The Gamblers



American surf band led by guitarist-songwriter Derry Weaver and active from 1959 to 1961.
Their best known single was the 1960 instrumental Moon Dawg, sometimes regarded as the first surf music single.

Members:
Derry Weaver: lead guitar
Elliot Ingber: rhythm guitar
Bruce Johnston: piano
Larry Taylor: bass
Rod Schaffer: drums

APPEARANCES +


Manx Marriner Mainline
Hell Bound For Heaven
2019
Various
R-R-Real Rock & Roll, Vol. 8: Van Gogh's Ear For Music
2008, CDr, Album, Comp, Promo, Teenage Wasteland Records
Various
Feed Your Head! (The Second Course) (15 Mind-Altering Classics)
2025, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine
Various
Leather Jackets And Diesel Smoke (Chili Dippin’ In Red Tiger Shoes: Gems And Oddities From Lux And Ivy’s Vault)
2024, 2xCD, Comp, Righteous, ,
Bubblegum/Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Afro-Cuban/Country/Doo Wop
Various
Surf Music
2022, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Wagram Music, ,
Surf
Various
Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
2021, CD, Comp, Bear Family Productions, ,
Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Novelty/Boogie Woogie
Various
Wild Sounds From An Overheated Jukebox
2021, 2xCD, Comp, Righteous
Various
Surf Music Vol. 1
2021, LP, Comp, Mono, Wagram Music
Various
Whip Masters Instrumentals Volume 3 (30 Stylized Instrumentals, Fast-Paced, Evocative And Lashed With Tension)
2021, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records
Various
Collection Rock & Folk: Surf Music
2021, LP, Comp, RM, Wagram Music, ,
Surf
Various
Battle of the for Electric guitar Bands (The Bands in California, U.S.A.)
2021, CD, Album, Comp, Min, Oldays Records
Various
Ace Of Spades
2019, 3xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Instrumental
Various
Rumble
2018, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Rock & Roll/Surf
Various
Share The Wave - Classic Surf Music Hits
2017, LP, Comp, Ltd, cle, Broken Hearted Blues Recordings LTD
Various
Surf. The Early Years
2017, 4xCD, Comp, Real Gone Music (2)
Various
The Roots Of Psychobilly
2017, 2x CD, ,
Rockabilly/Surf/Rock & Roll
Various
Magnificent: 62 Classics From The Cramps’ Insane Collection
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Righteous
Various
Big Box Of Surfin' USA
2016, 6xCD, Comp, Floating World, ,
Surf/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll
Various
Surf Beat
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Surf/Rockabilly
Various
Surf's Up: 75 Original Surfing Sounds
2015, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Met, Metro Tins, ,
Surf
Various
Surf!
2015, 3x CD Digipak, ,
Surf
Various
Big Box Of Link Wray And More Kings Of Distortion
2014, 6xCD, Comp, Retroworld, ,
Rock & Roll
Various
Surfs' Up: 50 Original Surfing Sounds
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Select, ,
Surf
Various
The Search For Surf
2014, CD, Album, Comp, Righteous
Various
Rimshots & Reverb (The Best In Instrumental Rock And Pop)
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Performance (7), Delta (18), ,
Instrumental/Rock & Roll/Surf/Beat/Pop Rock
Various
Les Geants De La Guitare (Sixties Guitar's Giants)
2013, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Magic Records (2), ,
Instrumental
Various
Purely... Surf
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Delta (18), ,
Surf
Various
Let's Go Surfin' - The Birth Of Surf
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records, ,
Surf
Various
Surf Rising
2013
Various
Loose Lips Might Sink Ships - Greasy Instrumental Magic From The Vault Of Lux And Ivy
2013
Various
Riding The Curl. The Surf Music Explosion 1958-61
2012, CD, Comp, Él
Various
The Roots Of The Beach Boys
2012, CD, Comp, Snapper Music,
Various
Brian Wilson's Jukebox - The Music That Inspired The Man
2012, CD, Comp, Chrome Dreams, ,
Ballad/Vocal/Rock & Roll/Surf/Pop Rock
Various
Roots Of Psychobilly
2012, 2x CD, ,
Psychobilly/Rockabilly
Various
The Backbeat Of Rock And Roll (Seminal Sounds From The Instrumental Epoch...)
2012, 3x CD, ,
Rock & Roll
Various
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats (The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection)
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Chrome Dreams, ,
Instrumental/Rock & Roll
Various
The Roots Of Trash & Garage
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Chrome Dreams
Various
Infamous Instro-Monsters Of Rock’ N 'Roll
2011
Various
Surf's Comin'
2011, 3x CD, ,
Rock & Roll/Surf/Instrumental
Kim Fowley
Another Man's Gold
2009, ,
Garage Rock/Doo Wop/Novelty/Rockabilly
Various
The Birth Of Surf
2007
Various
The Sound Of Summer - The Very Best Of Surfin' & Hot Rod Music
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, Capitol Records
Kim Fowley
Underground Animal
1999
Various
Strictly Instrumental Vol. 4
1998, CD, Comp, Buffalo Bop
Various
Cowabunga! - The Surf Box
1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2), ,
Surf
Various
The Cult Of Surfin'
1996, CD, Comp, ZYX Music
Various
Pulp Rock Instros (Vol. 1)
1995
Various
The Beach Boys Classics
1993, CD, Comp, Mono, P-Vine Records, ,
Vocal
Various
The Eleki Hits - No Matter What Shape - Teen Beat '65
1992, CD, Comp, Liberty
Various
Golden Summer Volume 2
1990, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Liberty
Various
Rock-On Roll-On
1983, LP, Comp, White Label Records (7), White Label Records (7)
Various
1st 60's Surf E.P.
1982, 7", EP, Comp, Moxie Records
Various
Bustin' Surfboards
1982, ,
Surf
Various
New Wave Surf Party!
1981
Various
Rock'n Roll Instrumental Vol.1
1976, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Instrumental
Various
Golden Gassers
1961, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll
Various
Surf Party - The First Wave
10xCD, Comp + Box, The Intense Media, ,
Surf/Instrumental/Twist
Various
Classic Surf: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
3xCD, Comp, Big3, ,
Rock & Roll/Surf
Various
Killer Dillas
1992, Vinyl Orange, ,
Rock & Roll/Garage Rock/Surf
Various
Pebbles Vol. 4 Surf N Tunes!
1992