Even though it has no lyrics and features in the movie for all of maybe two minutes, 'Misirlou' is immediately tied to Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'. The song was first recorded in 1962 by the ...

"What you did with that was extraordinary," said judge Simon Cowell. "You have a really real special talent here." By Tyler Jenke 19-year-old guitarist Silas Luke Jones has received a standing ovation ...

The tune "Misirlou" has traveled quite a path, from klezmer music to 1950s exotica acts and finally to surf guitar and an appearance in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. Many of you heard it again in a Jan.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In 1927, an Istanbul-born Greek musician, Tetos Demetriades, having recently translocated to the US, recorded a piece ...

This coming Monday, March 16, is the one-year anniversary of "Misirlou" icon Dick Dale's death, so Sean Williamson and his project Velocihamster will honor the musician by releasing his version of the ...

Like a lot of people in my generation, I heard Dick Dale’s “Misirlou” for the first time in the opening credits of Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” It was 1994, I was fourteen, and my friend Bobby, ...

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19-year-old guitarist Silas Luke Jones has received a standing ovation from the America's Got Talent judges for his arresting cover of "Misirlou." Appearing on the Tuesday night (July 29) episode, ...