Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (3 April 1941 - 26 March 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born 10 March 1940). Although Jan & Dean pre-dated The Beach Boys, they became most famously associated with the vocal "surf music" craze inspired by The Beach Boys.

Jan Berry & Dean Torrance began singing together after football practice at University High School (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles. Primitive recording sessions followed soon after, in a makeshift studio in Jan’s garage. They first performed on stage as The Barons at a high school dance. After Dean returned from a stint in the army reserves, Berry and Torrence began to make music as Jan & Dean. Jan Berry and Brian Wilson collaborated on roughly a dozen hits and album cuts for Jan & Dean, includin