The Rock & Roll Hall of SHAME Allows Rap & Hip Hop Artists. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔​@@miltonmoore8369

[@garygray6876]

@@miltonmoore8369 Ah yes, I just knew the ten year-olds would come online soon with their comments

[@marilynsnider8183]

This brings me back to simpler times, where music was good.

[@janeenn8811]

Yes, and did you notice how the audience can behave?!

[@Paolo7219]

Jan and Dean are one piece of proof that the American Rock scene stood up extremely well to the British Invasion.

[@upthedownescalator630]

Well? No contest. The Invaders should have stayed in Britain

[@werriboy55]

If they'd hooked up with Flo and Eddie maybe.

[@mtp4430]

@@upthedownescalator630 You took down my comment but I still stand by what I said Jamie Nobody. Censoring anyone with an opposing viewpoint certainly exhibits a mature attitude. It's supposed to be a forum to exchange views. I said nothing derogatory. You're a thin skinned little boy.

[@sheddski2942]

What killed this fun time was when long hair free love drugs and Woodstock all 50s style and music went to hell in a hand basket and rebellion and going against the establishment was in and music changed just ask Gary Lewis he went to Vietnam in 1966 came home in 1969 and this music was gone so he opened a record store in California

[@mtp4430]

@@sheddski2942 Unfortunately what's going on today is even worse. This world is out of control and totally dysfunctional in every way shape and form. And it will ultimately lead to our demise. Well, not mine because I'll be dead by then. However, this current generation is in for a rude awakening down the line. Let's disarm the police, let men use the ladies room, and let women use the men's room. Better yet, leave birth certificates blank until the child is old enough to determine what sex it identifies with 😂 I'm laughing, only it's not a joke. Those are the kinds of things this generation is proposing. Good luck snowflakes, don't say I didn't warn you when the s*** hits the fan.

[@jonmyers2136]

I ran across my older cousin's Jan & Dean albums around 1970 and ended up wearing them out. I still have them.

[@deanmaker5435]

Let's just bring back the good old days when we had soda for a dime and we had lots of oldes on the radio and we had lots of fun..

[@martyhudgins5307]

Amen let’s go back 😢

[@dustdevl3404]

Saw them in the 80s. The crowd that night stood up from the 4th song, started dancing and didn't stop until after the encore.

[@tuxtommy69]

"Well she's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later 'cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator!" .. the corniest and COOLEST lyrics ever! Jan & Dean rocked!

[@oldskoolfool141]

Shame Jan couldn't take his own advice (sorry bit obvious but couldn't resist)

[@dougjohnson5487]

These 2 guys are the essence of early 1960s LA cool. Sadly it didnt last long.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

I'm saw em in 82.

[@Cryo837]

1964 was a great year to be young!!! I was 11 and all this great music was bursting out everywhere!!! And for a young boy all the westerns and spy shows were great too.

[@joedebaun4547]

I was 10.

[@slinky9180]

Ok, who's here from Pasadena in the 60's that would remember that I lived in Pasadena and had the only red, 1964 Dodge 440, 2dr hdtp, chrome rims, 426 street, 365 hp. in the area at that time. Spent a lot of time in the evenings at Bob's Big Boy drive-in on Colorado. Many called me "Granny" at the time, lol. Those were good days.

[@TheDejael]

This is a film clip from The T.A.M.I. Show, October 1964, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I was there in the front row on the right side and saw the whole awesome show! Wish they had filmed it in color!

[@TheBeatles..]

+Dejael Long yead sure you were...geez!

[@TheDejael]

+Beatles4ism Yes I was there, and I knew Jan & Dean personally then, and they left me a ticket at the will call window so I only had to pay half price. I was 17 years old then, and this was one of the highlights of my senior year in October 1964. I met a friend there, named Mark Groseclose, who was the substitute drummer for The Beach Boys, and he took me backstage and introduced me to them there, and I was able to greet Jan & Dean backstage also. True story!

[@DailyEasyEnglish]

+Dejael Long My mom always brags about how she had them autograph her shoe!! I don't know where exactly--somewhere in Wisconsin, though^^

[@Mark-yn4vl]

+The Beatles Why do you find that so hard to believe? With a name like "The Beatles" you were either old enough to have been there too, or should understand that people did things before you were around. Speaking of The Beatles, my father saw them in while he was stationed in France BEFORE they came over to the US. What's so hard to believe?

[@tracer690]

was the screaming thing real or added effect?

[@dealsbetweenfriends]

was just with Dean on Friday...has his Restaurant on the HB Pier..! December said come on down you all!

[@markwilliamson2795]

I'm the little old man from So Cal now....71 years old...this song never made me tear up before...

[@Sutterjack]

Their harmonies were so great -

[@conocimientopsicodelico5557]

The public is fantastic!!! Hi from Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Jan & Dean belong in the Hall of Fame. I mean, come on. Legends of surf and creators of new sounds that made history. Not to mention many hit songs and a comeback that is historical. There are acts in the HOF that did not do half that much. J&D = HOF. George Vreeland Hill

[@MrSf66]

Jann Wenner is primarily responsible for the exclusion of Jan & Dean. Yet Grandmaster Flash and Cat Stevens got in.

[@quad5186]

Loved these guys since I was a kid , had a Radio Shack compilation album with them and The Beach Boys , remember the first time I saw Deadman's Curve, not bad , but could be a cool remake. My older brother picked on me for this - I ragged on The Who ! All within 2 years both favorites on my list forever !!!

[@quad5186]

But , to my credit and taste , was happy to rub it in his face that Moonie loved surf music , not to mention The Who covered 'Bucket T'!

[@karolinesmail489]

Exactly!hi agree i live 15minutes from the rock n roll Hall of Fame. I've not been there for those same reason

[@TheGreatToucan]

We need to wrest control of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame out of the hands of Jan Wenner and the Rolling Stone magazine leftist bunch and give real rockers the recognition they deserve!

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1965 {July 15th} Jan and Dean performed "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" on the ABC-TV week-day afternoon program 'Where The Action Is'... Exactly one year earlier on July 15th, 1964 the song was at #6 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eleven days later on July 26th it would peak at #3 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for 11 weeks.... And on the same 'Action' show the duo also performed "Sidewalk Surfin'"; eight months earlier on November 29th, 1964 it reached #25 {for 2 weeks} on the Top 100... R.I.P to William 'Jan' Berry, who passed away on March 26th, 2004 at age 62 and 'Dean' Ormsby Torrence celebrated his 75th birthday this past March 10th {2015}...

[@irenedean5165]

Yep, those were great times & now I'm a granny. Love Jan & Dean always have always will. "1964 I wish"

[@markmark2080]

From my high school days in the early mid '60s, how sweet it was...

[@DougCameraMan]

I agree. They should be in the Rock n roll hall of fame. They should have been inducted a long time ago.... Way overdue.

[@user-hh5rn4jz6o]

Big time. Along with the Beach Boys, they launched a musical genre. Started with surfing and smoothly morphed into wheeled vehicles (Sidewalk Surfin, 409). One of the most amazing things - most of their music was done as a hobby while they were students - Dean Torrance as, I believe, a USC undergrad and Jan Berry at UCLA Medical School. Jan Berry - Rest In Peace. Dean Torrance - Rock On.

[@pamillar7521]

Right on.

[@MikeBlitzMag]

It doesn't matter. That organization is little more than an ol' boys club with no public mandate and no more authority to operate in that capacity other than that which they bestowed upon themselves. Jan And Dean don't need a pat on the head from them to affirm their considerable merit as artists and visionaries.

[@philiphoward1731]

Jan and Dean always put on a good showsAnd the people backing them up on this performance were members of the wrecking crew who were in the studio When they record is this

[@vettefool]

MikeBlitzMag yep, there’s a whole bunch of groups and individuals that should have been inducted years ago. Just look at the sorry or inconsequential people currently in the hall. We could all name ten off the top of our head.

[@csrios33]

I loved them when I was a kid. The wreck was horrible and I remember my Mom talking about it. My Mom loved music and she talked about this. It was tragic. They were so wonderful.

[@MrSuzuki1187]

The are singing about a1964 Super Stock Automatic 426 Max Wedge capable of 11 second 125 mph quarter mile times. I was 14 when this song came out and a rabid Chrysler and drag racing fan.

[@ronaldjeffers2415]

Jan and Dean brings highest level of Summer Love they should be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the best artist and composer of the fabulous rock and roll Long Live Jan and Dean

[@stoneagequeen53]

I have fond memories of this song; my Dad, my kid sister and I would all sing the song together when it came on the radio. I was 11 years old, my sister was 5! It was a fun song.

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

The little ol lady from Pasadena Texas passed me on Beltway 8 a few weeks cranking about 100 mph in a Challenger. You go girl.

[@upthedownescalator630]

AWESOME! My grandfather told a joke once about a cop who pulled a ninety year old woman over for speeding. She said she was just going with the flow. He said, lady, you weren't going with the flow. You were leading it.

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Jamie Anybody You got that right Jamie,good one.

[@upthedownescalator630]

@@LyndaWhite-ju1gj Gotta love those old ladies who will NOT stop living. They're all awesome

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Jamie Anybody You bet more power to them, they rock.

[@upthedownescalator630]

@@LyndaWhite-ju1gj Yes!!

[@JoyceS77743]

Classic from the 60's by Jan & Dean,..still love hearing this today, but now I'm that little old lady!!!

[@thewaywardwind548]

But do you have a brand new shiny red Super Stock Dodge?

[@lynnkanerva4519]

Go granny go, go granny, go granny go👵🚗........!!! (sorry, limited choice of emojis😳)

[@TheDejael]

The origins of "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" stem from a hugely popular ad campaign that the Dodge automobile maker debuted in early 1964. Starring actress Kathryn Minner, the commercials showed the white haired elderly lady speeding down the street (and sometimes a drag strip) driving a modified Dodge. She would stop, look out the window and say "Put a Dodge in your garage, Hon-ey!". The song soon followed and she enjoyed great popularity until she died a few years later.

[@upthedownescalator630]

Oh my gosh I was right, then! She IS the actress who played on Get Smart that one time and said to Agent 86, "Hel-lo, hon-ee!"

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

Did she ever get a ticket?

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@GeorgePenton-np9rh I thought this was about my mom. So when my older sister had a baby we called mom granny. It stuck.

[@juliebrtek4506]

Sure glad got see them in concert and got autographs on my cassette tape. And Frankie Avalon. Once life time. Dream do come true. Awesome song.

[@user-vo7bf1kv3p]

I first heard this song in the 1990s. I listened to it on my Sony "Walkman" when I was commuting to work on the subway from Astoria to Manhattan. I also listened to it when I took a bus to visit some friends from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

[@Beachman112]

Yes Man....here are Jan & Dean with one/many of their ever best hits....Little Old Lady From Pasadena....Jan Berry (R.I.P.) and Dean Torrence were both so talented otherwise it simply just couldn't be possible......Once-again.....the "50's" & 60's were the ever best times for music performers.....I'm glad that I've known all these times so well....for they don't ever come back again...maybe it should be better they 'd come back again to nowadays because with nowadays/music/singers/performances....it's not what's it should be!!!!!

[@bertochavez4510]

beach boys who baby.!

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

Couldn't agree more. Some of my favourites are: Jan and Dean, Beach Boys, The Hondells, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, The Four Preps, The Monkees, Vaugn Monroe, Stonewall Jackson, Sam and Dave, Simon and Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, Johnny Horton, The Lovin Spoonful, Dicky doo and the Don'ts, Dion, The Regents, The Spencer Davis Group, The Walker Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, Herman's Hermits, etc.

[@andersport]

I can't believe they're not in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame!!!

[@buddyl49]

good point

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

they don't use auto tune. It's obvious, they don't even lip-sync! There's literally no reason why Jan and Dean aren't in the rock & roll hall of fame.

[@buddyl49]

so many pioneers not in ,but we must keep movin for new talent in the music

[@ignorecorporatenews]

why not? Do they play instruments? They were SO MEDIOCRE u musical moron

[@Elizabeth-rp1pi]

Arty Sal I can!

[@michaelserby7697]

Great music that will live in eternity 🎶🎵🎶💙 🇺🇸

[@robertevans1559]

I love the oldies from the 60's and 70's. Simple and fun music

[@3lullabies]

when they show the crowd,that is the best part,look at all those happy faces. loud and live rocknroll!

[@adrianjordan6291]

Jan's father, William L , was an aeronautical engineer, who worked for Howard Hughes as a project manager on the Spruce Goose. He flew with Hughes on its only flight.

[@jewishgirl752]

Listen to that crowd!! It sounded like a Beatles concert.

[@moldyoldie7888]

Look at the crowd starting at 1:20. Why, you would think they're having a great time. Life isn't always this much fun.

[@cruefosho]

I'm 32 and I still can't understand why eveybody loved the beatles over Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys? This is harmony in my opinion!

[@fred-xb6dr]

Ag..reed, the Beach boys were too slow

[@NiennaT]

not many people realised that Keith Moon of the Who was a great Surf Rock fan, and indeed his group before the who was a british group that covered jan and dean, beach boys, etc. There are recordings on youtube of the who covering the jan and dean song Bucket T. When the Who are covering your music, you must be doing something good:)

[@SirenaSpades]

I don't understand it either.

[@michaelotten2724]

Cali Beach sound evolved into the la sound..NOTHING BETTER!

[@13sunny]

Jan, such a genius. Always will have a special part in my heart... RIP

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

I haven't heard EVERY song of theirs, but this one's my fave of the ones I've heard.

[@TheMimetolithman]

watching the kids have Fun is GREAT they had a ball good stuff guys

[@USCG.Brennan]

Wow.....This really brings back great memories from when I was a kid and Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys RULED the Radio airwaves!! We all wore these same striped "Surfer Shirts" as we called them and had our little "Transistor Radios" playing wherever we went! ;-)

[@xahvierduplooy8213]

Said it before.... Say it again... Harmony!! These guys are good

[@Voldy8]

Considering the performance was nearly 60 year ago, this is an outstanding recording! And the song is great too!

[@michaelinhouston9086]

My high school girlfriend's grandmother had a Buick Wildcat with a 454 - I always thought of her as the little old lady from Pasadena - lol.

[@michaelserby7697]

Classic California music 60's 💖🎶🎵🎶💙☀️☀️

[@LeeBartoletti]

From the T.A.M.I. Show, featuring most of Rock's top names of the time, and providing a record of how Southern California's youth looked in 1964. One of my favorite songs of all-time; I must have driven my parents half-crazy playing it so much on the hi-fi. I was such a fan of Jan and Dean, that I had my mother buy me a striped shirt like the ones they're wearing here. I was at Jan and Dean's "second" comeback concert (which really was their first true comeback--no lip-synching) at the Starwood on Santa Monica Blvd. around 1977. They came down a short stairwell, Jan using a cane. They were well-received, and Jan sang pretty darn well, considering how much damage his brain incurred in his 1966 car accident. Towards the close of Deadman's Curve, the music stopped, and Jan said, "I came back from Deadman's Curve," with the crowd going crazy. I had the chance to later see them in (appropriately) Pasadena for New Year's Eve and in my home town of Glendale at its yearly car show (as well as the honor to be part of their security team at another Glendale car show, which allowed me see them backstage).

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

I thought I recognized it from the T.A.M.I. Show. Some friends and I got my Mom to take us to the Shrine Auditorium where we could see the film of the show. (It was the only place big enough to accommodate the audience that wanted to see it.) My poor Mom - she put up with so much during the 60s!

[@bikecopjoe]

Actually, Jan & Dean were successful recording artists BEFORE the Beach Boys. They had several hits in the late '50s and early '60s before the Beach Boys made it big. Heart and Soul, Jenny Lee and Baby Talk just to name a few.

[@leenielson4542]

Yes they were! I have always loved this song!

[@lyon406]

Jan & Arnie recorded first, then Dean repeated the recordings.

[@carolynjones6457]

I still Love their music, what happened to Jan Berry was and still is very sad. May They Both Rest In Peace knowing that they are very dearly missed. God Bless You.

[@pgood2124]

Dean is still alive in 2019

[@lynnkanerva4519]

@@pgood2124 And still alive 10/26/2020

[@KMK7355]

Still alive 7\3\2023. Believe he is 82 now?

[@oz1902]

What a great sound. I really wish I’d been there to see it, but I was only ten years old and living in South East London.

[@jamesmarsh577]

This is pure Macic I loved these guys in my teens and still do have most of their records and play them in my car when i get down they bring the sunshine back into my life and I met them in California in the 90s at a shindig in Fort Roy rogers in the 90s the greatest day ever fir me

[@jeremyhunt1987]

still a Classic .

[@rhodyrockinrahj]

Jan Berry is the guy who , amongst his other talents, was an early mentor to a young Brian Wilson, who gave Jan and Dean Torrence "Surf City" (much to the dismay of Murray Wilson). Dean had a butt kickin falsetto which you all hear here. They had some great tunes, and their work served as a great compliment to what Brian and the Beach Boys were doing. (Dean is also a pretty great artist, and came up with the Beach Boys logo, which they still use to this day.)(Dean also created a number of great album covers for different artists, as well )

[@rhodyrockinrahj]

+Don Brown .................well, the extended Beach Boys family, sure.

[@rhodyrockinrahj]

you bet.

[@doctorinsomnia5410]

Speaking of butt kickin' falsetto, that is actually Dean and not Brian Wilson singing the high notes on the Beach Boys cover of Barbara Ann....

[@joshuaecht]

It's cool the two groups got along and were intertwined, actually. Did not know that about Dean and the art covers!

[@MaryAlicePetchPollard]

Ha ha ha love it - doesn't it just bring back memories - first album I ever bought .. ( 45 ) !!

[@lourdesmanzano9735]

That's was my mom's favorite song. Oh, What memories Oahu, Hawaii

[@davidiverson2541]

Great classic music. I saw them in concert. Great show.

[@coralynstransky4048]

I knew Dean Torrance while in High School. We where De Molays at L C Kelly chapter.

[@kaylegirvin184]

Leon Russell wrote this song too! Love you kind Sir Leon! I got to see them in person (well after his car accident) at BE Bop Burgers [SADLY NO LONGER THERE ]in Santa Barbara, CA ... where I'd brought my cassette tape with that song on it. They signed their name onto my cassette tapes plastic container. Real nice guys they were. It's nostalgic for sure! This was around the late 1980'S...Ohhhhh how I'd give anything to have those days back again. I didn't know it would be years later my high school sweetheart husband would pass away from stage 4 Colon Cancer on our 39th Wedding Anniversary September 2nd, 2O12 [1973]. Such happy memories

[@KMK7355]

Sorry for your loss.

[@marynace3969]

Love this song love this song it reminds me of a high-school teacher I had one of the best journalists teachers that ever lived in the song was just like it she was a little lady from Texas she drove crazy

[@deanmartel7922]

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

[@namder1]

Loved growing up in the 60's. Jan & Dean and the Beachboys! Made me love music. Started playing drums in '66 and had a band in '67. Good times.

[@timward3116]

Isn't it interesting how what young people consider to be cool changes from generation to generation? Can you imagine any of today's singers standing there like that, bobbing up and down? The same is true for dance styles. From the Charleston to the Cha-cha to the Twist to the Snake to the writhing bouncing to the beat of house music, one era's alluring sexy moves becomes another era's laughing stock.

[@janeenn8811]

Oldies are the best hands down 🙌🏽🤲🏽

[@davidiverson2541]

I saw Jan and Dean in Seattle. I really enjoyed the concert. Good haromy and a lot of energy.

[@frenchmarky]

Love this tune. Makes me think of my 90-yr-old mom driving her red 94 Plymouth Duster with the V-6 (really it's just a Dodge with Plymouth badging!)

[@joeytacey743]

I met Jan and Dean and got their autographs on an album... It Was 1980 in Tampa Florida, rip jan

[@peterpanassow7814]

Very lucky! 👍

[@user-yk4zi6uc4x]

Сума сойти этой песне больше полу века, эта песня известна с 8 июня 1964 года а я ее просто обожаю и слушаю досихпор 💕, она мне так нравится,я ее обожаю чувствуется что у парней блюз очень приятен,... Я хоть и родился в 1992 но я обожаю эту песню из 60-х классная песня, хит она у меня,играет на сиди диске в машине, в проигрывателе, я очень люблю эту песню, мое утро начинается с этой песни, она меня заряжает позитивом на весь день))

[@LyndaNelsonGill]

I knew that when I got old, I was the granny that Jan and dean were talking about. this granny is driving a 1987 Buick Grand National

[@deanmartel7922]

Hello Lynda, How are you doing?

[@risingsonseven]

Jan and dean started the sound that the beach boys later would be known for.

[@USCG.Brennan]

No.....they worked WITH the Beach Boys back then and they copied each other. You'll see Brian Wilson's name on some of Jan and Deans records and vice versa. They were all friends back then. "Jan and Brian Wilson collaborated on roughly a dozen hits and album cuts for Jan and Dean, including the number one national hit "Surf City" in 1963. [4] Subsequent top 10 hits included "Drag City" (#10, 1963), "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3, 1964), and the eerily portentous "Dead Man's Curve" (#8, 1964)."

[@nml4546]

What a tragedy with Jan, imagine what great music they would have made if not for the accident. But what they did make lives forever. By the way, if you have not seen this show, the TNT show, get it, it is absolutely fantastic with all the great stars from this era.

[@galoon]

Jan & Dean were around for two years before the Beach Boys; they weren't knock offs in any way. By the time they first met Brian Wilson in 1962, Jan Berry already had two top-10 singles under his belt with two different partners, plus another one in the top-30. And he recorded both of those top-10 songs in his own garage--how many artists have done that? Brian and Jan wrote Surf City together. Berry was also producing his own records before Brian was.

[@chrishawk2409]

Brian Wilson wrote the song for them, and the Beach boys are doing all the backing vocals on the original recording

[@AmyWinehouse.914]

Brian Wilson played what he had written of Surf City thinking he'd never finish it so they added a bit more to finish the song off.It's 90pc a Beach boys song they took.

[@Spooky1862]

As far as the basic structure of the song, yes, that’s Brian. But Jan wrote the musical arrangement and produced the sessions for Surf City. I’d say that makes it closer to 50-50.

[@jerseyhomeguy]

More than awesome!

[@acmecompany]

Real music and singers!

[@bwoolno]

Great harmony's.

[@itillbeme1]

Please let me go back, where is my magic carpet ride back to the greatest era America has ever experienced as a nation or as Americans, it was pure fun, everybody just wanted to have a good time, no bad vibes, everyone was respectful and full of good cheer for all.

[@pepperhitchcock]

Nay nay....there was one other: Vietnam

[@myrab77]

I had a ticket and had such a bad case of poison ivy that I couldn`t go!One of my deepest regrets!I even was going to meet a beautiful girl there that I`d met on the beach In Panama City Fla two months before!What luck!

[@lynnkanerva4519]

John Scavens Awe!😕Hope your luck has gotten better! Sounds like my kind of luck

[@williammerne8510]

One of life's tragedies- "Dead Man's Curve"

[@rost32481]

There was a parody of this song on the Dr. Demento show called "Little old lady just a little bit meaner than the little old Lady from Pasadena."

[@PhilAVega]

That lil old lady had one bad Plymouth with a 413 n ruling Colorado Blvd. Much love grama😊

[@maryguy9013]

Jan and Dean were so darn cute Ah those were the days!🌅🛴🚲🌈

[@ParkerPlaza]

Great music lives on.

[@thomasjames2352]

To allow these boys to disappear from music history would be really devastating. Even my grand kids are listening to them.

[@upthedownescalator630]

I'm thirteen and I like them a lot

[@dustynathan6442]

Leslie Gore passing them the mic at the top...

[@axiomist1076]

"You might drive a GOER, but you'll never lose her". I love the title to "The Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamong Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association". How cool is that?

[@lynnkanerva4519]

Try to say that three times fast LOL Years ago(30+) I couldn't say that for anything, I don't know how many times it took before I got it right.

[@TacoStacks]

Lets be honest you searched "Jan and Dean" and this popped up

[@VelocityTE]

So catchy! LOVE THIS SONG!

[@jameshutchins6077]

My mother worked in Pasadena and drove a GTO to and from work...we used to tease her it was her theme song.

[@Runnin4Him85]

Love these guys. They always reminded me of the beach boys for some reason.

[@larryjung2031]

Hey, Jan and Dean the original Beach Boys !.

[@Builder99]

Just sad that they are gone now...loved their music...Its pain to lose a brother...I know as it happened to me...

[@dansm1422]

I had this record. One day my brother was playing baseball in the street and decided to use it for second base.

[@lynnkanerva4519]

😱 I'd be ready to kill !😡 LOL

[@edwardwillis3170]

I am still driving my SUPER STOCK Dodge. .........................

[@pmajudge]

STILL WATCHING IN 2021 !!! GREAT STUFF ! FROM U.K

[@impalaman9707]

I'm convinced they invented the preppy look!

[@ernestoadvinculavalerajuni5921]

God Bless All The Detroit Teams In The Whole Wide World Of Sports In🇺🇸The🇺🇸United🇺🇸States🇺🇸Of🇺🇸America🇺🇸.

[@ausbri2906]

Thanks for the upload - lov it and a BIG HIGH 5 for Jan & Dean music Watching from Australia

[@adm924s3]

A moment in time, joyous and sad.

[@sandiezurcher3247]

10+ when music was great.