| "Rumble" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Link Wray & His Ray Men | |
| B-side | "The Swag" |
| Released | March 31, 1958 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:25 |
| Label | Cadence 1347 |
| Songwriter(s) | Milt Grant, Link Wray |
| Official audio | |
| "Rumble" on YouTube | |
"Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men. Released in the United States on March 31, 1958, as a single (with "The Swag" as a B-side), "Rumble" utilized the techniques of distortion and tremolo, then largely unexplored in rock and roll.
In 2018, the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a new category for singles.[5]
In 2008, it was inducted to National Recording Registry by Library of Congress.
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...since his first and most famous garage-rock single, "Rumble"...
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