Instrumental Hit Songs

These are the best known instrumental songs recorded during the rock and roll era.

RANK	SONG TITLE	ARTIST(S)	YEAR
1	Wipe Out	The Surfaris	1963
2	Walk, Don't Run	The Ventures	1964
3	Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)	Santana	1976
4	Frankenstein	The Edgar Winter Group	1973
5	Soulful Strut	Young-Holt Unlimited	1968
6	Take Five	Dave Brubeck Quartet	1961
7	Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione	1977
8	Fire on High	Electric Light Orchestra	1975
9	Hawaii Five-O	The Ventures	1969
10	The Hustle	Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony	1975
11	Hocus Pocus	Focus	1971
12	Rise	Herb Alpert	1980
13	Samba Pa Ti	Santana	1970
14	Tequila	The Champs	1958
15	Morning Dance	Spyro Gyra	1979
16	The Lonely Bull	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1962
17	Sleep Walk	Santo & Johnny	1959
18	Green Onions	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	1962
19	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band	1976
20	Soul Sacrifice	Santana	1969
21	The Entertainer	Marvin Hamlisch	1974
22	Grazing in the Grass	Hugh Masekela	1968
23	A Taste of Honey	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1965
24	Telstar	The Tornados	1962
25	Breezin'	George Benson	1976
26	Pipeline	The Chantays	1963
27	Express	B.T. Express	1974
28	Rock and Roll Part 2	Gary Glitter	1972
22	Tijuana Taxi	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1965
23	Misirlou	Dick Dale & The Del-Tones	1962
24	Dueling Banjos	Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell	1973
25	Sudden Samba	Neil Larsen	1978
26	Spanish Flea	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1966
27	The Good, The Bad and The Ugly	Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra	1968
28	Pick Up the Pieces	Average White Band	1974
29	Apache	The Shadows	1960
30	Bittersweet Samba	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1965
31	Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	1973