What Are Your Favorite Instrumental Tunes?

[MaVolta]

The subject of instrumentals came up in another thread, so I thought it might be fun to see what instrumental tunes everyone enjoys. Instrumentals cover a wide range of genres when you start to think about it; classical (of course), movie soundtracks, pop, jazz, big band oldies, blues, country, rock, and many instrumental versions of your favorite song titles, too.

So what instrumental music do you like? What are your favorite tunes or instrumental versions of your favorite songs? Multiple tunes and multiple genres are okay. And, if you have favorite on youtube, feel free to post the link so that we can listen, too!

[1968Hoya46]

Last Date: Floyd Cramer

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Washington Square:  Village Stompers

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Red River Rock:  Johnny and Hurricanes

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Love Is Blue:  Paul Mauriat

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Sleep Walk:  Santo and Johnny

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Exodus:  Ferrante and Teicher

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The Stripper:  David Rose

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The Happy Organ:  Dave "Baby" Cortez

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Romeo And Juliet:  Henry Mancini

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly:  Hugo Montenegro

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The Horse:  Cliff Nobles and Co.

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Classical Gas:  Mason Williams

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Booker T and MGs:

Time Is Tight

Hang 'Em High

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Wonderland By Night:  Bert Kaempfert

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Wiggle Wobble:  Les Cooper

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Ramsey Lewis Trio:

The In Crowd

Wade In The Water

[BobH07]

Grazing In The Grass:  Hugh Maskela

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Soulful Strut:  Young-Holt Unlimited

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No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In):  The T- Bones

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Teen Beat:  Sandy Nelson

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Tequila:  Champs

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Memphis:  Lonnie Mack

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The Lonely Bull:  Herb Alpert

Taste Of Honey

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Rebel-Rouser:  Duane Eddy

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More:  Kai Winding

[1968Hoya46]

Cast Your Fate To The Wind: Vince Guaraldi Trio

[ip3285]

William Tell Overture by Rossini (aka the Lone Ranger theme song).  I used to play parts of this piece for my senior exercise class when we were walking around the room warming up our muscles,  and some of my older class participants, mostly the men (in their 70s and 80s) would jump around the room like they were riding a horse!

[1968Hoya46]

Midnight In Moscow: Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

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I happened to record a copy of this from the radio and never knew the name or artist. Finally, after all these years I know how to label it.

Midnight In Moscow: Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

[MaVolta]

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