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red dog 1

(27,748 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 03:11 AM Feb 2014

Deadman's Curve

Deadman's Curve is a Jan & Dean hit record from 1964.


"I was cruisin' in my Sting Ray late one night,
When an XKE came up on the right,
He pulled down the window of his shiny new Jag,
And challenged me there and then to a drag,

So I said "You're on, buddy, my mill's runnin' fine,
Let's come off the line now at Sunset & Vine,
But I'll go you one better if you got the nerve,
Let's race all the way..to Deadman's Curve"

Deadman's Curve, is no place to play now
Deadman's Curve, you'd best keep away now
Deadman's Curve, I can hear them say now
Won't come back from Deadman's Curve



That's all I can remember ..there are more lyrics.


They don't write songs like that anymore!



Deadman's Curve was written by Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld, Roger Christian, and Jan Berry

Two years later,in 1966, Jan Berry had a near-fatal accident when he crashed his Sting Ray
into a parked truck on North Whittier Drive, outside a house once owned by Roman Polanski.

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raccoon

(31,105 posts)
3. Never knew Brian Wilson and Roger Christian (also responsible for "Don't Worry Baby")
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 08:30 AM
Feb 2014

had a hand in writing that song!


DFW

(54,263 posts)
4. Jan Berry and the Wilsons cooperated a lot on songwriting
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 08:52 AM
Feb 2014

Little Old Lady From Pasadena was another. There was one melody that the Beach Boys made into a surfing song (Catch a Wave) and Jan & Dean did as a skateboarding song (Sidewalk Surfing).

red dog 1

(27,748 posts)
6. Surf City was another hit for Jan & Dean, written by Jan Berry & Brian Wilson
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 04:59 PM
Feb 2014

Jan Berry died in 2004...He was only 62

In 1978, CBS aired a made-for-TV movie about Jan & Dean titled "Deadman's Curve"

I need to see that one.

red dog 1

(27,748 posts)
8. Also, his father once beat him up so bad that he lost hearing in one ear.
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:01 PM
Feb 2014

Mr Wilson Sr. was not a very nice guy.

DFW

(54,263 posts)
9. I remember that
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:07 PM
Feb 2014

Even thirty years ago, there were articles about how Beach Boys records never really made use of the stereo effect because of Brian Wilson's deafness in one ear.

red dog 1

(27,748 posts)
10. Brian Wilson was a pretty good high school athlete..
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:33 PM
Feb 2014

He was on the football team as a quarterback, played basketball, and was a cross-country runner.

In 1961, The Wilson brothers, Dennis, Carl, & Brian, plus their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine had their first hit, "Sirfin", as members of "The Pendletones".,,recorded by the small label
Candix Records.
Later that year, without the band's knowledge or permission, Candix changed the name of the band to The Beach Boys.
The Beach Boys performed their first major live show at the Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance on New year's Eve 1961, following a set by Ike & Tina Turner.

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