"Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 \u2013 November 5, 2005), was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who first came to popularity 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\", making possible \"punk and heavy rock\". Rolling Stone placed Wray at No."@en . "solo_singer" . "Wray, Jr., Fred Lincoln"@en . "Wray, Link"@en . . "1956Z"^^ . . . "2005Z"^^ . . . . "Musician, songwriter" . . "2005-11-05Z"^^ . . "Link Wray"@en . . . "Fred Lincoln Wray, Jr."@en . . . . "2005Z"^^ . "1929-05-02Z"^^ . "1929Z"^^ .