DEAN TORRENCE OF JAN AND DEAN: BRIAN WILSON GAVE US “SURF CITY” – “TAKE IT, IT’S YOURS!” 6/04/21

Dean Torrence was the blond falsetto-singing half of Jan and Dean, who hit #1 in the summer of 1963 with “Surf City.” The excerpt below is from Torrence’s 2016 autobiography Surf City: The Story of Jan and Dean. At this point in the timeline, the pair had been on the music scene for four years—their …