Dick Dale(1937-2019)
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Hailed as the "King of Surf Guitar, " Dick Dale virtually galvanized
the surf rock sound in the 1950s. An avid surfer and accomplished
musician, Dale and his band,
'Dick Dale and the Del-Tones', appeared in several of the
ever-popular "Beach Party" teen flicks starring
Annette Funicello
and Frankie Avalon during the 1960s.
Although interest in surf rock waned in the 1970s, Dale has enjoyed a
successful comeback during the 1990s, due in part to
Quentin Tarantino's
Pulp Fiction (1994), which featured
Dale's 1962 hit "Misirlou". Among his many awards and honors, Dale was
inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame in 1996 and was presented
with a Lifetime Achievement Award by "L.A. Weekly" in June of 2000 for
his contribution to music. Despite a heavy touring schedule that takes
him through the US and around the world, Dale finds time to spend with
his nine-year-old son, Jimmy, on the 80-acre family ranch in Twentynine
Palms, California.
