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Albatross (instrumental) Alley Cat (song) Amen, Brother; L'amour est bleu; And the Address; Anji (instrumental) Apache (instrumental) Applejack (song) Apples and Bananas (instrumental) Asia Minor (instrumental) At the Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal; Atlantis (instrumental)
The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry. Since 1997, the chart has been compiled by the Official Charts Company (formerly The Official UK Charts Company and the Chart Information Network) and until 2005 (when digital downloads were included in the chart compilation), the chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets.
Instrumental rock was most popular from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, with artists such as Bill Doggett Combo, The Fireballs, The Shadows, The Ventures, Johnny and the Hurricanes and The Spotnicks. Surf music had many instrumental songs. Many instrumental hits had roots from the R&B genre. The Allman Brothers Band feature several instrumentals.
Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics , or singing , although it might include some inarticulate vocals , such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.
It was the second instrumental single to hit number one in 1962 on both the US and UK weekly charts. [note 1] Later in 1962, Meek produced a vocal version, "Magic Star", sung by Kenny Hollywood. It was released as a single by Decca Records (cat. nr F11546), with "The Wonderful Story of Love" on the B-side, written by Geoff Goddard.
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Claire played drums, sang, and arranged the songs; Rich played saxophone. [1] They added Vinny Lee on lead guitar, and Gene Morro on second guitar. [1] At the end of 1960, they recorded their instrumental arrangement of "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky", a song written by Stan Jones which had been a big hit in 1949 for Vaughn Monroe. [1]
Al Caiola released a version on his 1961 album Golden Hit Instrumentals, UAS 6142. The Ventures released a version on their 1963 Dolton album The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull, BST 8019. Les Baxter made a version of the song, which was featured in Volume 3: Space Capades on the 1960s CD compilation Ultra-Lounge. [5]