Dick Dale Hits

One of the real forerunners of the electric guitar, the great Richard Anthony Monsour, popularly known as Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, was also mainly accountable, along with Leo Fender, for the instrument's discovery of an amplifier able to withstand its assaults, which paved the way for the hardest rock. These are the legendary Dick Dale's go-to hits. King of the Surf Guitar The title tune to Dick Dale's King Of The Surf Guitar album was "King of the Surf Guitar." The album was published in 1963. It's one of the few vocal tracks we've ever featured on this list. Even though the vocals on this song are more of a girl group harmony than a lead vocal, they do highlight Dick Dale's incredible, wailing guitar playing on the track. Surf Beat On his debut studio album, Surfers' C...