Dead Man's Curve

Jan (Berry) And Dean (Torrence) first recorded "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan Berry - Roger Christian - Brian Wilson - Artie Cornfeld) for the 1963 LP "Drag City". The actual Dead Man's Curve is real.

The hit version of "Dead Man's Curve" was issued as a Jan And Dean single in 1964. This time there are extra horns, vocals, strings and sound effects. The track is on the album "Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl In School". Artie Cornfeld was co-producer of the original Woodstock in 1969. Roger Christian was an L.A. radio personality who also wrote hits with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Wikipedia: "On April 12, 1966, Berry received severe head injuries in an automobile accident on Whittier Drive, just a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in Beverly Hills, California, two years after the song had become a hit. He was on his way to a business meeting when he crashed his Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Drive, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills. Berry was in a coma for more than two months; he awoke on the morning of June 16, 1966. Berry recovered from brain damage and partial paralysis. He had minimal use of his right arm, and had to learn to write with his left hand and had to learn to walk again. Torrence stood by his partner, maintaining their presence in the music industry, and keeping open the possibility that they would perform together again."