Let's Go Trippin'

"Let's Go Trippin'"
Single by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
from the album Surfers' Choice
Released	September 1961
Recorded	1961
Genre	Surf rock [1] [2]
Length	2:10
Label	Deltone
Songwriter(s)	Dick Dale
Producer(s)	Jim Monsour
Dick Dale and The Del-Tones singles chronology
"Ooh-Wee Marie" (1961) "Let's Go Trippin'" (1961) "Jungle Fever" (1962)
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"Let's Go Trippin'" 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. ^[1] 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, eds. (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Backbeat Books. pp. 1313–1314. ISBN   978-0-87930-653-3.
2. Doggett, Peter (1 January 2015). "Sorry, Parents". Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music. London: The Bodley Head. p. 331. ISBN   978-1-847-92218-2 . Retrieved 21 February 2025.

Bibliography

• All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul, Backbeat Records, 2002, ISBN   978-0879306533