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Surf music, genre of popular music that arose in southern California in the early 1960s. As the sport of surfing became increasingly popular on the West Coast of the United States, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones provided the sound track, beginning with “Let’s Go Trippin’” in 1961. Dale, a surfer

Vicious gunfire erupted in the nearby jungle as Little Pattie stood on stage singing for Australian troops. Struggling to be heard above deafening explosions, the brave 17-year-old tried to keep going. But it rapidly became clear that something very bad was unfolding just a few kilometres down the road.