TOP 100 SURF SONGS 1959-1969. Mr Moto: The Origins of Surf Music 1960-1963

Interesting as a document of some of the very first surf recordings, but not terribly interesting in and of itself -- "Mr. Moto" (two versions included here) towers over everything else. Comes with an extensively annotated booklet by founding member Watch the video for Mr. Moto from The Belairs's Greatest Hits Of The 1960's for free, and …

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Moto,” hit the local charts (along with Dale’s “Let’s Go Trippin’”), another record started getting airplay: “Surfin’” —a vocal tune by a group from Hawthorne (just east of the South Bay) called the Beach Boys.

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Marquand initially created the character for the Saturday Evening Post, which was seeking stories with an Asian hero after the death of Charlie Chan's creator Earl Derr Biggers.

Wipe Out - The Surfaris - 1963 Surf City - Jan and Dean - 1963 Walk - Don't Run - The Ventures - 1960 Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys - 1963 Out of Limits - The Marketts - 1964 Pipeline - The Chantays - 1963 Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys - 1963 Wild Weekend - The Rebels - 1963 California Sun - The Rivieras - 1964 Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen - 1964

Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent created by the American author John P. Marquand.He appeared in six novels by Marquand published between 1935 and 1957.



Yeah, I know, liking a version of a song because it has less distortion is lame, so sue me.



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[Gb A D Gm Bb Dm C F E Am G] Chords for The Surfrajettes - Mr. Moto/Surf Rider Medley with capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin.





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Thank you to Pete Jones and Dano Villano of The Great Lakes Surf Battle for having us! Two young guitarists heavily influenced by the likes of the Fireballs, Johnny & The Hurricanes, Duane Eddy and Link Wray were Paul Johnson and Eddie Bertrand.






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Recommended by The Wall Street Journal As Lullaby Of The Leaves was being launched in the spring of 1961 they were busy recording their first single, Paul's minor key composition Mr Moto, at Liberty Records in Hollywood.





Psychedelia of a darker shade than usual, Francie Moon eschew kaleidoscopic colors for a slow, sludgey trek through the sonic badlands.