Dick Dale, the “King of the Surf Guitar” whose biggest hit served as the opening song for 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 81. Dale died on Saturday, his ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81.

If you've seen Pulp Fiction, you know Dick Dale. His best-known song, "Misirlou," a rollicking surf-rock classic defined by Dale's driving guitar, provides the background for Pulp Fiction's opening ...

Last Sunday (one day after the Kvelertak show), backlit with our lady of liberty and the east river’s special scum, The King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale played the perfect venue– on the water. The ...

Dick Dale, whose jangly, reverb-heavy surf guitar style was the soundtrack on numerous film and TV productions, died on Saturday. No cause was given, but Dale had been in ill health for a number of ...

One of the things that defined surf rocker Dick Dale’s music, career and his life was that he never held anything back. It was true of his quest for a thundering sound that could replicate the ...

Dick Dale's musical influences come from a rather unconventional mix of sounds, including crashing waves, wild animal roars and folk songs from decades prior. Its from these sounds that he's crafted ...

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former ...

Bopping up and down on a cherry red sofa aboard his yacht in Newport Harbor, Dick Dale is as proud as a new daddy. The object of his adulation? This month’s GQ magazine. Dale is featured, alongside ...

Dick Dale died on Saturday after suffering from many health issues for several years, according to reports Dick Dale, the “King of the Surf Guitar” whose biggest hit served as the opening song for ...

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." ...