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Zap-Pow in the street in Spanish Town, Jamaica. 1979. Dwight Pinkney was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, moving to Kingston as a youth. [1] [2] In the mid-1960s he formed The Sharks as guitarist, the band recording for Studio One and backing The Wailers on their 1965 Jamaican hit single "Put It On", also providing backing for recordings by Ken Boothe and The Gaylads.
Carlton "Carly" Barrett has said that the instrumental was originally for a song by Tony Scott, "What Am I to Do". Harry Johnson bought the rights from Scott, licensed the track to Trojan and credited it to the Harry J Allstars. But Alton Ellis has said that the core of the song was a lift from his rocksteady hit "Girl I've Got a Date". [3]
In 1995, Sundazed Music released a 20 track CD Penetration! The Best of the Pyramids. Bob Irwin from the label (who had worked closely with music director for The Revels, Tony Hilder and band members Sam Eddy and Norman Knowles to get their work re-released in later years) did the same with this compilation. He was pleased to find John Hodge ...
“Pipeline” was originally written by Robert M Burns and sold to the Chantays. Robert also wrote many other surf songs of that era including "K-39." The hit single was released in December 1962 on the label Downey, [1] and was picked up for nationwide distribution by Dot Records as Dot 15-16440 in January 1963. [2]
The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in Los Angeles, California, in late 1962. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album, Surfbeat, was the biggest-selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world. [1]
This is a list of surf musicians. Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture , particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California . It was especially popular from 1961 to 1966, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music .
The Bel-Airs were an early and influential surf music band from South Bay, Los Angeles, active in the early 1960s. [1] They were best known for their 1961 hit "Mr. Moto", an instrumental surf tune that featured a flamenco-inspired intro and contained a melodic piano interlude. The song's theme was used in the solo for the song "Seed" by Sublime.
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. [ 7 ]