The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)

"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)"
Single by Jan and Dean
from the album The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
B-side	"My Mighty G.T.O."
Released	June 8, 1964
Recorded	March 21, 1964
Studio	United Western (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Car song[1]
Length	2:45
Label	Liberty
Songwriter(s)	Jan Berry, Don Altfeld, Roger Christian[2]
Producer(s)	Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc.
Jan and Dean singles chronology
"Dead Man's Curve" (1964) "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (1964) "Ride The Wild Surf" (1964)

"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.

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 now contained thinly-veiled references to marijuana use.^[3] "Tijuana" was to be included on the act's final album Carnival of Sound, completed in 1969, but the LP went unreleased for several decades. The record was circulated as a bootleg until it garnered official release in 2010.^[4]

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.