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Thank you. You might know the phrase dead man's curve from your own hometown or from a horror movie,

or from the 1963 hit Dead Man's Curve by the group Jan and Dean.

However it rings familiar, the meaning is the same, a deadly stretch of road in any town USA, rife for tragedy, heartache, and of course, death. While most

storytelling around Dead Man's Curve is the stuff of urban myth, some of the lore is in fact

real, that of Hollywood legend, pop music infamy, and strangely

enough, in one case, involving one of the most recognizable voice actors in history. Today on

Ghost Town, Mel Blank, and the history of Dead Man's Curve. First, let's talk about the song that made

this mysterious stretch of road famous. Dead Man's Curve. First, let's talk about the song that made this mysterious stretch of road famous.

Dead Man's Curve is, like I said, a song by American vocal duo William Jan Barry and Dean

Armsby Torrance.

A Los Angeles-based 1960s band, the musicians were pioneers of the 60s California Sound,

and vocal surf music styles that were later popularized by, of course, the musicians were pioneers of the 60s California Sound and vocal surf music styles that

were later popularized by, of course, the Beach Boys, which makes sense because the group began

working on a song with Brian Wilson at Wilson's mother's house in Santa Monica. In December

1963, Jan and Dean released their collaboration with Brian Wilson, the pop single, Dead Man's Curve,

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