Let's Go Trippin'

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"Let's Go TrippinTemplate:'-" is an instrumental by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones. It is often regarded as the first surf rock instrumental and is credited for launching the surf music craze.<ref name="Bog"/> First played in public in 1960 at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California, it reached number 4 on the Los Angeles station KFWB, and later peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was used as the theme tune to the BBC Radio 4 programme Home Truths, originally presented by John Peel.Template:Citation needed

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Bibliography

  • All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul, Backbeat Records, 2002, Template:ISBN

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