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Wikipedia article




"'Drag City'" is a 1963 song by Jan and Dean, written by Jan Berry, Roger Christian, and Brian Wilson. It describes the narrator's trip to a drag racing strip and borrows heavily from an earlier Jan and Dean song "Surf City," also co-written by Berry and Wilson.

"Drag City" was released as the title track from the album of the same name. It was the first of the duo's seven hit songs in 1964, and charted in the top ten in January.

Personnel



The musicians on the session included:

* Earl Palmer, drumsScherman, Tony, 'Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story', foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 176

Chart performance



References



Category:1963 singles

Category:Jan and Dean songs

Category:Songs about cars

Category:Songs written by Brian Wilson

Category:Songs written by Roger Christian (songwriter)

Category:1963 songs

Category:Songs written by Jan Berry

Category:Liberty Records singles


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