Dead Man's Curve: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Jan Berry

Jan Berry, leader of the music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to the mid-'60s, was an architect of the West Coast sound and one of rock 'n' roll's original rebels-brilliant, charismatic, reckless, and flawed. As a songwriter, music arranger, and record producer for Nevin-Kirshner Associates and Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Berry was one of the pioneering self-produced artists of his era in Hollywood. He lived a dual life, reaching the top of the charts with Jan & Dean while transitioning...