[Alouette]

A lot of surf music is based on Middle Eastern melodies

"California Girls"
"Fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away"
"Little Deuce Coupe"
"Surfin' USA"
"Surfin' Safari"
"Help Me Rhonda"

Yeah, you can definitely see the Middle Eastern influence in those songs.

[Disambiguator]

I was thinking more along the lines of Dick Dale (who is part Lebanese), not the Beach Boys.

"Hava Nagila"
"Miserlou"

Not to mention these guys:

http://www.meshuggabeachparty.com

[weegee]

Beach Boys (at least some of those) are based in part on Chuck Berry songs (which at times are based on OTHER songs like Promised Land is The Wabash Cannonball).