"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.

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"Let's Go Trippin'"
Single by Dick Dale and The Deltones
from the album Surfers' Choice
Released	September 1961
Recorded	1961
Genre	Surf rock[1]
Length	2:10
Label	Deltone
Songwriter(s)	Dick Dale
Producer(s)	Jim Monsour
Dick Dale and The Deltones singles chronology
"Ooh-Wee Marie" (1961) "Let's Go Trippin'" (1961) "Jungle Fever" (1962)
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The song was used as the theme tune to the BBC Radio 4 programme Home Truths, originally presented by John Peel.^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

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

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