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Walk, Don't Run (instrumental) The War Lord (instrumental) Washington Square (composition) Watermelon Man (composition) Wheels (The String-A-Longs song) Whipped Cream (song) White Summer; Wiggle Wobble; Wild Weekend (instrumental) Wipe Out (instrumental) Wonderful Land; Wonderland by Night
A significant portion of Zappa's discography consists of instrumental works, but many of these could be classified as modern classical or avant-garde music rather than rock. "Peaches en Regalia" (Hot Rats, 1969) "Eat That Question" (The Grand Wazoo) Sleep Dirt (1979 - reissues of this album featured overdubbed vocals on several tracks)
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.
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 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.
Classical orchestration, keyboards and synthesisers were a frequent edition to the established rock format of guitars, bass and drums in subsequent progressive rock. [71] Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract or based in fantasy and science fiction. [72]
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021 This page was last edited ... List of instrumental bands.
S. School (Calvin Harris song) Scotch & Chocolate; Sensation Rag; Seven Seas Symphony; Singin' the Blues (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Con Conrad and J. R. Robinson song)