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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 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]
Dot reissued the single in April 1965 as 45–144. A second version by the Surfaris (with a different B side) was released in 1966 as Decca 32003 and again in 1973 as MCA 60055. The song—both the Surfaris' version as well as cover versions—has been featured in over 20 films and television series since 1964, appearing at least once a decade.
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Ronald Lee Wilson (June 26, 1944 [citation needed] – May 12, 1989) was an American musician and recording artist, best known as an original member and drummer of The Surfaris, an early surf music group of the 1960s. Wilson's energetic drum solo on "Wipe Out" (a #2 US/#5 UK hit) made it one of the best-known instrumental songs of the period.
The song rocketed to the top of the charts in 1954, and the intro, “One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock,” is now iconic. Bettmann - Getty Images “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis ...
The Leaves' version is the only recording of the song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard chart. The Surfaris’ recording of the song, released on the B-side of its "So Get Out" single, is sometimes cited as being the first rock recording of the song, [18] but a number of reliable sources contend that the Surfaris' version dates from 1966 ...