Jan and Dean "Dead Man's Curve"

Sixites surf rock duo Jan and Dean warn of the horrors of drag racing in their 1964 hit "Dead Man's Curve." What starts out as a friendly, testosterone-laden race between a Sting Ray and a Jaguar soon turns tragic, as the driver of the former recounts: "The last thing I remember, Doc, I started to swerve/ And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve/ I know I'll never forget that horrible sight/ I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right/ Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve."

Jan Berry himself had a near-fatal car accident two years after the song was released. Contrary to urban legend, though, that crash did not happen at Dead Man's Curve.