Misirlou

…when his signature song “Misirlou” was featured during the opening credits of director Quentin Tarantino’s blockbuster crime film Pulp Fiction. “Misirlou” became associated with the popularity and perceived hipness of the film and was featured in numerous commercials and television shows, which introduced Dale’s music to a new generation…

…experience, most notably on “Misirlou” (1962). He led a parade of mostly West Coast-based groups that gained local, then national, popularity with guitar-driven instrumental songs, among them the Chantays (“Pipeline”), the Ventures (“Walk—Don’t Run”), and the Surfaris (whose “Wipe Out”