Surf music is a style of rock'n'roll that developed in the early 1960s in celebration of the California surfing culture. Using the location, clothes and gear of the sport for its lyrics, surf music underscored the surfing experience. The style is characterised by driving rhythms, a reverberating guitar, close-harmony vocals, and a verse-chorus song form.
In the late 1950s, surf music began as an instrumental sub-genre that emerged from rock'n'roll. One of the earliest examples was...