Surf Music

Emerged 1957.

72 artists with 319.5K combined listeners. 43% of them sit in the Psychobilly / Rockabilly / Horror Punk community on the map. It shares the most artists with Australian Surf Rock.

Where Surf Music sits on the map

• Psychobilly / Rockabilly / Horror Punk · 31 artists (43%)
• Northern Soul / Motown / Classic Soul · 23 artists (32%)
• Vocal Jazz / Doo-Wop / Mellow Gold · 5 artists (7%)
• Australian Rock / Aussie Drill / Australian Pop · 3 artists (4%)
• Stutter House / Chill House / Belgian Dance · 2 artists (3%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 2 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Surf Music

Surf Music artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. The Surfaris & The Trashmen · 12 shared playlists
2. The Surfaris & Dick Dale & His Del-tones · 12 shared playlists
3. The Lively Ones & Dick Dale & His Del-tones · 11 shared playlists
4. The Trashmen & Dick Dale & His Del-tones · 10 shared playlists
5. The Surfaris & The Tornadoes · 10 shared playlists
6. The Ventures & The Lively Ones · 9 shared playlists
7. The Surfaris & The Marketts · 9 shared playlists
8. The Lively Ones & Dick Dale · 9 shared playlists
9. Dick Dale & Dick Dale & His Del-tones · 9 shared playlists
10. The Lively Ones & The Marketts · 9 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Surf Music, for their size.

• Australian Surf Rock · 12 shared artistsBoth: Hoodoo Gurus, The Trashmen, GANGgajang
• Indie Surf · 8 shared artistsBoth: The Ventures, Dick Dale, Dick Dale & His Del-tones
• Doo-Wop · 5 shared artistsBoth: Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, The Clovers, The Tymes
• Psychobilly · 4 shared artistsBoth: The Centurians, The Revels, The Bomboras
• Dark Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: LaVern Baker, Arthur Alexander
• Northern Soul · 4 shared artistsBoth: Doris Troy, Willie Tee, The Tams
• Surf Punk · 2 shared artistsBoth: Lost Acapulco, The Lively Ones
• Sunshine Pop · 3 shared artistsBoth: The Ventures, Aqua Velvets, J. J. Jackson

Artists

72 artists tagged Surf Music, ranked by listeners.

1. The Shadows54.9K listeners
2. Solomon Burke50.5K listeners · Motown
3. Lost Acapulco27.1K listeners · Surf Punk
4. Hoodoo Gurus19.4K listeners · Australian Rock
5. The Ventures13.0K listeners · Sunshine Pop
6. Dick Dale12.4K listeners
7. Youngr11.7K listeners · Escape Room
8. Frankie Avalon9.5K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
9. The Trashmen6.7K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
10. Lloyd Price6.6K listeners
11. Los Straitjackets5.9K listeners
12. William Bell5.6K listeners · Classic Soul
13. LaVern Baker5.1K listeners · Samba-Rock
14. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs4.5K listeners · Doo-Wop
15. Jan & Dean4.3K listeners · Baroque Pop
16. Bruce Channel4.2K listeners
17. Santo & Johnny3.6K listeners · Souldies
18. GANGgajang3.6K listeners · Australian Rock
19. Dick Dale & His Del-tones3.5K listeners
20. Sr. Bikini3.4K listeners · Ska Espanol
21. The Lively Ones3.2K listeners
22. The Surfaris2.9K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
23. Barbara Lewis2.2K listeners · Motown
24. The Clovers2.2K listeners · Doo-Wop
25. The Challengers1.9K listeners · Australian Surf Rock
26. The Tornadoes1.8K listeners
27. The Belairs1.8K listeners
28. Delbert McClinton1.8K listeners
29. The Rivieras1.6K listeners
30. Mickey1.6K listeners · Diva House
31. Lamont Dozier1.5K listeners · Classic Soul
32. The Centurians1.3K listeners
33. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones1.1K listeners
34. The Chantays1.1K listeners · Australian Surf Rock
35. Doris Troy1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
36. The Marketts1.0K listeners
37. The Tymes1.0K listeners · Doo-Wop
38. The Futures1.0K listeners · Classic Soul
39. Willie Tee1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
40. The Pyramids1.0K listeners
41. The Tams1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
42. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces1.0K listeners
43. Seedy Eyes1.0K listeners
44. The Atlantics1.0K listeners
45. Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters1.0K listeners
46. The Revels1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
47. The Showmen1.0K listeners
48. The Breakers1.0K listeners · Swedish Garage Rock
49. Magnus Ringblom1.0K listeners · Free Jazz
50. Link Wray & The Wraymen1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
51. The Chairmen Of The Board1.0K listeners
52. Little Anthony and The Imperials1.0K listeners · Doo-Wop
53. vSpy vSpy1.0K listeners · Australian Surf Rock
54. Freddy Cannon1.0K listeners · Proto-Metal
55. Sole Sole1.0K listeners · Chill Lounge
56. Chairmen Of The Board1.0K listeners
57. Coastline1.0K listeners
58. Maurice Williams1.0K listeners
59. Arthur Alexander1.0K listeners
60. The O'Kaysions1.0K listeners
61. Aqua Velvets1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
62. Sentinals1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
63. The Bomboras1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
64. The Artistics1.0K listeners
65. The Ravens1.0K listeners · Doo-Wop
66. The Super Stocks1.0K listeners
67. Band of Oz1.0K listeners
68. The Astronauts1.0K listeners
69. Les Jaguars1.0K listeners · Psychobilly
70. Vargas & Lagola1.0K listeners · Shiver Pop
71. J. J. Jackson1.0K listeners · Soul
72. Dion & The Belmonds1.0K listeners · Rockabilly