LC control no. | n 91101086 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML419.D282 Biography |
Personal name heading | Dale, Dick (Guitarist) |
Variant(s) | Monsour, Richard Anthony |
See also | Corporate body: Del-Tones (Musical group) |
Birth date | 1937-05-04 |
Death date | 2019-03-16 |
Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
Place of death | California, Southern |
Field of activity | Surf music |
Profession or occupation | Guitarists |
Found in | 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> |
Not found in | Rock on; Enc. of rock; Rock enc.; Enc. of pop, rock & soul; Rock w.w. |