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 ...

Surf rock guitar legend Dick Dale died Saturday night at the age of 81. Dale suffered from a number of maladies like diabetes and was recovering from cancer. He was perhaps most well known for the ...

Pulp Fiction is so flashy, it’s easy to overlook the slow build of spectacular reveals. But amid the snake-tongued dialogue, the bursts of violence, the mood-rich settings and a stunning soundtrack, ...

March 17 (Reuters) - Dick Dale, who became known as "king of the surf guitar" with a twangy rapid-fire, reverb-heavy sound that he said recreated what he heard in his head while riding the waves, has ...

Dick Dale, a California-based musician and surfer whose rumbling and percussive guitar work drew inspiration from the thundering force of ocean waves, earning him the title king of surf guitar, died ...

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 ...

Wearing his trademark headband and a leather jacket, Dick Dale played a thrilling rendition of his hit “Miserlou” — the theme music for Pulp Fiction — on the U.K. music variety show Jools’ Annual ...

Jack White has been getting pretty loose and freeform with his setlists recently, and he’s been trigger-happy with the covers. At one recent Dublin show, for instance, he covered Beck, the Stooges, ...

19-year-old guitarist Silas Luke Jones has received a standing ovation from the America’s Got Talent judges for his arresting cover of “Misirlou.” Appearing on the Tuesday night (July 29) episode, ...

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." ...