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Surfers' Choice

1962 debut studio album by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
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Surfers' Choice

Summary

Surfers' Choice is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Surfers' Choice's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Surfers' Choice's genre is surf music[4].
  • Surfers' Choice was performed by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones[5].
  • Surfers' Choice's record label is recorded as Deltone Records[6].
  • Surfers' Choice is part of Dick Dale and His Del-Tones' albums in chronological order[7].
  • Surfers' Choice's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Surfers' Choice was distributed by vinyl record[9].
  • Surfers' Choice was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Surfers' Choice was released on November 1962[11].
  • Surfers' Choice's tracklist is recorded as Surfing Drums[12].
  • Surfers' Choice's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Surfers' Choice"}[13].
  • Surfers' Choice's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[14].
  • Surfers' Choice's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[15].
  • Surfers' Choice's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1962[18]

  • Genre(s): rock, surf, surf rock[19]

  • Community tags: instrumental surf, rock, rock & roll, surf, surf rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 572ab42c-22d6-39c0-b886-d098d451f8d9[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Surfers' Choice was performed by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones[5].

Publication

Surfers' Choice was published on November 1962[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is surf music[4]. It is part of Dick Dale and His Del-Tones' albums in chronological order[7]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[9] and music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

Surfers' Choice ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Surfers' Choice. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/surfers-choice
MLA “Surfers' Choice.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/surfers-choice.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_surfers-choice_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Surfers' Choice}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/surfers-choice}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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