JAN BERRY AT A GLANCE
By Mark A. Moore
Author of Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Jan Berry
1941
• Birth — April 3, 1941, Los Angeles, California
1958
• Jan & Arnie — April-December 1958
• Top 10 Records with Jan & Arnie — 1
• Chart Records with Jan & Arnie — 2
1959-1966
• UCLA — Enrolled in college in 1959
• Jan & Dean — May 1959-April 1966
• Chart Records with Jan & Dean — 26
• Top 10 Songs with Jan & Arnie and Jan & Dean —7, as charted by Billboard and Cash Box
• Top 40 Songs with Jan & Arnie and Jan & Dean —16, including seven Top 10, as charted by Billboard and Cash Box
• Chart Albums — 10, including five Top 40, as charted by Billboard and Cash Box
• Chart Records As A Songwriter Outside of Jan & Arnie and Jan & Dean — 5 — Billy Ward & His Dominoes (1958); the Angels (1963); the Rip Chords (1964); Johnny Crawford (1964); Ronny and the Daytonas (1965); the Who (1966)
• Songwriting and/or Arrangements and Productions Outside of Jan & Dean — Billy Ward & His Dominoes (1958, w); The Glens (1960, w); Pixie (1961, w, a, p); “Girl Group” Sessions (1962, a, p); Deane Hawley (1962, a); Judy & Jill (1962-63, w, a, p); the Angels (1963, w); Ronnie Height (1963, a, p); the Matadors (1963-64, w, a, p); Sonny Curtis (1963, a); Shelley Fabares (1964, w); Jill Gibson (1964, a, p); the Rip Chords (1964, w); Johnny Crawford (1964, w, a, p); Ronny and the Daytonas (1965, w) *
* w – Writer | a – Arranger | p – Producer
1961
• Staff Songwriter and Record Producer for Nevins-Kirshner Associates — Signed in September 1961; Writer and arranger for Jan & Dean; Writer, arranger, and producer for other artists
1962
• Producer for Jan & Dean — Production reins and creative control, December 1962
1963
• Staff Songwriter and Record Producer for Screen Gems-Columbia Music — Signed in June 1963; Writer, arranger, and producer for Jan & Dean and other artists
• Surf Scene — First television pilot, October 1963
• California College of Medicine — Enrolled in medical school in September 1963
1964
• Music In Film — “Come On, Let Yourself Go,” The Matadors; Co-writer, Arranger, and Producer; The New Interns, Columbia Pictures, July 1964
• Music In Film — “Ride the Wild Surf,” Jan & Dean; Co-writer, Arranger, and Producer; Ride the Wild Surf, Columbia Pictures, August 1964
• The TAMI Show — Jan & Dean hosted and performed, October 1964
1965
• Pop Symphony — May 1965
• Berry Enterprises Ltd. — Personal production company, August 1965
• Easy Come, Easy Go — Feature film for Paramount Pictures and Dunhill Productions, August 1965
• On the Run — Second television pilot, November 1965- February 1966
1966
• J&D Records — Personal label, March-April 1966
• Automobile Accident — April 12, 1966
1967-1968
• First Stage Appearance after the Car Accident — With Deane Hawley at The Other Place in Hollywood (guest recognition), February 1967
• Carnival of Sound — Written, arranged, and produced between April 1967 and October 1968
1972-1978
• Solo Recording Artist —Ode Records and A&M Records, 1972-78
• First International Surfer’s Stomp — First public appearance by Jan & Dean after Jan’s 1966 car accent; Lip-sync to recording, Hollywood Palladium, August 1973
• First Live Performance by Jan & Dean after Jan’s 1966 Car Accident — First performance backed by a live band, with Jan singing; The Palomino night club in Hollywood, guest appearance with Dean Torrence and Papa Doo Run Run, June 1976
• Solo Touring Artist — Downing, Tripp, and Middler; The Aloha Band, 1977-78
• Deadman’s Curve — Film biography, 1978
• Guest Appearances and the Brooklyn Fox Reunion —Jan & Dean with Celebration, the Aloha Band, and the Beach Boys, 1978
1979-1981
• First Jan & Dean Touring Reunion — With Papa Doo Run Run (1979-80) and the Bel Air Bandits (1981)
1981-1983
• Breakup — Separate paths, 1981
• Solo Touring Artist — The Aloha Band, 1982-83
• Limited Jan & Dean Reunion — 1983
1984-1989
• Second Jan & Dean Touring Reunion — 1984-1989
• Solo Touring Artist — The Aloha Band, 1984-86
• Port to Paradise — Jan & Dean, 1986
• China Tour — Jan & Dean, 1986
1990-1999
• Jan & Dean Touring — 1990-1999
• Marriage — 1991
• Second Wave — Solo album, 1997
• VH1’s Behind the Music — Documentary, 1998
2000s
• Final Concerts — 2000-2004
• A&E’s Biography — Documentary, 2002
• Death — March 26, 2004, Los Angeles, California
• Grammy Hall of Fame — Co-writer of “Dead Man’s Curve,” inducted in 2008
© Mark A. Moore. All rights reserved.
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