Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.
His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble" reached the top 20 in the United States, and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo.
18 roots·10 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Link Wray; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Burt Bacharach, Chic + 14 more
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2 releases·1971-1979
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