BEATIFFUL GIRLS SURFING - DICK DALE

Stevan Vagner Steven Wagner Podrum * COLLEGIUM MELODIUM *;WEDMO, , World music museum AND Fabulous * LOS BELGRADOS*, present "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian' Arabic: مصر‎ Miṣr 'Egypt') a song first recorded in 1927, originally as a Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle Eastern music. The song then gained popularity among Middle Eastern audiences through Arabic (belly dancing), Jewish (klezmer), Armenian and Turkish versions.
The song eventually gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version, which was responsible for popularizing the song in Western popular culture. Various versions have since been recorded, including other surf and rock versions by bands such as The Beach Boys and The Ventures as well as international orchestral easy listening (exotica) versions by musicians such as Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. Dick Dale's surf rock version later gained renewed popularity through its use in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction and again through its sampling in The Black Eyed Peas song "Pump It" (2006) and Mad Men: "The Jet Set" (2008). A cover of Dick Dale's surf rock version was included on the Guitar Hero II video game released in 2006.