History
Papa Doo Run Run (PDRR) was founded in 1965, as The Zu, then changed their name to Goodie Two Shoes, and is made up of current and former members of the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean's, Frankie Valli's and Brian Wilson's bands.
Papa Doo Run Run is known for their award winning re-creation of the hits of the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. They toured North America as the opening act and back-up band for Jan & Dean between 1976 and 1980. In 1981 they moved from Jan & Dean to an association with the Beach Boys, and performed and recorded with members of that band for the following two decades. The group also had a 15-year engagement as the “Celebrity House Band” at Disneyland in California beginning in 1975.
Papa Doo Run Run still averages nearly 100 dates a year worldwide, with two founding members, Zirilli and Rush. The band has produced ten albums and a full length live show DVD, plus another seven singles and two EPs. In 2007, Papa Doo Run Run was inducted into the North California Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They were also featured as the back-up band for Jan & Dean in the 1978 CBS biopic Deadman's Curve, which had a soundtrack album featuring Papa Doo Run Run.
Their first major record release, Be True To Your School (RCA, 1975), was produced by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. It made the Billboard Top 200 nationally and reached number 1 in California. Their CD, California Project (Telarc, 1985) entered the Top 200 Chart at number 17, earning the band their second Gold Record and a Grammy nomination.
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