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Link Wray

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was a Native American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men popularized "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists", facilitating the emergence of "punk and heavy rock". Rolling Stone placed Wray at No. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Rumble
737338
2Fire And Brimstone
184621
3Fallin' Rain
146003
4Jack the Ripper
121566
5Ace of Spades
92579
6The Swag
78094
7La De Da
73099
8Ice People
65138
9Run Chicken Run
48708
10Hidden Charms
42119

Other Album Releases:

Bullshot
Legendary Rock & Roll for 2022
Wraymen Unbound
Rumble Man
Rumble & Roll
Cleveland '78
Young Love
Moonlight Walk
Live Fast, Love Hard
Barbed Wire

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