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List of rock instrumentals

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The following is a list of rock instrumentals. Only instrumentals that are notable are included.

Instrumentals which have charted edit

Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.[1][2][3]

1950s and 1960s chartings edit

Artist Song title Date Highest position
on US charts 		Highest position
on UK charts 		Highest position
on R&B charts 		Miscellaneous
Bill Justis "Raunchy" 1957 #3[4] #24[5] #1[6]
Ernie Freeman "Raunchy" 1957 #4[7] #1 [8]
The Champs "Tequila" 1958 #1[9] #5[10] #1 [11]
Duane Eddy "Moovin' N' Groovin'" 1958 #72
The Champs "El Rancho Rock" 1958 #30
Link Wray & His Ray Men "Rumble" 1958 #16[12] #11[13]
Duane Eddy "Rebel Rouser" 1958 #6[14] #8[15] #19 [16]
Duane Eddy "Ramrod" 1958 #28
The Champs "Chariot Rock" 1958 #59
Duane Eddy "Cannonball" 1958 #15 #2 #22
Link Wray & His Ray Men "Raw-Hide" 1959 #23
The Rockin' R's "The Beat" 1959 #57
Duane Eddy "Yep!" 1959 #30 #17
The Virtues "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" 1959 #5[17] #27[18]
Dave "Baby" Cortez "The Happy Organ" 1959 #1[19] #5[20]
Johnny and the Hurricanes "Crossfire" 1959 #23
The Wailers "Tall Cool One" 1959 #36[21] #24[22]
Preston Epps "Bongo Rock" 1959 #14[23]
Duane Eddy "Forty Miles of Bad Road" 1959 #9 #17
Johnny and the Hurricanes "Red River Rock" 1959 #5[24] #3[25] #5[26]
The Wailers "Mau-Mau" 1959 #68
Sandy Nelson "Teen Beat" 1959 #4[27] #9[28] #17[29] The piano on the recording is by Bruce Johnston.[28]
Santo & Johnny "Sleep Walk" 1959 #1[30] #22[31] #4[32]
Santo & Johnny "Tear Drop" 1959 #23[30] #50[31] #17[32]
Duane Eddy "Some Kind-A Earthquake" 1959 #37 #12
Johnny And The Hurricanes "Reveille Rock" 1959 #25 #17
The Fireballs "Bulldog" 1960 #24
The Champs "Too Much Tequila" 1960 #30
Johnny and the Hurricanes "Beatnik Fly" 1960 #15 #8
Bill Black's Combo "White Silver Sands" 1960 #9[33] #33[34] #1[35]
Bill Black's Combo "Don't Be Cruel" 1960 #11[33] #32[34] #1[35]
Duane Eddy "Shazam" 1960 #45 #4
Duane Eddy "Because They're Young" 1960 #4 #2 #17
Johnny and the Hurricanes "Rocking Goose" 1960 #60 #3
Duane Eddy "Peter Gunn" 1960 #8[36] #6[15] This was the second charting of the song in 1959.
Floyd Cramer "Last Date" 1960 #2[37] #32[34]
The Shadows "Apache" 1960 #1[38]
The Shadows "Man of Mystery" 1960 #5[38]
The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run" 1960 #1[39] #8[40] #13[41]
Duane Eddy "Pepe" 1961 #18 #2
B. Bumble and the Stingers "Bumble Boogie" 1961 #21[42]
The Fireballs "Quite a Party" 1961 #27[43] #29[44]
Kokomo "Asia Minor" 1961 #8[45] #35[40] Adopted from the Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor[45] and subsequently banned by the BBC.[46]
The Mar-Keys "Last Night" 1961 #3[47] #2[48]
Sandy Nelson "Let There Be Drums" 1961 #7[27] #3[28]
The Shadows "F.B.I." 1961 #6[5]
The Shadows "The Frightened City" 1961 #3[38]
The Shadows "Kon-Tiki" 1961 #1[38]
The Shadows "The Savage" 1961 #10[38]
The String-A-Longs "Wheels" 1961 #3[49] #8[31] #19[50]
Billy Joe and the Checkmates "Percolator (Twist)" 1962 #10[51]
The Champs "Limbo Rock" 1962 #40[9]
Jet Harris "Besame Mucho" 1962 #22[52]
King Curtis "Soul Twist" 1962 #17[53] #1[54]
Sandy Nelson "Drums Are My Beat" 1962 #29[27] #30[28]
The Shadows "Wonderful Land" 1962 #1[38]
The Shadows "Guitar Tango" 1962 #4[38]
The Shadows "Dance On!" 1962 #1[38]
The Tornados "Telstar" 1962 #1[55] #1[56] #5[57]
Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Green Onions" 1962 #3 #1
The Busters "Bust Out" 1963 #25[58]
The Dakotas "The Cruel Sea" 1963 #18[59]
Jet Harris and Tony Meehan "Scarlett O'Hara" 1963 #2[52]
Lonnie Mack "Memphis" 1963 #5[60] #4[61]
Lonnie Mack Wham! 1963 #24[60] From the album The Wham of that Memphis Man
The Marketts "Out of Limits" 1963 #3[47]
Link Wray & His Ray Men "Jack The Ripper" 1963 #64 Released in 1961, but didn't chart until 1963.
Jack Nitzsche "The Lonely Surfer" 1963 #39[62]
The Rockin’ Rebels
aka The Rebels 		"Wild Weekend" 1963 #8[63] #3[25] #28[64]
The Shadows "Foot Tapper" 1963 #1[38]
The Surfaris "Wipe Out" 1963 #2[65] #5[66] #10[67]
The Pyramids "Penetration" 1964 #18[68] Adapted from Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor.[45]
The T-Bones "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" 1965 #3[69]
The Viscounts "Harlem Nocturne" 1966 #39 #17 Originally released in 1960, peaking at #52 on Billboard and #28 on CashBox. A 1965 re-release resulted in the record topping its previous peak, reaching #39.
The Bar-Kays "Soul Finger" 1967 #17[70] #33[71] #3[72]
Cliff Nobles & Co. "The Horse" 1968 #2[73] #2[74]
Fleetwood Mac "Albatross" 1968 #1[75] Charted again (#2) in Britain in 1972.
Hugh Masekela "Grazing in the Grass" 1968 #1[76] #1[77]
Mason Williams "Classical Gas" 1968 #2[78] #9[79] "orchestrated rock and roll" backed by the Wrecking Crew[80]
Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Time Is Tight" 1969 #6[45] #7[81] from the film Uptight[45]
The Ventures "Hawaii Five-O" 1969 #4[82]

1970s and 1980s chartings edit

Artist Song title Date Highest position
on US charts 		Highest position
on UK charts 		Highest position
on R&B charts 		Miscellaneous
Dennis Coffey ‘'Scorpio’’ 1971 #6[83] #7[84] #9[85]
Hot Butter ‘'Popcorn’’ 1972 #9[86] #5[87]
Billy Preston Outa-Space 1972 #2[88] #44[89] #1[90]
Deodato ‘'Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)’’ 1973 #2[91] #7[84] based on Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra
Edgar Winter Group ‘'Frankenstein’’ 1973 #1[92] #18[93]
The Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme 1973 #1[94] #10[95] #10[96] orchestra formed and song written by Barry White
Billy Preston Space Race 1973 #4[88] #1[97]
Average White Band Pick Up the Pieces 1974 #1[98] #6[99] #5[100]
B. T. Express Express 1974 #2[101] #34[102] #1[103]
The Commodores Machine Gun 1974 #22[104] #20[105] #7[106]
Focus Hocus Pocus 1974 #9[107] #20[105]
MFSB ‘'TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)’’ 1974 #1[108] #22[109] #1[110]
Silver Convention Fly, Robin, Fly 1975 #1[111] #28[112] #1[113]
Van McCoy The Hustle 1975 #1[98] #3[114] #1[72]
Mike Post The Rockford Files (Theme) 1975 #10
Walter Murphy A Fifth Of Beethoven 1976 #1[115] #28[116] #10[117] based on the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Rhythm Heritage Theme from S.W.A.T. 1976 #1[118] #11[119]
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good 1977 #4
Herb Alpert ‘'Rise’’ 1979 #1[120] #13[121] #4[122]


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10cc edit

A edit

ABBA edit

AC/DC edit

Aerosmith edit

The Allman Brothers Band edit

 
The Allman Brothers Band with special guest Eric Clapton.

Herb Alpert edit

And So I Watch You from Afar edit

Animals as Leaders edit

Ray Anthony edit

Anthrax edit

Apocalyptica edit

  • Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (1996)
  • Inquisition Symphony (1998)
  • Cult (2000) The Standard Version it's all instrumental and the Special Edition Disk 2 include: "Path Vol. 2" feat. Sandra Nasić and "Hope Vol. 2" feat. Matthias Sayer on vocals.
  • Reflections (2003) On The Revised, Russian Edition & 2005 US Reissue it's include: "Seemann (Rammstein Cover)" feat. Nina Hagen on vocals.
  • Apocalyptica (2005) Vocals: "Life Burns!" & "Bittersweet" feat. Lauri Ylönen; "En Vie" feat. Manu; On Special Edition Bonus Tracks: "How Far" & "Wie Weit" Marta Jandová.
  • Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello It consists the band's most notable covers and original songs on 2 CDs, one for the instrumentals tunes and the other for the tunes with vocals.
  • Worlds Collide (2003) Vocals: "I Don't Care" Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace; "I'm Not Jesus" Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Stone Sour; "S.O.S (Anything but Love)" Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, additionals backing vocals: Mats Levén of Therion, Krux; "Helden" Till Lindemann of Rammstein.
  • 7th Symphony (2003) Vocals: "End of Me" Gavin Rossdale of Bush; "Not Strong Enough (Album Version)" Brent Smith of Shinedown; "Not Strong Enough (US Single Version)" Doug Robb of Hoobastank; "Broken Pieces" Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf; "Bring Them to Light" Joe Duplantier of Gojira.
  • Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig (2013)

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and various artists edit

Asia edit

August Burns Red edit

Avenged Sevenfold edit

Average White Band edit

B edit

The Bar-Kays edit

Michael Angelo Batio edit

The Beach Boys edit

 
The Beach Boys in 1964. From left: Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson and Mike Love (drummer Dennis Wilson not shown).

Beastie Boys edit

The Beatles edit

Jeff Beck edit

Most of Beck's recordings following the dissolution of The Jeff Beck Group are instrumentals.

Jason Becker edit

Bee Gees edit

Bill Black's Combo edit

Most, if not all, of the Bill Black Combo's recordings are instrumentals.

Black Flag edit

Black Sabbath edit

 
Black Sabbath in 1970.

Blaqk Audio edit

Booker T. and the M.G.'s edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Boston edit

David Bowie edit

See also: Tin Machine
 
David Bowie in 1978.

Bring Me the Horizon edit

B. T. Express edit

Roy Buchanan edit

Buckethead edit

 
Buckethead performing in Seattle in 2008.
Most, if not all, of Buckethead's recordings are instrumentals.

B. Bumble and the Stingers edit

Most, if not all, of B. Bumble and the Stingers' recordings are instrumentals.

The Byrds edit

C edit

Café Tacuba edit

Cake edit

Calexico edit

Camel edit

 
Camel in 2003.
  • Supertwister (Mirage, 1974)
  • Earthrise (Mirage)
  • The Snow Goose (1975)
  • Aristillus (Moonmadness, 1976)
  • Chord Change (Moonmadness)
  • Lunar Sea (Moonmadness)
  • First Light (Rain Dances, 1977)
  • One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night (Rain Dances)
  • Elke (Rain Dances)
  • Skylines (Rain Dances)
  • Rain Dances (Rain Dances)
  • The Sleeper (Breathless, 1978)
  • Eye of the Storm (I Can See Your House from Here, 1979)
  • Survival (I Can See Your House from Here)
  • Ice (I Can See Your House from Here)
  • Pressure Points (Stationary Traveller, 1984)
  • Missing(Stationary Traveller)
  • After Words(Stationary Traveller)
  • Dust Bowl (Dust and Dreams, 1991)
  • Dusted Out (Dust and Dreams)
  • Needles (Dust and Dreams)
  • Milk and Honey (Dust and Dreams)
  • Storm Clouds (Dust and Dreams)
  • Cotton Camp (Dust and Dreams)
  • Broken Banks (Dust and Dreams)
  • Sheet Rain (Dust and Dreams)
  • Whispers (Dust and Dreams)
  • Little Rivers and Little Rose (Dust and Dreams)
  • Hopeless Anger (Dust and Dreams)
  • Whispers in the Rain (Dust and Dreams)
  • Irish Air (Instrumental Reprise) (Harbour of Tears, 1996)
  • Cóbh (Harbour of Tears)
  • Under the Moon (Harbour of Tears)
  • Generations (Harbour of Tears)
  • Running from Paradise (Harbour of Tears)
  • Coming of Age (Harbour of Tears)
  • The Hour Candle (A Song for my Father) (Harbour of Tears)
  • Three Wishes (Rajaz, 1999)
  • Sahara (Rajaz)

Camper Van Beethoven edit

Gustavo Cerati edit

The Champs edit

Most, if not all, of the Champs recordings are instrumentals.

The Chantays edit

The Chemical Brothers edit

Chicago edit

  • "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: Anxiety's Moment" (Chicago, 1970)
  • "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: West Virginia Fantasies" (Chicago)
  • "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: To Be Free" (Chicago)

Eric Clapton edit

Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse edit

The Dave Clark Five edit

  • Instrumental Album (1966)

Bruce Cockburn edit

Dennis Coffey edit

The Commodores edit

Dave "Baby" Cortez edit

Floyd Cramer edit

Most, if not all, of the Floyd Cramer's recordings are instrumentals.

Cream edit

Creedence Clearwater Revival edit

King Curtis edit

D edit

The Dakotas edit

Dick Dale edit

Most of Dale's recordings are instrumentals.

Deep Purple edit

 
Deep Purple in 1975.

Deodato edit

Derek and the Dominos edit

Destroyalldreamers edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Dixie Dregs edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Bill Doggett edit

Down edit

Dream Theater edit

 
Dream Theater performing in Brazil in 2008. Vocalist James LaBrie roams the stage while his bandmates perform an instrumental passage.

The Durutti Column edit

Most of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Bob Dylan edit

E edit

Earthless edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Duane Eddy edit

Most, if not all, of the Duane Eddy's recordings are instrumentals.

Electric Light Orchestra edit

Emerson, Lake and Palmer edit

An Endless Sporadic edit

  • "Ameliorate" (EP, 2008)
  • "An Endless Sporadic" (Album, 2009)
  • "Spaceship Factory" (Single, 2014)
  • "Derpulous" (Single, 2014)
  • "The Adventures of Jabubu II" (Single, 2015)
  • "Magic Machine" (Album, 2016)

Preston Epps edit

Explosions in the Sky edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

F edit

The Fabulous Thunderbirds edit

Family edit

(Note: Bandstand, from 1972, is the only Family album that does not feature an instrumental track.)

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens edit

Fleetwood Mac edit

A Flock of Seagulls edit

Focus edit

Marty Friedman edit

The Bobby Fuller Four edit

Peter Frampton edit

FromUz edit

Funkadelic edit

G edit

Peter Gabriel edit

Paul Gilbert edit

 
Paul Gilbert.
See also: Racer X

Gary Glitter edit

Godspeed You! Black Emperor edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

God Is an Astronaut edit

Godsmack edit

Gorillaz edit

Gov't Mule edit

 
The original lineup of Gov't Mule (shown here performing an acoustic set) regularly performed and recorded instrumentals.

Grails edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

H edit

Jan Hammer edit

Hammock edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Jet Harris edit

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan edit

See also: The Shadows

George Harrison edit

The Jeff Healey Band edit

Hellecasters edit

Jimi Hendrix edit

 
Jimi Hendrix

Gary Hoey edit

Most of Hoey's recordings are instrumentals.

Hot Butter edit

I edit

If These Trees Could Talk edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Iron Maiden edit

  • "Transylvania"
  • "The Ides of March"
  • "Genghis Khan"
  • "Losfer Words"

J edit

Jade Warrior edit

Jazz Is Dead edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Jefferson Airplane edit

Jethro Tull edit

  • "Dharma for One" (This Was, 1968)
  • "Bouree" (Stand Up, 1969)
  • "Warm Sporran" (Stormwatch, 1979)
  • "Elegy" (Stormwatch)
  • "The Pine Marten's Jig" (A, 1980)

Johnny and the Hurricanes edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Elton John edit

Eric Johnson edit

  • "Tones" (1986)
  • "Ah Via Musicom" (1990)
  • "Venus Isle" (1996)
  • "Seven Worlds" (1998)
  • "Souvenir" (2002)
  • "Bloom" (2005)
  • "Up Close" (2010)
  • "Mrs. Robinson" (EJ, 2016)
  • "Once Upon A Time In Texas" (EJ, 2016)
  • "Serinidad" (EJ, 2016)
  • "Fatherly Downs" (EJ, 2016)
  • "The World is Waiting For The Sunrise" (EJ, 2016)
  • "Song For Irene" (EJ, 2016)
  • "Collage", 2017)
  • "Charldron's Boat" (EJ Vol II, 2020)
  • "Lake Travis" (EJ Vol II, 2020)
  • "Black Waterside" (EJ Vol II, 2020)
  • "For The Stars" (EJ Vol II, 2020)

Billy Joel edit

Bradley Joseph edit

Journey edit

Bill Justis edit

K edit

Kinks edit

  • "Revenge", from the (Kinks album, 1964)

King Crimson edit

Kiss edit

 
Kiss performing in Paris on March 21, 1999

Mark Knopfler edit

Kokomo edit

L edit

Laika and the Cosmonauts edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Led Zeppelin edit

Tony Levin edit

Most of Levin's solo recordings are instrumentals. Notable exceptions are "L'Abito della Sposa" from Double Espresso (2002), most of Resonator (2006) and some of its follow-up, Stick Man (2007).

Linkin Park edit

Liquid Tension Experiment edit

Liquid Trio Experiment edit

The Lively Ones edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals in the surf music genre.

Kiko Loureiro edit

The Love Unlimited Orchestra edit

M edit

Lonnie Mack edit

Madness edit

Taj Mahal edit

Tak Matsumoto edit

Yngwie Malmsteen edit

 
Yngwie Malmsteen.

Manfred Mann edit

Manfred Mann's Earth Band edit

The Mar-Keys edit

The Marketts edit

Hank Marvin edit

See also: The Shadows

Hugh Masekela edit

Dave Matthews Band edit

Mastodon edit

Brian May edit

  • Furia (2000) except "Dream of Thee"

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers edit

Paul McCartney (and Wings) edit

Van McCoy edit

Meshuggah edit

Metallica edit

The Meters edit

MFSB edit

Midnight Oil edit

Moby Grape edit

Mogwai edit

Most, if not all, of Mogwai's recordings are instrumentals.
 
Mogwai.

Mono edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Vinnie Moore edit

Most, if not all, of Moore's recordings are instrumentals.

Van Morrison edit

Steve Morse Band edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Walter Murphy edit

Muse edit

 
Muse.

N edit

Sandy Nelson edit

  • Most, if not all, of Sandy Nelson's recordings are instrumentals.
  • "Teen Beat" (1959), No. 4 US,[27] No. 9 UK, [28] No. 17 R&B, [29] The piano on the recording is by Bruce Johnston.[28]
  • "Drums Are My Beat" (1962), No. 29 US,[27] No. 30 UK[28]

New Order edit

Jack Nietzsche edit

Nine Inch Nails edit

 
Nine Inch Nails.

Cliff Nobles and Co. edit

Ted Nugent edit

See also: The Amboy Dukes

O edit

The Offspring edit

Ozzy Osbourne edit

Ozric Tentacles edit

Most of if not all of their albums consist of instrumentals.

P edit

Jimmy Page edit

The Alan Parsons Project edit

Particle edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Pell Mell edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Joe Perry edit

The Joe Perry Project edit

John Petrucci edit

Pink Floyd edit

 
 
Pink Floyd in 1973 (top) and 2005 (above).

Pivot edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Chris Poland edit

The Police edit

Porcupine Tree edit

Billy Preston edit

The Pyramids edit

Q edit

Queen edit

 
Queen in 1984.

Quiet Sun edit

R edit

Rainbow edit

 
Rainbow in 1977.

Ramones edit

Red Hot Chili Peppers edit

 
Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Red Sparowes edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Rhythm Heritage edit

Rockin' Rebels, aka The Rebels edit

  • "Wild Weekend", (1963), No. 8 US,[63] No. 3 UK,[25] No. 28 R&B[64]

Rodrigo y Gabriela edit

 
Gabriela Quintero y Rodrigo Sánchez in Washington State on 30 May 2011

The Rolling Stones edit

 
The Rolling Stones in Milwaukee in 2015

Jordan Rudess edit

Rush edit

 
Rush.
 
Neil Peart drumming.
Main article: List of Rush instrumentals

S edit

Santana edit

 
Carlos Santana in 1973.

Carlos Santana edit

Santo and Johnny edit

Most, if not all, of Santo & Johnny's recordings are instrumentals.

Joe Satriani edit

 
Joe Satriani.

Albums:

Savatage edit

Scorpions edit

Sepultura edit

  • "Inquisition Symphony" (Schizophrenia, 1987)
  • "The Abyss" (Schizophrenia, 1987)
  • "Kaiowas" (Chaos A.D., 1993)
  • "Jasco" (Roots, 1996)
  • "Itsári" (Roots, 1996)
  • "Canyon Jam" (Roots, 1996)
  • "Tribus" (Against, 1998)
  • "F.O.E." (Against, 1998)
  • "T3rcermillenium" (Against, 1998)
  • "Valtio" (Nation, 2001)
  • "Enter Sandman/Fight Fire with Fire Medley" (Revolusongs, 2002)
  • "Lost" (Dante XXI, 2006)
  • "Limbo" (Dante XXI, 2006)
  • "Eunoé" (Dante XXI, 2006)
  • "Primium Mobile" (Dante XXI, 2006)
  • "A-Lex I" (A-Lex, 2009)
  • "A-Lex II" (A-Lex, 2009)
  • "A-Lex III" (A-Lex, (2009)
  • "Ludwig Van" (A-Lex, 2009)
  • "A-Lex IV" (A-Lex, 2009)
  • "Iceberg Dances" (Machine Messiah, 2017)
  • "The Pentagram" (Quadra, 2020)
  • "Quadra" (Quadra, 2020)

The Shadows edit

 
The Shadows in 2009.
See also: Jet Harris and Tony Meehan and Hank Marvin
A significant number of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Shadows discography for more details.

Derek Sherinian edit

Silver Convention edit

Slade edit

Slayer edit

Slint edit

Sonic Youth edit

Soulfly edit

Steely Dan edit

Steve Stevens edit

Rod Stewart edit

The String-A-Longs edit

Styx edit

The Surfaris edit

Symphony X edit

T edit

Tangerine Dream edit

Only three albums in this band's extensive discography contain any vocal tracks: Cyclone (1978), Tyger (1987) and Inferno (2002). Also, while the band's music does contain rock elements, it is often categorized within new-age, electronic and other genres instead.

Tarentel edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

The T-Bones edit

Therapy? edit

Timo Tolkki edit

The Tornados edit

Most of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Tortoise edit

 
Tortoise.
Most, if not all, Tortoise recordings are instrumentals.

Traffic edit

Trans Am edit

Trans-Siberian Orchestra edit

The Derek Trucks Band edit

Most of the band's early recordings, prior to their introduction of vocalist Mike Mattison, are instrumentals. Many of these recordings also veer strongly towards jazz fusion with rock elements.

U edit

U2 edit

V edit

Steve Vai edit

 
Steve Vai

Van Halen edit

 
Van Halen in 1976

Eddie and Alex Van Halen edit

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble edit

The Ventures edit

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Ventures discography for more details.

The Virtues edit

W edit

The Wailers aka The Fabulous Wailers edit

  • "Tall Cool One", (1959), No. 36 US,[21] No. 24 R&B[22]

Rick Wakeman edit

Mike Watt edit

The Who edit

Mason Williams edit

Brian Wilson edit

The Edgar Winter Group edit

Link Wray edit

Y edit

The Yardbirds edit

Yes edit

 
Yes.

Neil Young edit

Yowie edit

Z edit

Frank Zappa edit

 
Frank Zappa playing in Oslo in January 1977.
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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006
  3. ^ Brown, Tony; Jon Kutner; Neil Warwick (2002). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. London: Omnibus Press.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn 1992, p. 254.
  5. ^ a b c Brown 2002, p. 538.
  6. ^ a b Whitburn 2006, p. 306.
  7. ^ Joel Whitburns Top Pop 1955 - 1982
  8. ^ R&B charts Joel Whitburn Top R&B Singles 1942-1999
  9. ^ a b c d Whitburn 1992, p. 88.
  10. ^ a b Brown 2002, p. 201.
  11. ^ a b Whitburn 2006, p. 94.
  12. ^ a b Whitburn 1992, p. 502.
  13. ^ a b Whitburn 2006, p. 639.
  14. ^ a b Whitburn 1992, p. 156.
  15. ^ a b c d Brown 2002, p. 335.
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