Everything about The Little Old Lady From Pasadena totally explained
"
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 #3 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in
1964. Jan and Dean were known for their music of the 1960s surf era with songs like "
Dead Man's Curve" and "
Surf City".
Premise of the song
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" was an imaginary icon of the period based on the local folklore premise that
Pasadena, California was a city with one of the largest death rates in the nation. Many elderly couples retired to Pasadena in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s as refugees from the
Dust Bowl, refugees of the
Great Depression, refugees of post-
World War II. After a time the husband died, and the widow was left with the home. But in the garage would be the man’s car, that in most cases, she didn’t drive — an old
Buick Roadmaster, or a 50-some-odd
Cadillac, a vintage
Ford, an old
Packard,
Studebaker,
De Soto,
La Salle.
Used car salesmen were often spoofed as saying the previous owner was "a little old lady from Pasadena who only drove it to church on Sundays," thus suggesting the car had been only gently used.
From this premise Jan and Dean sang a song dedicated to that little old lady from Pasadena who, in the case of this tune, has a hot "
Super Stock Dodge" or a 1964
Dodge Polara in her garage. The twist: unlike the usual story, this little old lady not only drives the hot car, but is a street racer who can't be beat.
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