Jan & Dean ‎ – Surf City/Shes My Summer Girl (Liberty ‎ – 55580, USA, 1963).
"Surf City" - the song is written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berri about the fictional city of surfers where "two girls on each boy". It was for the first time written down and became popular performed by Jean and Deans American duet in 1963, and their single became the first song about surfing which became national hit number one.
In 1991, after moving to Huntington Beach, the State of California, Dean Torrens could convince the elected officials to nickname the city official Serf-City. In 2006 the official trademark "Surf City, USA" was provided ​​ to Huntington Beach after several judicial proceedings between the cities of Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz. As of 2009, more than 65 enterprises in the city included "Surf City" as a part of their name.
First draft copy of a song with the working name "Goody Connie Wont You Come Back Home" was written by Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys. At a party with Jan Berri and Dean Torrens Wilson played him "Surfin U.S.A." on a grand piano. Berri and Torrens suggested to release the song as a single, but Wilson refused as "Surfin U.S.A." it was intended for The Beach Boys. In exchange Wilson suggested to write down the Surf City duet, having strummed the song. Wilson lost interest in this song also considered that he will never finish it. After Berri and Torrens made additions to the song, but Torrens never insisted on the copyright.
took part In record musicians Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Earl Palmer, Bill Pitman, Ray Polman and Billey of > who is Let out in May, 1963, in two months of "Surf City" became the first song about surfing which won first place in national charts, remaining at top of Billboard Hot 100 within two weeks. Singl got also to a chart of R & B Billboard where he reached peak at No. 3. In Great Britain the single reached No. 26. Uspekh "Surf City" gave to the duet a unique sound and identity thanks to which five more hits inspired by the Los Angeles surfing will follow.
Manager of The Beach Boys and Wilsons father, Merry, was angry, having learned that Brian gave record number one which could enter a moneybox of The Beach Boys group. Later Brian told: "I was proud of the fact that other group had track No. 1 with the song which I wrote... But the father did not hear anything... On called Jean "pirate"". Plastinks
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