Dale, Dick (Guitarist) (Personal Name)

His Checkered flag [SR] 1964: label (Dick Dale, guitar)

Rolling Stone enc. of rock & roll (Dick Dale and the Del Tones; surfer music)

New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (Dale, Dick; b. Richard Anthony Monsour, May 4, 1937, Boston, Mass.; guitarist)

New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 18, 2019 (in obituary published Mar. 17: Dick Dale; b. Richard Monsour, 1937, Boston (sources differ on the precise birthdate); d. Saturday [Mar. 16, 2019], Southern California, aged 81; known as the King of the Surf Guitar and recorded the hit song Misirlou)

Discogs WWW site, Nov. 1, 2019 (Dick Dale & His Del-Tones were a surf-rock group from southern California; considered one of the first (if not the first) surf bands, the group was fronted by guitarist/vocalist Dick Dale; formed in the late 1950s) https://www.discogs.com/artist/252794-Dick-Dale-His-Del-Tones

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