General Music Chat

I still prefer instrumentals. Here is a good list of some that made it.

The list below shows the ranking, title, artist, peak position () and the year the record hit it's peak position.

1. The Third Man Theme - Guy Lambardo/Anton Karas (1) 1950
2. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado (1) 1955
3. The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter (1) 1956
4. Tequila - Champs (1) 1958
5. Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson (1) 1951
6. Autum Leaves - Roger Williams (1) 1955
7. Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle (1) 1956
8. Moonglow & Theme from Picnic - Morris Stoloff (1) 1956
9. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter (1) 1955
10. Sleep Walk - Santo & Jlohnny (1) 1959
11. Patricia - Perez Prado (1) 1958
12. The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez (1) 1959
13. Delicado - Percy Faith (1) 1952
14. The Crazy Otto - Johnny Maddox (2) 1955
15. So Rare - Jimmy Dorsey (2) 1957
16. Ebb Tide- Frank Chacksfield (2) 1953
17. Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett (2) 1956
18. Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter (2) 1956
19. April In Portugal - Les Baxter (2) 1953
20. Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn (2) 1955
21. Raunchy - Bill Justis (2) 1957
22. Dragnet - Ray Anthonty (2) 1953
23. Topsey II - Cozy Cole (3) 1958
24. Oh! - Pee Wee Hunt (3) 1953
25. Skokiaan - Ralph Materie (3) 1954
26. Bewitched - Bill Snyder (3) 1950
27. Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson (4) 1959
28. Moonglow & Theme from Picnic - George Cates (4) 1956
29. Raunchy - Ernie Freeman (4) 1957)
30. In The Mood - Ernie Fields (4) 1959
31. The High & The Mighty - Les Baxter (4) 1954
32. Down Younder - Del Wood (4) 1951
33. Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn (5) 1958
34. Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Virtues (5) 1959
35. Red River Rock - Johnnay & The Hurricanes (5) 1959
36. Petite Fleur - Chris Barber Jazz Band (5) 1959
37. Limelight - Frank Chacksfield (5) 1953
38. Harbor Lights - Ralph Flanagan (5) 1950
39. Meet Mister Callaghan - Les Paul (5) 1952
40. The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (6) 1956
41. Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy (6) 1958
42. Pretend - Ralph Materie (6) 1953
43. Caravan - Ralph Materie (6) 1953
44. Blue Tango - Hugo Winterhalter (6) 1952
45. Tea For Two Cha Cha - Tommy Dorsey (7) 1958
46. Ruby - Les Baxter (7) 1953
47. Hot Toddy - Ralph Flanagan (7) 1953
48. Whispering - Les Paul (7) 1951
49. Moritat - Dick Hyman Trio (8) 1956
50. Song For A Summer Night - Mitch Miller (8) 1956
51. Melody of Love - David Caroll (8) 1955
52. Peter Gunn - Ray Anthonty (8) 1959
53. Lady of Spain - Les Paul (8) 1952
54. The Velvet Glove - Hugo Winterhalter (8) 1953
55. Only You - Frank Pourcel (9) 1959
56. Forty Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy (9) 1959
57. Blue Tango - Guy Lambardo (9) 1952
58. Nola - Les Paul (9) 1950
59. Vanessa - Hugo Winterhalter (9) 1952
60. Near You - Roger Williams (10) 1958
61. Manhattan Spiritual - Reg Owen (1)0 1959
62. Raunchy - Billy Vaughn (10) 1957
63. Shish Kebab - Ralph Materie (10) 1957
64. Charmaine - Mantovani (10) 1951
65. Blue Tango - Les Baxter (10) 1952
66. Jingle Bells - Les Paul (10) 1951
67. The Three Penny Opera - Richard Hayman (11) 1956
68. Soft Summer Breeze - Eddie Heywood (11) 1956
69. Harbor Lights - Ken Griffin (11) 1950
70. Around The World - Mantovani (12) 1957
71. When the White Lilacs Bloom Again - Helmut Zacharias (12) 1956
72. The Syncopated Clock - Leroy Anderson (12) 1951
73. Josephine - Les Paul (12) 1951
74. Doodletown Fifers - Sauter Finegan (12) 1952
75. La Vie En rose - Paul Weston (12) 1950
76. Around The World - Victor Young (13) 1957
77. Johnson Rag - Jimmy Dorsey (13) 1950
78. The Hot Canary - Florian Zabach (13) 1951
79. Bongo Rock - Preston Epps (14) 1959
80. Man With the Golden Arm - Richard Maltby (14) 1956
81. Alambama Jubilee - Ferko String Band (14) 1955
82. Carioca - Les Paul (14) 1952
83. Mood Indigo - Norman Petty Trio (14) 1954
84. Almost Paradise - Roger Williams (15) 1957
85. Cannonball - Duane Eddy (15) 1958
86. The Enchanted Sea - Islanders (15) 1959
87. Blues - Ralph Flanagan (15) 1951
88. Dipsy Doodle - Johnny Maddox (15) 1953
89. Mexican Hat Rock - Applejacks (16) 1958
90. Rumble - Link Wray (16) 1958
91. Woo Hoo - Rock-A-Teens (16) 1959
92. In The Mood - Johnny Maddox (16) 1953
93. Poor Boy - Royaltones (17) 1958
94. Slow Walk - Sil Austin (17) 1956
95. The Poor People of Paris - Lawrence Welk (17) 1956
96. Moritat - Lawrence Welk (17) 1956
97. Joshua - Ralph Flanagan (17) 1950
98. Charmaine - Billy May (17) 1952
99. When the White Lilacs Bloom Again - Billy Vaughn (18) 1956
100. The Bandit - Eddie Barclay (18) 1955

When I began playing guitar I learned every Ventures song that hit the airwaves, along with all the other instrumentalist recordings such as Duane Eddys and the rest. Instrumentals are a lot of fun.

There's something good right there.. "Flamenco Rave".

Sounds like a band name though..

Seems like every possible band name has been done at least once!
http://www.mp3sheriff.com/mp3-flamenco-rave.html

When I was teaching myself to play bass, back in the paleothic era, I used a songbook called "play bass with the ventures." Boring!

I really didn't give a sh*t how to play 'red river valley!'

However I recently heard their version of Exodus and loved it.

Talbot

I was influenced very much by The Ventures. As a kid "Wipeout" was one of my favorite songs. I started this forum thread to talk about instrumental rock in general.

Another classic instrumental track.

Link Wray: "Rumble"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucTg6rZJCu4

That Link Wray tune RUMBLE is awesome!!!!
(better version below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQDJZoRsvs

I play that on the side, looking to fit that in somewhere in case of disaster..

I haven't heard anything by the Ventures in years...used to have a Ventures model Moserite double neck.

I've always liked instrumentals, I have a couple of my own on my profile. Silhouette of A Daydream and Desperately Electric Tea.

Some I've liked for a long time...

Green Onions - Booker T and the MG's I think
And the Roy Buchannan version of course I think it's better than Booker T's original

Penny For your Thoughts - Peter Frampton

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers

David Gilmour did one or two on his 1st solo album, I can't remember the names

Echoes and One of These Days from Pink Floyd's Meddle album

The Brazilian - Genesis (definitely check this one out of you haven't heard it.)

Samba Pa Ti - Santana

Just about every instrumental on Eric Johnson's "Ah Via Musicom", especially Righteous. and Zap from an earlier album...

I can't remember much else right now, but I know there are plenty more that are great...

That Link Wray tune RUMBLE is awesome!!!!
(better version below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQDJZoRsvs

I play that on the side, looking to fit that in somewhere in case of disaster..

Now that....


that right there....


that is....


EXACTLY WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!


Man what an awesome piece of music, and performance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
Dick Dale .. helped make things get LOUDer! With his custom built 100 watt Fender Showman.

From Wikipedia,
Leo Fender kept giving Dale amps and Dale kept blowing them up! Till one night Leo and his right hand man Freddy T. (Freddie Tavares) went down to the Rendezvous Ballroom on the Balboa Peninsula in Balboa, California and stood in the middle of four thousand screaming and dancing Dick Dale fans, and said to Freddy, I now know what Dick Dale is trying to tell me. They went to JBLJames B. Lansing loudspeaker company and explained that they wanted a fifteen inch loudspeaker built to their specifications. The unit became famous as the 15" JBL D130F model. It made the complete package for Dale to play through and was named the Single Showman Amp. When Dale plugged his Fender Stratocaster guitar into the new Showman Amp and loudspeaker cabinet, Dale became the first person on earth to jump from the volume scale of a modest quiet guitar player (on a scale of 4) to blasting up through the volume scale to TEN! That is when Dale became the "Father of Heavy Metal" as quoted from Guitar Player magazine. Dale broke through the electronic barrier limitations of that era!

Surf tunes are cool - who doesnt love Fender amps and their reverb ?????
Love TV themes like the Munsters, too


http://youtu.be/nmO0OZC6Ifk

^^^^The Greatest Instrumental ( not counting Keith Moons yell ) Ever ^^^^^^^
EVER

wouldn't everybody's darling Satriani be on the instrumental list? I bet he makes a good living doing nothing but instrumentals..I would trade my income for Satriani's any day of the week..

in the late fifties and early to mid sixties instrumentals were part of the top forty play list. Not a huge part but expected and appreciated.

I heard 'Telstar' the other day and though 'hot damn!'

it took me a while to warm up to surf music but my love for white Fender guitars could not be denied.

Talbot

Like I was telling GuitarMikeB my background is in flamenco, although I am currently dedicating my time to my instrumental rock band Mirror by the Sun (check us out on facebook www.facebook.com/mirrorbythesun if you have some time)
I think we are all trying to convey our emotions as purely as possible through our chosen instruments.
Someone that I think all rock guitarists should go see at least once is maestro Paco de Lucia.
Here is a Bulerias (one of the flamenco forms) by Paco, Joaquin Grilo on palmas, and I'm honored to say my friend Rubem Dantas on cajon.

...again all instrumental and I think it rocks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRXScKfpEpc