LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Misirlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin'” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81 ...

Dick Dale, a groundbreaking '60s musician known as the "King of the Surf Guitar," who later experienced resurgent success with his signature song's presence in an iconic Quentin Tarantino flick, has ...

Editor’s Note: Dick Dale died on March 16, 2019, at the age of 81. In honor of the legendary guitarist, we’re reposting this 2016 interview with the man himself, published just before a performance at ...

Guitarist Dick Dale, whose fast, thunderous sound pioneered the California "surf rock" genre of the early 1960s and gained a new generation of fans decades later through its appearance in "Pulp ...

Guitarist Dick Dale, known for his iconic surf-rock sound and songs like genre standout “Misirlou,” died on Saturday evening at the age of 81. Drummer and Dale’s former collaborator Dusty Watson ...

Pioneering surf-rock guitarist Dick Dale has died at the age of 81 after a long bout with various health issues, according to multiple news outlets. Dale is best known for 1962's ground-breaking, ...

Dick Dale, universally hailed as the king of the 1960s surf guitar sound that heavily influenced the development of rock 'n' roll guitar — and of rock 'n' roll guitars themselves — has died at age 81.

Surf guitar legend Dick Dale, whose song “Misirlou” gained fame in director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” died Saturday night. He was 81. Dale’s bass player, Sam Bolle, confirmed his death to ...

INSKEEP: In 1962, "Misirlou," which we're hearing now, introduced music fans around the world to Dick Dale. This was a tune with staying power. It was heard decades later in the movie "Pulp Fiction." ...

Fans and fellow musicians are remembering Dick Dale, who died Saturday at 81. Dale's sound inspired legions of musicians back in the 1960s and into the 21st century. Fans and fellow musicians today ...

Richard Monsour may have grown up in snowy Massachusetts, but the guitarist known as Dick Dale brought the rock music of California’s surf culture to the nation. Known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” ...

Sorry to report that the king of surf guitar has died. (SOUNDBITE OF DICK DALE'S "MISIRLOU") INSKEEP: In 1962, "Misirlou," which we're hearing now, introduced music fans around the world to Dick Dale.