Jan & Dean Surf City, Little Old Lady From Pasadena 1979
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- Surf City and The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) enhanced performance by Jan Berry and Dean Torrence with Papa Do Run Run were live in lip-synced concert at Longhorn Theater in Hollywood, CA on February 27, 1979.
Written by The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson in 1963, Surf City was the first surf song to become a national number-one hit. Jan & Dean's single The Little Old Lady From Pasadena reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964. The Wrecking Crew (Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Earl Palmer, Bill Pitman, Ray Pohlman, and Billy Strange) are the musicians on the recordings.
Wikipedia Premise: The origins of "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" stem from a very popular Dodge ad campaign in southern California that launched in early 1964. Starring actress Kathryn Minner, the commercials showed the white-haired elderly lady speeding down the street (and sometimes a drag strip) driving a modified Dodge. She would stop, look out the window and say "Put a Dodge in your garage, Hon-ey!". The song soon followed and Minner enjoyed great popularity until she died in 1969.
"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" was a folk archetype in Southern California in the mid-20th century. Decades earlier in the century, many people (especially couples from the Midwest) had moved to the region, in particular to Pasadena, California. The trend was accelerated by the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II. Since men tended to die earlier, Pasadena became known for its high percentage of elderly widows. As political columnist and language expert William Safire noted, the phrase "little old ladies in tennis shoes" was used in the 1960s to refer to social and political conservatives in Southern California.
Part of this lore was that many an elderly man who died in Pasadena would leave his widow with a powerful car that she rarely, if ever, drove, such as an old Buick Roadmaster, or a vintage 1950s Cadillac, Ford, Packard, Studebaker, DeSoto, or La Salle. According to the story, Used car salesmen would tell prospective buyers that the previous owner of a vehicle was "a little old lady from Pasadena who only drove it to church on Sundays," thus suggesting the car had little wear. This story or joke became part of the material of some comedians based in Los Angeles (notably Johnny Carson, who often used it on his frequent trips to tape The Tonight Show in LA before settling there permanently), and because of television, the phrase "little old lady from Pasadena" became familiar to a national audience.
From this premise came the comic song, about a little old lady from Pasadena who had a high-performance "Super Stock" Dodge. These vehicles were produced in low numbers in 1964 for drag racing, and were equipped with a high-output Max Wedge engine. The song's twist was that, unlike the subject of the usual story and joke, this little old lady not only drove the hot car, but also was a peerless street racer, "the terror of Colorado Boulevard," the main route of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. - เพลง
I took my daughter to see them years ago and it was great. It was great to see Jan again. I give him a lot of credit for continuing to sing. He sounds great.
My mom's favorite song!
She would even dance to it.
RIP, My Little old Lady from Pasadena my wonderful MOM.
Grew up listening to them Surf City 🏄♂️ one of my all time favorite songs 🎵 RIP Jan 🙏
Love listening to the songs of my youth! Brings back so many wonderful memories! Thanks, Cal!
I second that!
CapturedAngel13 I second that!
Great History ...Great Fun Music along with 2 Great Guys!!!
Did u know them?
I love Jan and Dean
I think they're great
Great info to go with this awesome video. Thanks for sharing 💗
Groovey happy music!!
J'adore
Great info from Cal Vid, as others said. Also, great debate (Cal Calcutta etc) about whether live or not. Watching closely, I see some 'misses', so probably lip-synched (at least from Jan and Dean, maybe not the band). There are other live YT clips (post-accident) where, perhaps not as good as the original, they're still very good. Great music, just love this.
FYI... None of it is live. Also, the recordings are not the original. We (Papa Doo Run Run) went into a studio with Dean to re-record their hits for use in the "Dead Man's Curve" TV-Biopic, in case they couldn't get the sync rights from Screen Gems, or whoever owned those rights at the time. It's my voice you hear coming out of Jan's mouth. I believe this was our appearance on either Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, or Wolfman Jack's Midnight Special. We did a lot of TV shows back in the day.
Worth remembering this was performed after Jan suffered a brain injury in a road accident.
If I remember correctly, Jan's car tangled with a cement truck and lost. He was lucky to come out alive.
I'd seen a documentary several yrs ago about the accident & his condition. So sad as he was truly a smart fella until it came to a certain curve in the road. I've always been a fan of 1960's "surf music"
I remember watching that movie, I was so happy he could sing again 😊
I had an Aunty Jan.
Poor old Jan was a tragic character.
Love this ! Always like finding "new" (new to me) video. The guys look great. 🏄♂️
Doesn't sound like Jan on "Little old lady..." 😕
I'd give $100 that's Don Z. from Papa Door Run Run with lead on Little Old Lady
Wrong...That's the original track from the record. Sorry to burst your bubble
That's Mike Love on the vocals on " The Little Old Lady "
That's because it's Mike Love's vocals.
@@josephrandolphiii5649 pay up, it's Mike Love
Is this...live?
Read the description.
No.
I hate clickbait that puts the record over a taped performance.
"The little Old Lady From Pasadena" is a new recording that Jan wasn't even a part of. He's lip-syncing to Mike Love's vocals.
Yes, and I don't know why. I originally saw this clip on Don Kirshners Rock Concert back in 1979.
Good clip, but the music definitely isn't LIVE
Yeah It's too excellent. And I saw lead miss finishing a phrase.
i think the band may be live, but I agree that the vocals likely aren’t
@@shodowhater Nope, nothing's live.
@@ChrisReise You are correct. There were a lot of TV shows we did where they only allowed lip-sync, since doing it live wasn't in the budget. Live required a whole PA system, monitors, audio techs, and an extensive sound check.
Is their anyone bbetter?...
Grew up with their music. We even tried to emulate these guys You can imagine my disappointment, after meeting Dean , after an outdoor concert in Largo, Fla., years ago, attempting to speak to him, offering praise, etc and likening it to talking to a brick wall. Zero personality! Great music however!
It is only miming - so I am out...
Imagine how fun the drugs were back then!
Com' on man...do they look like dopers?
What was it, 64? 65? Unless you were part of Timothy Leary's group, you probably didn't have much access to anything . . . interesting.
@@bradb1474 Jan actually DID have a problem with drugs, but that was between '67 and about '73
Lip-synced😭
Says that right in the description. Maybe you should read more. :( JS
Unfortunately they are lip synching
No they are not
great song by they are lipsynching, but hey...
Jan got dain bramaged.
Lip sync