Robert Lenard Bogle (January 16, 1934 – June 14, 2009) was a founding member of the instrumental combo

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. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead guitarist and later bassist of the group. In 2008, Bogle and other members of

were inducted into the

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in the Performer category.

Biography

Born near

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, Bogle worked as a bricklayer in California from the age of 15. A self-taught guitar player, Bogle met Don Wilson in

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in 1958, where they worked together on various construction sites. They went on to form a band, The Versatones, which evolved into

. Bogle's lead guitar on the Ventures' 1960 cover of "

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" helped to influence the next generation of guitarists including John Fogerty, Steve Miller,

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and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Bogle's use of the

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was particularly notable, as it was also with their second single, "

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' song "Wild Child" was sampled by

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on " Start the Commotion", giving Bogle his only hit writing credit on the British charts, reaching number 47 and spending 2 weeks on the chart. Bogle died at age 75 on June 14, 2009 from

non-Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tirednes ...

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References

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