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Surf City may refer to: Music * "Surf City" (song), written by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, and Jan Berry of Jan and Dean * Surf City (band), New Zealand band Trademarks * "Surf City, USA", a title at the center of a trademark dispute between two California cities Places * Huntington Beach, California, legally trademarked as Surf City, USA * Surf City, New Jersey * Surf City, North Carolina * Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz ( Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a pop ...
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Surf City (song)
"Surf City" is a 1963 song recorded by American music duo Jan and Dean about a fictitious surf spot where there are "two girls for every boy". Written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry, it was the first surf song to become a national number-one hit. In 1991, after moving to Huntington Beach, California, Dean Torrence helped convince elected officials that the town be officially nicknamed Surf City, USA. In 2006, the official trademark of "Surf City, USA" was granted to Huntington Beach after several back-and-forth lawsuits between Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz. As of 2009, more than 65 businesses in the city included "Surf City" as part of their name. Background The first draft of the song, with the working title "Goody Connie Won't You Come Back Home", was written by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. While at a party with Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, Wilson played them "Surfin' U.S.A." on the piano. Berry and Torrence suggested that they do the song as a single, but Wilson refuse ...
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Surf City (band)
Surf City are a space rock/shoegaze/indie band from Auckland, New Zealand. History Surf City was formed in 2004 in Mt Roskill, Auckland. Attention for the band quickly spread overseas, and they were picked up by notable label Morr Music for U.S and German distribution. Music website Stereogum tapped them as a "jangling, uptempo but melancholic form of shoegaze pop". They released a self-titled EP in 2008, a full-length album ''Kudos'' on Fire Records in 2010, and another album in 2013 entitled '' We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This''. Their final release was the 2015 album, ''Jekyll Island''.{{Cite web, url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jekyll-island-mw0002828632, title=Jekyll Island - Surf City {{! Songs, Reviews, Credits {{! AllMusic, publisher=AllMusic, access-date=2018-09-10 Discography {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;", Date of Release ! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;", Title ! style="text-align:center; vertical ...
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Surf City, USA
The title "Surf City, USA" was the subject of a trademark dispute between the California coastal cities of Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz. Both cities historically claimed the "Surf City" moniker, but the dispute intensified in 2004 after the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau successfully filed the "Surf City USA" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.{{cite news , author=Lisa Leff, url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101300116.html , title = Surf City Rivalry Gets Gnarly , agency= Associated Press, work=Washington Post , access-date = July 6, 2014, date=October 13, 2006 A settlement was eventually reached in January 2008, which allows Huntington Beach to retain the trademark.{{cite news , url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/city-surf-bureau-1964274-beach-huntington , title=Huntington Beach settles Surf City USA lawsuit, date= January 22, 2008, access-date=July 6, 2014, work=Orange County Register , author= ...
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Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 during the 2020 census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast. Huntington Beach is known for its long stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture. Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the ...
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Surf City, North Carolina
Surf City is a town in Pender and Onslow counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,853 at the 2010 census. It is located on Topsail Island. The Pender County portion of Surf City is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Onslow County portion is part of the Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Surf City is located at (34.428137, -77.543198). According to the United States Census Bureau, Surf City has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.7 km), of which 4.2 square miles (10.9 km) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km) (20.45%) is water. Recent annexations have extended the town limits on the mainland west of Highway 17. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,867 people, 1,272 households, and 870 families residing in the town. 2000 census As of the census of 2000 there were 1,393 people, 689 households, and 403 families re ...
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