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All Instrumental Top 20 Songs

September 1962 through October 1966
Dec 1959
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Jun 1962
Sep 1962
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Oct 1966
Oct 1966
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Jun 1973
Nov 1973
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Jun 2015
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1 A Swingin' Safari 17   Sep 1962  
  Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra  
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2 Rinky Dink 19   Sep 1962  
  Dave Baby Cortez  
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3 Green Onions 2   Sep 1962  
  Booker T. & The MG's  
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4 Alley Cat 15   Sep 1962  
  Bent Fabric And His Piano  
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5 Desafinado 6   Nov 1962  
  Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd  
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6 I've Got A Woman   Nov 1962  
  Jimmy McGriff  
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7 The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro) 14   Dec 1962  
  The Tijuana Brass Featuring Herb Alpert  
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8 Let's Go (pony)   Dec 1962  
  The Routers  
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9 Telstar 1   Dec 1962  
  The Tornadoes  
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10 Wiggle Wobble 14   Jan 1963  
  Les Cooper And The Soul Rockers  
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11 Cast Your Fate To The Wind 4   Feb 1963  
  Vince Guaraldi Trio  
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12 Fly Me To The Moon-Bossa Nova 6   Feb 1963  
  Joe Harnell And His Orchestra  
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13 Wild Weekend 8   Mar 1963  
  The Rebels  
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14 Our Winter Love 9   Mar 1963  
  Bill Pursell  
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15 Watermelon Man 6   Apr 1963  
  Mongo Santamaria Band  
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16 Pipeline 10   Apr 1963  
  Chantay's  
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17 Memphis 5   Jul 1963  
  Lonnie Mack  
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18 Wipe Out 2   Aug 1963  
  The Surfaris  
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19 More (Theme From Mondo Cane) 10   Aug 1963  
  Kai Winding & Orchestra  
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20 Maria Elena 10   Nov 1963  
  Los Indios Tabajaras  
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21 Washington Square 3   Nov 1963  
  The Village Stompers  
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22 Out Of Limits 9   Feb 1964  
  The Marketts  
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23 Java 4   Feb 1964  
  Al Hirt  
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24 Penetration 18   Mar 1964  
  The Pyramids  
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25 Shangri-La 19   May 1964  
  Robert Maxwell His Harp And Orchestra  
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26 Cotton Candy 20   Jun 1964  
  Al Hirt  
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27 Walk-Don't Run '64 9   Aug 1964  
  The Ventures  
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28 Hawaii Tattoo 11   Jan 1965  
  The Waikikis  
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29 Twine Time 12   Feb 1965  
  Alvin Cash & The Crawlers  
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30 Red Roses For A Blue Lady 12   Mar 1965  
  Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra  
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31 Cast Your Fate To The Wind 15   May 1965  
  Sounds Orchestral  
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32 Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro) 16   Jun 1965  
  Cal Tjader  
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33 A Walk In The Black Forest 15   Jun 1965  
  Horst Jankowski  
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34 The In Crowd 2   Oct 1965  
  Ramsey Lewis Trio  
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35 A Taste Of Honey 1   Nov 1965  
  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  
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36 Hang On Sloopy 16   Dec 1965  
  The Ramsey Lewis Trio  
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37 Harlem Nocturne 20   Dec 1965  
  The Viscounts  
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38 No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) 5   Jan 1966  
  The T-Bones  
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39 Batman Theme 15   Mar 1966  
  The Marketts  
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40 The Work Song 18   Jul 1966  
  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  
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41 Wade In The Water 12   Sep 1966  
  Ramsey Lewis Trio  
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Dec 1959
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Jun 1962
Sep 1962
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Oct 1966
Oct 1966
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Jun 1973
Nov 1973
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Jun 2015
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Instrumentals
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Top 100 Instrumental Songs

Overall top 100 best instrumental songs 1960-2015 in popularity order

Top Instrumentals Of The 1960s

1The Theme From A Summer Place
 Percy Faith And His Orchestra
2Wonderland By Night
 Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
3Exodus
 Ferrante & Teicher
4A Taste Of Honey
 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
5Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)
 Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
6The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
 Hugo Montenegro
7Last Date
 Floyd Cramer
8Calcutta
 Lawrence Welk
9Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra And Chorus
10The Stripper
 David Rose And His Orchestra
11Grazing In The Grass
 Hugh Masekela
12Telstar
 The Tornadoes
13Green Onions
 Booker T. & The MG's
14Wipe Out
 The Surfaris
15Walk--Don't Run
 The Ventures
16Stranger On The Shore
 Mr. Acker Bilk
17The In Crowd
 Ramsey Lewis Trio
18Midnight In Moscow
 Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen
19Washington Square
 The Village Stompers
20Apache
 Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar
21Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You
 Jimmy Castor
22The Horse
 Cliff Nobles & Co.
23Soulful Strut
 Young-Holt Unlimited
24Java
 Al Hirt
25Last Night
 The Mar-Keys
26Classical Gas
 Mason Williams
27Time Is Tight
 Booker T. & The MG's
28Because They're Young
 Duane Eddy
29Cast Your Fate To The Wind
 Vince Guaraldi Trio
30Soul Finger
 The Bar-Kays
31No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
 The T-Bones
32Desafinado
 Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd
33Wheels
 The String-A-Longs
34Memphis
 Lonnie Mack
35One Mint Julep
 Ray Charles
36Soul Twist
 King Curtis And The Noble Knights
37Theme From The Apartment
 Ferrante & Teicher
38Watermelon Man
 Mongo Santamaria Band
39Afrikaan Beat
 Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
40Out Of Limits
 The Marketts

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