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Dick Dale

Born
May 4, 1937 · Aged 81
Died
Mar 16, 2019
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
11
TV credits
2

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.