Now with Jan and Dean relegated to history — Berry, who was permanently disabled in a 1966 car accident, died in 2004 — Torrence is helping his old friends again.

When Dean Torrence was in high school in Los Angeles in the 1950s, he was more interested in becoming a professional football player than a surf-rock star.

Dean Torrence of the legendary rock 'n' roll duo Jan and Dean is bringing a splash of summer to St. Charles this weekend. Torrence performs Saturday, April 26, at the Arcada Theatre with the Surf ...

I met Jan Berry at University High in West L.A. One of our earliest gigs was at Pacific Ocean Park. “Playing,” in our day, was lip-synching. I think we had a ...

The pressures of the music industry should become nonexistent for an artist when he resigns himself to being an oldies act.Dean Torrence says just the opposite is true.In the early ’60s, as half ...

Torrence, 74, co-founded Jan & Dean with high school friend Jan Berry in the 1950s and scored a number of commercial hits during the “surf rock” craze, including “Surf City” and “Dead ...

And one his friends who has signed up is Dean Torrence of the old 1950s/1960s rock duo ''Jan and Dean.''' Jan Berry, as readers might recall, passed away in 2004.

William Jan Berry and Dean Torrence produced a string of gold records, including "Surf City" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena." Berry spent nearly a year in a coma after a 1966 car accident.