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"Dead Man's Curve" is a 1964 hit song by Jan and Dean whose lyrics detail a teen street race gone awry. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 39 in Canada. [3] The song was written and composed by Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld, Roger Christian, and Jan Berry at Wilson's mother's house in Santa Monica.
The song's lyrics place the location of the "Dead Man's Curve" accident at the curve on westbound Sunset Boulevard just west of Doheny Drive in West Hollywood. Voice actor Mel Blanc was severely injured while driving here in 1961, and later sued the City of Los Angeles, prompting a reconstruction of the road.
On April 12, 1966, Berry received severe head injuries in an automobile accident on Whittier Drive, just a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in Beverly Hills, California, two years after the song had become a hit. He was en route to a business meeting when he crashed his Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Drive, near the intersection ...
The families of four sorority sisters struck and killed on California’s Pacific Coast Highway are suing the state and local governments over a notorious death trap locals call “Dead Man’s...
"Dead on the Highway" Sons of the Never Wrong: 1995: First person narrative from the person killed in a car crash. "Dead Man's Curve" Jan and Dean: 1964: Auto street racing collision "Dead Joe" The Birthday Party: 1982 [4] "Dead in a Ditch" Dirty Rotten Imbeciles: 1988: Story of a girl who steals her parents' car and pills and drives of a cliff ...
Deadman's Curve is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film based on the musical careers of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. The film was developed from a 1974 article published in Rolling Stone by Paul Morantz , who also helped write the screenplay .
"Sidewalk Surfin'" is a song with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Roger Christian, which was recorded by 1960s American pop singers Jan and Dean. The song was recorded as a single and then appeared on the 1964 album Ride the Wild Surf, and later on the Little Old Lady from Pasadena album. The B-side of the single is "When It's Over."
Dead Man's Curve is a nickname for a stretch of road that has claimed a number of lives. Dead Man's Curve may also refer to: Dead Man's Curve, a silent American film "Dead Man's Curve" (song), a song by Jan & Dean Deadman's Curve, Jan & Dean biopic; Dead Man's Curve (band), a London surf music band