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"Wipe Out" is a surf music instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues , [ 1 ] the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris , who became famous with the single in 1963.
The Surfaris are an American surf music band formed in Glendora, California, in 1962. [1] [2] They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles area, and nationally by May 1963: "Surfer Joe" and "Wipe Out", which were the A-side and B-side of the same 45 rpm single.
Wipe Out is a Dot Records album credited to The Surfaris, released in 1963. It contains their best known song " Wipe Out ". It turned out that only two tracks, "Wipe Out" and "Surfer Joe" were actually played by The Surfaris, therefore repressings were titled Wipe Out and Surfer Joe and Other Popular Selections by Other Instrumental Groups .
The song "Wipeout" reached #2 on UK Top 100 in September 1987 during a 13-week chart run. [23] "Wipeout" was the last song the group members recorded for the album Crushin'. The music video for the song begins with an announcement of a boxing match, The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys are attending the match. The match is interrupted by a fight.
Wilson said he had dreamed of a surfer and with the others wrote a song called "Surfer Joe", sung by Wilson. [2] It was recorded at Pal Studios in Cucamonga, California in January 1963. [2] The band needed a B-side and Wilson played a drummer's practice exercise called a paradiddle. Wilson added stresses to what had been a rhythm he played in ...
In a novelty achievement, the Ventures were the first act to place two different versions of the same song in the Top 10, those being "Walk, Don't Run" (#2) and "Walk, Don't Run '64" (#8). The Ventures were among the first rock acts able to sell albums based on a style and sound without needing hit singles on the albums.
The Original Surfaris allegedly never received any money for the tracks they recorded with Tony Hilder, since they had signed all their publishing rights away for one dollar per song. [1] In 1995, the album Bombora after being shelved for over thirty years, was finally released on the Sundazed label. [9]
Wipeout, was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019. Bob Berryhill said: [1] "Ronnie [Wilson] loved Scottish marches and sometimes played with our high school Tartan marching band. That came into play coupled with my suggestion of bongo rock-type breaks for an arrangement, a drum-solo type of song with a simple guitar melody.