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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 surf music instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues, [1] the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963.
Soon after, with Chuck Vehle also on guitar, they changed their name to The Surfaris, which was a word play between "surf" and "The Safaris", a music group well known at the time [4] for their hit "Image of a Girl". [3] The Danville Battle of the Bands gave the group a lot of exposure and more jobs. They started playing in the Ventura/Oxnard area.
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.
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 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, well after the Leaves' original 1965 version.
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James Evans Fuller (27 June 1947 – 3 March 2017) [1] was the lead guitarist and main songwriter for the 1960s rock band The Surfaris. [2] [3] [4]Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music.