As jan and dean rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves jan incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of dean and others, jan. Webnot long after the hit was recorded and became famous, jan barry was driving his own corvette stingray at a high rate of speed very close to the intersection where. Webjan berry, a member of the duo jan & dean, which had the 1960's surf music hits ''dead man's curve'' and ''the little old lady (from pasadena),'' died on. Jan berry, the creative force behind legendary surf rock duo jan and dean, died friday after suffering a seizure at his los angeles home; Webit was 56 years ago today (april 12th, 1966), that jan berry of jan & dean suffered a horrendous car crash that left him brain damaged and severely disabled for.
