![]() ![]() In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album, and was nominated three other times in the same category for albums of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Their other charting top 10 singles were " Drag City" (1963), " Dead Man's Curve" (1964 inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 ), and " The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (1964). ![]() In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles popularized by the Beach Boys.Īmong their most successful songs was 1963's " Surf City", the first surf song ever to reach the #1 spot. Jan and Dean was an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (Ap– March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). Arwin, Doré, Ripple, Challenge, Liberty, London, J&D, Jan & Dean, Magic-Lamp, Columbia, Warner Bros., Brer Bird, White Whale ![]()
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