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Ride the Wild Surf
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Title track from the Columbia Pictures film Ride the Wild Surf, and a Top-20 hit single for Jan & Dean in 1964.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 51 pages
Contents: Cover Page; Introductory text, with commentary on Jan Berry’s arrangement and recording process; Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement; Full Score Vocal Arrangement; and Individual Charts for each score.

Studio Recording Arrangement (20 parts): WOODWINDS: Oboe, English Horn; RHYTHM: Guitar 1-3 (including Danelectro 6-string bass guitar, with standard notation and tablature), Bass 1-2 (Fender electric and upright acoustic, with standard notation and tablature), Percussion (Suspended Cymbal and Hawaiian Pu’ili Sticks), Drums; Piano; STRINGS: Violin 1-2, Viola, Cello; VOCALS: (lead, falsetto, alto, tenor, and bass).

Number of Distinct Chords: 30

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Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. and Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music. Also available from Sheet Music Plus.
Published: May 5, 2023 (Fiji Printing #8).

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Author Mark A. Moore is currently working with Voyage Media to produce a documentary on the life of Jan Berry and Jan & Dean, based on his award-winning book, Dead Man's Curve: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Jan Berry (McFarland 2021).

A fundraising campaign for the project is currently underway. Please support the effort. All contributors will be acknowledged.

Learn more at the link below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/documentary-film-on-the-life-of-jan-berry

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It’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song.
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Description: Jan Berry’s duet with Jill Gibson, originally from Jan & Dean’s Dead Man’s Curve/The New Girl in School LP, 1964. Also a Jill Gibson solo single, 1964.

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 40 pages
Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement), and Individual Charts.

Studio Recording Arrangement (15 parts): Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, French Horn, Guitar 1-3 (with tablature), Bass (with tablature), Drums; Piano; Vocals (lead, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass).

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Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: October 4, 2022 (Fiji Printing #5).

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https://jananddean-janberry.com/jan-berrys-authentic-original-music-scores/

Bob Emrich shared some memories of Jan as a teenager in Bel Air in the 1950s, which have been posted on Jan's official site.

That last story is hilarious . . . and classic Jan.

https://jananddean-janberry.com/some-things-you-never-forget/

Batman
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Size: 11″ x 17″
Length: 78 pages

Contents: Cover Page, Introductory Text, Full Score Studio Recording Arrangement (with Full Vocal Arrangement and Individual Charts), Full Score Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (with Individual Charts), and End Page.

Studio Recording Arrangement (18 parts): Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, French Horn, Trombone 1-3, Tuba; Guitar 1-3, Bass; Timpani, Drums; Piano

Vocal Arrangement (5 parts): Lead, Falsetto, Alto, Tenor, and Bass

Alternate Brass and Woodwind Arrangement (live performances) (11 parts): Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3, French Horn, Trombone 1-3, Tuba.

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Licensed from: EMI Music Publishing.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: August 13, 2022 (Fiji Printing #3).

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https://jananddean-janberry.com/jan-berrys-authentic-original-music-scores/

AUTHENTIC SHEET MUSIC — Fifty-six years after the car accident that changed his life forever, Jan Berry’s original music scores and charts from the 1960s still exist—the actual documents used by the Wrecking Crew to record the original songs. These fascinating manuscripts open an important window on Jan’s body of work for Jan & Dean and other artists.

In association with Jan’s estate, author Mark A. Moore has begun to transcribe and publish some of Jan’s best arrangements, to shed more light on him as a songwriter and arranger, and to invite further study of the music.

These transcribed scores will interest musicians, music educators, school ensembles, bands, and any musician/aficionado of the West Coast Sound and the Hollywood studio system of the 1960s.

First up is the classic “Dead Man’s Curve” . . . and more will soon follow:

Dead Man’s Curve
Jan Berry’s Authentic Original Music Score
Used by the Wrecking Crew to Record the Original Song (and for live performances).
Arranged by Jan Berry
Transcribed by Mark A. Moore

Size: 10″ x 14″
Length: 48 pages
Contents: Cover Page; Introductory Text; Full Score; Individual Charts; and End Page.
18 Parts: Alto Sax 1-2; Tenor Sax 1-2; Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1-3; Trombone 1-3; Bass; Guitars 1-3; Timpani; Drums; and Piano. (The classic "big band" lineup for jazz ensembles).

Distributed by: ArrangeMe and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Licensed from: Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.
Available from: Sheet Music Direct, Hal Leonard’s premier outlet for digital sheet music.
Published: May 17, 2022.

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