The Little Old Lady

About The Little Old Lady

"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" is a song written by Don Altfeld, Jan Berry and Roger Christian, and recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964 and number one on Canada's RPM chart. The session musicians who played on this record (who were collectively known as The Wrecking Crew) included Leon Russell on piano; Tommy Tedesco, Bill Pitman and Billy Strange on guitar; Ray Pohlman and Jimmy Bond on bass; and Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer on drums. Jan & Dean reworked the lyrics from "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" in 1967, renaming the track "Tijuana" and releasing it as a single that same year. The lyrics were now drug related. "Tijuana" was finally released on their 2010 album Carnival of Sound. The song was performed live by The Beach Boys at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on August 1, 1964 for inclusion on their No.1 album Beach Boys Concert. The Beach Boys, and particularly Brian Wilson, who co-wrote several of Jan & Dean's biggest surf hits, had supported Jan & Dean in the recording studio to initiate them in the surf music genre. more »

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1970

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It's the little old lady from Pasadena 

The little old lady from Pasadena 
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go) 
Has a pretty little flower bed of white gardenias 
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go) 
But parked in a rickety old garage 
Is a brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge 

[Chorus]
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner 
Than the little old lady from Pasadena 
(She drives real fast and she drives real hard) 
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard 

It's the little old lady from Pasadena 
If you see her on the street don't try to choose her 
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go) 
You might drive a goer but you'll never lose her 
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go) 
Well, she's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later 
'Cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator 

[Chorus]

Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
The guys come to race her for miles around 
But she'll give 'em a length and then she'll shut 'em down 

[Chorus]

Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go
Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go

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Jan & Dean

Jan and Dean was an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles popularized by the Beach Boys. Among their most successful songs was 1963's "Surf City", the first surf song ever to reach the #1 spot. Their other charting top 10 singles were "Drag City" (1963), "Dead Man's Curve" (1964; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008), and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (1964). In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album, and was nominated three other times in the same category for albums of the Nit… more »

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