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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)
Most, if not all, of the Duane Eddy's recordings are instrumentals. "Rebel Rouser" (1958), No. 6 US, [14] No. 8 UK, [15] No. 19 R&B, [16] saxophone by session musician Gil Bernal, yells and handclaps by doo-wop group the Rivingtons. [134] [135] "Peter Gunn" (1959), No. 8 US, [36] No. 6 UK, [15] this was the second charting of the song in 1959
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.
The positions of all songs are based on week-end sale totals, from Sunday to Saturday, [4] but pre-1987 the charts were released on a Tuesday because of the need for manual calculation. [5] Since inception there have been more than 1,400 number ones; of these, instrumental tracks have topped the chart on 30 occasions for a total of 96 weeks.
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.
The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in Los Angeles, California, in late 1962. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album, Surfbeat, was the biggest-selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world. [1]
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