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David Ferrell
Orange County Register
June 20, 2015

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Surf City was a mythical place, a paradise for the era's restless teens in the summer of 1963, when the song became the first surfing tune to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

Fame came quickly for the Los Angeles-born duo of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, who became stars in their early 20s. They would build on their success with hits such as "Dead Man's Curve," "Ride the Wild Surf" and "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," joining with their younger friends, the Beach Boys, in writing the anthems of the California coastal lifestyle.

Skip forward more than half a century and, predictably, much has changed.
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I'm from Yonkers. We thought "Surf" music was about Russian peasants. the Hudson River had 'whities', but no waves. Did like Jan and Dean, though.
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