Dick Dale

Born

May 04, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

March 16, 2019

Popularity

0.1935

Biography

Dick Dale, born Richard Anthony Monsour, was an American musician and actor. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation, known as "The King of the Surf Guitar". Dale worked closely with the manufacturer Fender to produce custom-made amplifiers.