Discography: 1965-1966
SINGLES
LIBERTY
1965
You Really Know How to Hurt A Guy /
I Found A Girl / It's A Shame To Say Goodbye -- 55833 - (September)
The Universal Coward / I Can't Wait To Love You -- 55845 - (October)
JAN'S AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT -- APRIL 12, 1966
Popsicle / Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) -- 55886 - (May)
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) / The New Girl In School -- 55923 - (October)
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Principal Engineers: Dayton "Bones" Howe and Harold "Lanky" Linstrot
Backing Harmonies (in addition to Jan & Dean) Phil Sloan and Steve Barri
Cancelled single releases: "It's a Shame to Say Goodbye / The Submarine Races" (55816 -- July 1965), and "Norwegian Wood / I Can't Wait to Love You" (55856 -- January 1966)
(Here They Come) From All Over the World / Freeway Flyer
-- 55766 - (February)
(Sloan-Barri) / (Berry-Altfeld-Christian)
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #56 -- CASH BOX #50
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It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3
-- 55792 - (April)
(Berry-Gibson-Christian) / (Gibson-Altfeld)
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #27 -- CASH BOX #42
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(Sloan-Barri) / (Gibson-Altfeld)
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #30 -- CASH BOX #39
(Berry-Gibson-Tipton) / (Berry-Gibson-Tipton)
JAN BERRY SOLO RELEASE
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A Beginning from an End / Folk City -- 55849 - (December)
(Berry-Christian-Hermann-Tipton) / (Berry-Christian)
ARRANGED BY JAN BERRY & GEORGE TIPTON
CHART: BILLBOARD #109
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1966
Batman / Bucket T -- 55860 - (January)
(Berry-Altfeld-Wieder) / (Berry-Christian-Altfeld)
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #66 -- CASH BOX #60
(Cason-Russell) / (Lennon-McCartney)
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #21 -- CASH BOX #24
Fiddle Around / A Surfer's Dream -- 55905 - (July)
(Kusik-Ballard) / (Gibson-Altfeld)
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
CHART: BILLBOARD #93
(Chuck Berry) / (Berry-Wilson-Christian Norman)
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
Principal Contractor: Hal Blaine
ALBUMS
LIBERTY
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1965
COMMAND PERFORMANCE - LIVE IN PERSON -- LRP-3403 (M); LST-7403 (S) (January)
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Surf City -- (Berry-Wilson)
Little Honda -- (Wilson-Love)
Dead Man's Curve -- (Berry-Christian-Kornfeld-Wilson)
I Get Around -- (Wilson)
All I Have To Do Is Dream -- (Bryant)
Theme from the TAMI Show (Here They Come From All Over the World) -- (Sloan-Barri)
Rock and Roll Music -- (Chuck Berry)
The Little Old Lady from Pasadena -- (Berry-Altfeld-Christian)
Do Wah Diddy Diddy -- (Barry-Greenwich)
I Should Have Known Better -- (Lennon-McCartney)
Sidewalk Surfin' -- (Wilson-Christian)
Louie, Louie -- (R. Berry)
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Engineers: Wally Heider, Bones Howe, and Lanky Linstrot
BACKING VOCALS: PHIL SLOAN & STEVE BARRI (sparse/limited)
ALBUM FINISHED IN THE STUDIO
Liner Notes: Uncredited
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #33 -- CASH BOX #42
JAN & DEAN'S POP SYMPHONY NO. 1 (in 12 Hit Movements) -- LRP-3414 (M); LST-7414 (S) (May)
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The Little Old Lady from Pasadena -- (Berry-Altfeld-Christian)
Baby Talk -- (Schwartz)
Honolulu Lulu -- (Berry-Christian-Adler)
Dead Man's Curve -- (Berry-Christian-Kornfeld-Wilson)
Surf City -- (Berry-Wilson)
It's a Shame to Say Goodbye -- (Gibson-Altfeld)
Drag City -- (Berry-Christian-Wilson)
You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy -- (Gibson-Altfeld)
Sidewalk Surfin' -- (Wilson-Christian)
Heart and Soul -- (Carmichael-Loesser)
The New Girl In School -- (Berry-Wilson-Christian-Norman)
Linda -- (Lawrence)
Pop Symphony Score -- "Little Old Lady" (portion, 38K)
Pop Symphony Score -- "Little Old Lady" Bars 1-20, copied (PDF, 138K)
Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
The Bel-Aire Pops Orchestra
Arranged and Conducted by Jan Berry and George Tipton
Engineer: Bones Howe
JAN BERRY'S SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRATIONS OF CLASSIC JAN & DEAN MATERIAL
Liner Notes: Jan Berry
JAN & DEAN GOLDEN HITS VOLUME 2 -- LRP-3417 (M); LST-7417 (S) (August)
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Linda
Surf City
Honolulu Lulu
Drag City
Dead Man's Curve
The New Girl In School
The Little Old Lady from Pasadena
Anaheim, Azusa . . .
Ride the Wild Surf
From All Over the World
You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
SEE DISCOGRAPHY FOR 1963-64, AND ABOVE, FOR SONGWRITING CREDITS
Liner Notes: Dean Torrence
CHARTS CHARTS: BILLBOARD #107 -- CASH BOX #71
FOLK 'N ROLL
-- LRP-3431 (M); LST-7431 (S) (November)
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I Found A Girl
Hang On Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy) -- (Russell-Farrell)
I Can't Wait to Love
Eve of Destruction -- (Sloan)
It's a Shame to Say Goodbye
Where Were You When I Needed You -- (Sloan-Barri)
A Beginning from an End
Yesterday -- (McCartney-Lennon)
The Universal Coward
It Ain't Me Babe -- (Dylan)
Folk City -- (Berry-Christian)
Turn! Turn! Turn! -- (Seeger)
Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Arranged by Jan Berry and George Tipton
Engineers: Bones Howe and Lanky Linstrot
Liner Notes: Uncredited (Dean Torrence)
CHART: BILLBOARD #145 -- CASH BOX #87
1966
JAN & DEAN MEET BATMAN
-- LRP-3444 (M); LST-7444 (S) (March)
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Batman -- (Berry-Altfeld-Wieder)
The Origin of Captain Jan
& Dean the Boy Blunder -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
Robin the Boy Wonder -- (Berry-Altfeld-Gibson)
A Vi-Ta-Min A Day -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
Mr. Freeze [I] -- (Tipton)
The Doctor's Dilemma -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
A Stench In Time -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
Batman Theme (from "Batman") [I] -- (Hefti)
A Hank of Hair and a Banana Peel -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
The Fireman's Flaming Flourish -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
The Joker Is Wild -- (Berry-Altfeld-Gibson-Wieder)
Tiger, Tiger, Burning -- (Altfeld-Wieder)
Flight of the Batmobile [I] -- (Tipton)
A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight -- (Arr. & Adpt. Altfeld-Wieder)
Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Arranged by Jan Berry and George Tipton
Engineers: Bones Howe, Lanky Linstrot, Henry Lewy, Chuck Britz, Wally Heider, and "Joe."
[I] -- Instrumental Cut
VOICES PROVIDED BY JAN BERRY, DEAN TORRENCE, ROGER CHRISTIAN, JILL GIBSON, DON ALTFELD, AND FRED WIEDER
Liner Notes: Bruce Roberts
JAN'S AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT -- APRIL 12, 1966
FILET OF SOUL - A "LIVE" ONE
-- LRP-3441 (M); LST-7441 (S) (April)
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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) -- (Lennon-McCartney)
1-2-3 -- (Madara-White-Borisoff)
Lightnin' Strikes -- (Christie-Herbert)
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away -- (Lennon-McCartney)
Let's Hang On -- (Crewe-Randell-Linzer)
Hang On Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy) -- (Russell-Farrell)
Honolulu Lulu -- (Berry-Christian-Adler)
Gonna Hustle You -- (Berry-Wilson)
Dead Man's Curve -- (Berry-Christian-Kornfeld-Wilson)
Michelle -- (Lennon-McCartney)
I Found A Girl -- (Sloan-Barri)
Everybody Loves a Clown -- (Lesslie-Russell-Lewis)
Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
Liner Notes: "DAN" (Dean Torrence)
CHART: BILLBOARD #127
POPSICLE
-- LRP-3458 (M); LST-7458 (S) (June)
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Popsicle
The Restless Surfer
She's My Summer Girl
Down at Malibu Beach
Summer Means Fun
Tennessee
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
A Surfer's Dream
Surf Route 101
Surfin' Wild
Waimea Bay
One-Piece Topless Bathing Suit
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
"Tennessee" (Cason-Russell) produced by Snuff Garrett
SEE DISCOGRAPHY FOR 1963-64, AND ABOVE, FOR SONGWRITING CREDITS
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
Liner Notes: "Jean" (Unknown)
JAN & DEAN GOLDEN HITS VOLUME THREE
-- LRP-3460 (M); LST-7460 (S) (August)
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Batman
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Detroit City
Eve of Destruction
1-2-3
Hang On Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy)
Little Deuce Coupe
Louie, Louie
Memphis
Yesterday
Walk Right In
Everybody Loves a Clown
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
SEE DISCOGRAPHY FOR 1963-64, AND ABOVE, FOR SONGWRITING CREDITS
POST-ACCIDENT RELEASE
Liner Notes: "RAN" (Unknown)

