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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 ]
Dead Man's Curve on old U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico Dead Man's Curve in Cleveland, Ohio. Dead Man's Curve is an American nickname for a curve in a road that has claimed many lives because of numerous crashes. [1] [2]
Subsequent top 10 hits included "Drag City" (#10, 1964), the eerily portentous "Dead Man's Curve" (#8, 1964), and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3, 1964). In 1964, at the height of their fame, Jan and Dean hosted and performed at The T.A.M.I. Show, a historic concert film directed by Steve Binder.
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 .
The film premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival as an Official Selection. [4] The film was renamed The Curve after its Sundance premiere to avoid confusion with the film Dead Man on Campus, a comedy with a similar pass by catastrophe premise about two college roommates who try to get another roommate to commit suicide which was released the same year.
Between 2013 and 2023, Dead Man’s Curve saw more than 3,000 collisions, 52 deaths, and 92 serious injuries, according to records presented in four separate lawsuits against the state of ...
Tracy Jamal Morgan (born November 10, 1968) [1] is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, and played Tracy Jordan in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013, each of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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