That's a hit,' and he said, Hey, buddy, Jan and Dean are my good friends."' There's no charge to attend the paddle out, but Miller suggested participants bring a beach chair or a surfboard.

Wilson also co-wrote Jan and Dean’s No. 1 hit, “Surf City” which inspired the city of Huntington Beach’s nickname, Surf City U.S.A., which the city trademarked in 1994.

I had called my friend Gary Griffin to shoot the breeze, as I’d been doing a couple of times every week. This was in the early 1990s; Gary was the keyboard player for surf rockers Jan and Dean ...

A recent lunch with Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean fame led to talk about how to pay tribute to Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson who died last week, the president and CEO of Huntington Beach’s ...

A recent lunch with Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean fame led to talk about how to pay tribute to Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson who died last week, the president and CEO of Huntington Beach’s ...

His song “Surf City,” co-written with Jan Berry of fellow surf group Jan and Dean, was his first No. 1 single, which angered Murry.

Entertainment Legendary songwriter, co-founder of iconic ‘60s band dies at 82 Updated: Jun. 11, 2025, 2:53 p.m. | Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 2:48 p.m.

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define American pop music, has died.

Hilarie Burton tells PEOPLE that more people have been smitten with her husband, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, ever since he started ...

In 1963 alone, the 22-year-old wunderkind had sung, produced, arranged, and guided dozens of songs for groups such as Jan and Dean, the Honeys, and the Castells.

Dean Goldsmith, a pioneering figure in off-road racing and cinematography, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2025, at the ...