Editing Jan and Dean (section)

===1966–68: Berry's car wreck===
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#California|Dead Man's Curve]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], two years after [[Dead Man's Curve (song)|the song]] had become a hit. He was en route 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 also had separated from his girlfriend of seven years, singer-artist [[Jill Gibson]], later a member of [[the Mamas & the Papas]] for a short time, who also had co-written several songs with him. He was in a coma for more than two months before finally awakening on the morning of June 16.

Berry recovered from [[brain damage]] and partial [[paralysis]]. He had limited use of his right arm, and had to learn to write with his left hand as well as learning to walk again.

In Berry's absence, Torrence released several singles on the J&D Record Co. label and recorded ''Save for a Rainy Day'' in 1966, a [[concept album]] featuring all rain-themed songs. Torrence posed with Berry's brother Ken for the album cover photos. [[Columbia Records]] released one single from the project ("Yellow Balloon") as did the song's writer, [[Gary Zekley]], with the group [[The Yellow Balloon (band)|the Yellow Balloon]].

[[File:Pollution1973.jpg|thumb|The album cover to ''Pollution'', designed by Torrence, won a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover in 1971.]] Besides his studio work, Torrence became a [[graphic artist]], starting his own company, Kittyhawk Graphics, and designing and creating album covers and logos for other musicians and recording artists, including [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Steve Martin]], the [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]], [[Michael Nesmith]], [[Dennis Wilson]], [[Bruce Johnston]], [[the Beach Boys]], [[The Supremes|Diana Ross and the Supremes]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Canned Heat]], [[the Ventures]] and many others. Torrence (with Gene Brownell) won a [[Grammy Award]] for "Album Cover of the Year" in 1971, for the album ''Pollution'' by Pollution on Prophesy Records.

Berry returned to the studio in April 1967, almost one year to the day after his accident. Working with Alan Wolfson, he began writing and producing music again. In December 1967, Jan and Dean signed an agreement with [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Warner issued three singles under the name "Jan and Dean", but a 1968 Berry-produced album for Warner Bros., the [[psychedelic music|psychedelic]] ''[[Carnival of Sound]]'', remained unreleased until February 2010, when Rhino Records' "Handmade" label put out CD and vinyl compilations of all tracks recorded for ''Carnival'', along with various outtakes and remixes from the project.<ref>Moore, Mark A. "Rainy Days in a Carnival of Sound: "The Lost Renaissance of Jan & Dean." [http://esquarterly.com Endless Summer Quarterly] (Fall 2007).</ref>