had seen his uncle play on the oud in Lebanese restaurants, while the bellydancers sashayed around the tables. Dale adapted it for his high-speed playing on the guitar, with spectacular results. He performed the song on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1963 – the first rock guitarist to play the show.
once invited by Keith Moon, of The Who, to record with him. Moon was so drugged out that he collapsed in the studio. Dale was not impressed. Dale also didn’t like the long tours that were involved in promoting records, which is one of the reasons that he did not become as well-known as some of those who followed after him. Dale appeared in the “Beach Party” films with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. He also appeared in a movie with Marilyn Monroe, Let’s Make Love, in 1960. For Back to the Beach in 1987, he recorded a new version of Pipeline with Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. But it was the appearance of Misirlou in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction that helped to raise new interest in surf music, and reinvigorate Dale’s career. The tune had another revival when it was covered by the Black Eyed Peas as “Pump It” in 2005.
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