# SD Rock & Roll HoF nomination thread-1960

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-rock-roll-hof-nomination-thread-1960/707919>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-rock-roll-hof-nomination-thread-1960/707919 "2014-12-22T16:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-rock-roll-hof-nomination-thread-1960/707919/21 "2014-12-24T00:40:19Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> You’re spot on about his first album release, but by 1960, [Dick Dale had already released three pre-surf-rock singles](http://rateyourmusic.com/label/deltone_records/).
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> Those early singles were released on Dale’s own label (Deltone), but they were distributed nationally by Capitol Records.

Rockin! I second Dick Dale, Smoky Robinson and Les Paul, then. And I’ll Third Jerry Lee Lewis and Woody Guthrie.

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