I'm a fan of instrumental songs. I created this topic so we could post our some of our favourite instrumentals songs (classical music pieces are welcome) .

I'll start us off with 2 that have special meaning to me and are dear to my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjYGLzYdsrI&feature=related 
Calcutta, by Lawrence Welk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zU2Q-Yc5zg
That Happy Feeling - Bert Kaempfert


Sometimes you might play one of them and say to yourself; "I have heard the tune before, but didn't know the song title or artist."

I'm a fan of instrumental songs. I created this topic so we could post our some of our favourite instrumentals songs (classical music pieces are welcome) .


Great idea for a thread (although I think we've had a similar one in the past). :)



Sometimes you might play one of them and say to yourself; "I have heard the tune before, but didn't know the song title or artist."



Ain't that that truth! And try Googling the lyrics... ;D :D


AFM: there's like a gazillion tunes that spring to mind... Let's start with these three:

James Last - Biscaya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-f7UWa4UYI


After The Fire - 1980-F

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QREd5C2dXM


The Korgis - Rovers Return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvtcONF68rs

possibly the two most different songs ever made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG--KuT1VGQ

i've got a real soft spot for this song because my grandparents used to listen to it all the time when i was a kid. on EIGHT TRACK (!), as i recall. pretty sure it was this version, or another like it. can't say i like the ventures version nearly as much. and then there's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LArTxNnM77w

i got this along with "kill em all" on cassette tape when i was 15. i was just picking up guitar and loved the album but the operatic vocals kinda grated on me. this doesn't have any of that, and the elaborate interweaving of all the harmonizing guitar parts is just amazing.

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



Cat

possibly the two most different songs ever made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG--KuT1VGQ

i've got a real soft spot for this song because my grandparents used to listen to it all the time when i was a kid. on EIGHT TRACK (!), as i recall. pretty sure it was this version, or another like it. can't say i like the ventures version nearly as much.


You know that the original version has lyrics, and is sung by Vicky Leandros?  ???

On a similar vein:

Percy Faith - Crunchy Granola Suite

Originally sung by Neil Diamond, but this instrumental version is much better known in The Netherlands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p-dd8dtnRI

You know that the original version has lyrics, and is sung by Vicky Leandros?  ???

i do, but the goofy orchestral instrumental is the one i like.  8)

oo! actually this thread gives me an idea for a crossover with obscure 90s music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJP0l8pG4hI

NPR uses Pell Mell for bumper music and i think they turn up in the soundtrack for "six feet under" but when i put up a video on youtube of one of their songs, i got a message from their bassist's son! that's pretty obscure. i've got 2 of their CDs, all they do is this laid back, minimalist instrumental music. it's nice stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmOMo4OPi4

Rush - YYZ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td56XAHxLpw

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot


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

ELO - Fire On High


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV5vwFbn2aM

Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfQbkFp16cw

The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein


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

Focus - Hocus Pocus


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjR7hwGpw4

Ted Nugent - Homebound


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQYc88I6F0

Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll - Part 2


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHMrGx_jG0

Cliff Nobles & Co. - The Horse


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIfYOL19_Y

Burt Bacharach - Nikki


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_WH0EmWRAw

Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3nPLfG9gZY

MFSB - TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NgxIsp4hfg

MFSB - K-Jee


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

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love


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

Tangerine Dream - Love On a Real Train




Dan

Feels so good - Chuck Mangione

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7dg8vRDM68

Booker T. & the MG's-Time Is Tight

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1_pLZ0xX3I

George Benson - Lady


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FcNurUkPC4

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-gcaA850g

Billy Preston - Outa-Space


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjNrO4OXJPE

Doobie Brothers - Flying Cloud

Note: Song starts at 4:25


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlPqwI3ACaU

The Allman brothers - High falls


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS463tbX-HE

Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIKa3HMt6U

Stanley Clarke & Jeff Beck - Rock & Roll Jelly




Dan

Ferrante & Teicher Midnight Cowboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22qKRkjOWpI

With that really good and positive That Happy Feeling it felt like things needed to be brought down a little, but
somebody already beat me to Midnight Cowboy, so I'll just go with this one...
Ennio Morricone's The Ecstasy of Gold from 1966,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOKhQ8ObQ7E
(it's another up beat tune)

The Ventures - Perfidia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTyCH4XK48

This is odd. I could've sworn I posted three more instrumentals here a couple of days ago. :-\\

Biscaya by James Last and 1980-F by ATF are both classics 8)


Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osgjTEXWDKw

Hagood Hardy - The Homecoming (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKu2j7BJZA0

Frank Mills - The Happy Song (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dodfOGOev0

Technotronic - Come On (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8K30HU4oiA

DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQokcoOzeY

Duane Eddy - Because They're Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cklf5k10yLU

Breezin' - George Benson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pitnJlcv4

You might recognize the tune, but didn't know the name or artist.

Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_r-x9MOYU



The Astronauts - Surf Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHVJaVHvGU8


Laurie Johnson- Happy Go Lively


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


Cedric King-Palmer - Hackney Carriage

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

Davie Allan & The Arrows - Blues Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aLcWWI3JAo


Alan Parsons Project- Sirius  (Listen to it on youtube. Thanks SME.  ::))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phMdx-X_i9c

David Foster - St Elmo's fire Love Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EngDfdL1fHQ

The String-A-Longs - Wheels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLFLZFs2cIg

Wes Montgomery - Watch What Happens {1967}

http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_video_gallery.cfm?videoid=c91dfd9e8fc04146837b1ee27871f648




Dan

Kenny G -Songbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq3q03yeWe4

The Revels - Church Key

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusj7QxEXTg


Link Wray - Rumble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjs5QWjvNWc


Link Wray - The Swag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKB4NQZPG4

Rockin´Rebels - Wild Weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6OKJmiNNMI

The Turtles  Buzzsaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srj6ISzfw1c

Bert Kaempfert- Afrikaan Beat  (UMG...  ::))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGmR2dJSDvo

Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lbxeJRtfGw

Floyd Cramer-  Last Date

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvfG9uFswis

The Rah Band - The Crunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhpdI81ShE


Henry Mancini- Peter Gunn  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc8gWbM90MU

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nAwmVLQSk

Raymond Scott - Powerhouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZACT4UgBog

Tarantella Napoletana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xsosv6uM0

Here is one I totally forgot about ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9T9LtANHs&feature=fvwrel

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  -"The Lonely Bull"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaMzjJ7slJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMuCiAe6vA



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMuCiAe6vA

Cat

Nice one!

Booker T. & the MG's-Time Is Tight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGsZgkjrco

Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Misirlou

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-xXIucuPE


Resonance - OK Chicago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJAs7cp0sg

You might recognized some of this from the Doors' Spanish Caravan. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZeA0PbjcdI


The movie was just so-so but I LOVE the theme.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcxpR-9jONo


That one, I love the piece & I love the movie they used it in (Somewhere in Time).



Cat

Duane Eddy - Rebel-rouser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPG_Y-_BZI

A familiar tune, you may not have known the title.

Great track ^. I love 'Rebel Rouser'.  8)

i love these two instrumentals as well. They have this 'zest for life' thing going for them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swNOLoOhwc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmSDTutGyIw

Peter Piper - Frank Mills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhb5Lex_bE

He also performed "Musix Box dancer"

The Beatles: "Cry For A Shadow" (1961)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9FacSNRBHk

Jimmy Gordon - Buzzzzz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxrBnuT84Ws

Duane Eddy - Moovin & Groovin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lqFlxMiMfE

The Ventures - Wild Angels Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI98TYdk5cs

Booker T & The Mg's - Hang Em' High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATFmWmsF-iw\

Madness - One Step Beyond (There is some talking but it's mostly instrumental)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9N8piRFVcU

The Revels - Comanche
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Bn9u5FhXU

The Chantays - Pipeline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7c2ZKamzS4

The Tornados - Telstar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuA-fqKCiAE

Booker T & the M G 's - Green Onions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

Phil Collins - Hand in hand


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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOkgKm0Tcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOkgKm0Tcg


Moe Koffman.  Now there's a name I have not heard in a long time

The Ventures - Wild Angels Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI98TYdk5cs
not necessarily the best song in the world, but "wild angels" is a very overlooked bit of 60s americana, man. one of corman's best (knowing that his track record is a little... iffy...), and it turns out, a fairly historically accurate fictionalization of the mother miles funeral.

classic scene!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKIhb-42iyE

PENETRATION - THE PYRAMIDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzuSIi3TEKA

The Marketts - Out Of Limits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmqzex-Yy0

The Mar-Keys - Last Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocj5zE04WGc

Rockin' Rebels - Wild Weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldVqtnz8kI

The Routers - Let's Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYmpIF5W-M

Dave Clark Five - Chaquita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epwQukvl6w

Pink Floyd - On The Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z55Qd4hNnA

Tune Rockers - Green Mosquito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzRhD3LIrY

Camille Saint-Saëns - Aquarium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD0FDLOKGA

Donovan: Little Tin Soldier

Did I post this entry yet?

Ta Samba - Andre Gagnon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVfm8UdK4fg

The Super Stocks - Midnight Run (1964)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KfvQu8kNwg


Hugh Masakela - Grazing In The Grass (1968)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFBb64rhrI


The T-Bones - No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (1966)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr21kmI72LU


The Virtues - Guitar Boogie Shuffle (1959)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goN6D0mvcD4


Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq4NhcfurgU

"Rhapsody In Blue" as performed by Deodato (1972)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PLVx3T_E0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PLVx3T_E0

Personally, I love this arrangement.

"A Beard of Stars" by Tyrannosaurus Rex.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVy6HLOcydw

Another one...

"Rainforest" Paul Hardcastle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4nXxR8J4s

Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut


One of my all-time favorites. Later used as the basis for Swing Out Sister's 1992 hit "Am I The Same Girl?" O0

David Foster - St Elmo's fire Love Theme



I like this one too. 8)

A couple years after this one, he recorded an instrumental tune called "Winter Games", which served as the theme for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVf4RETAJk

I absolutely love this one. 8)

^ I've heard this before    fun tune

The Ventures...

"Hawaii Five-O": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhlodvXvwI
(sorry, full version was taken down)

"Walk, Don't Run": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0

I could go on forever!

Has anyone mentioned "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat yet? I thought it would be one of the first mentioned. A #1 hit in 1968.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsNNcsUNzE

Then there's "Quentin's Theme" from "Dark Shadows". A hit in 1969.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9VQe_SSUT4

Has anyone mentioned "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat yet? I thought it would be one of the first mentioned. A #1 hit in 1968.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsNNcsUNzE



I was going to, but I hadn't thought to. It's one of my all time favourites as well! O0

"Them From A Summer Place" by Percy Faith & His Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwkcGUIAnT0

I heard this song for years and never knew what it was. Try to track down an instrumental! What are you gonna do, HUM it to people?  ;)

The way I finally figured out what it was is that it was used in the (pretty bad) "Dark Shadows" movie starring Johnny Depp, and I checked out what was on the soundtrack. When I saw the name "Theme From A Summer Place" I immediately knew that was it, so I guess I knew all along. A pretty roundabout way to find out the name of a song.  ;)

A couple years after this one, he recorded an instrumental tune called "Winter Games", which served as the theme for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

I absolutely love this one. 8)


'Winter Games' was a Top 30 hit in Canada and even made #85 in the US.  It's always been a favourite of mine as well

Here is one from November of 2016 that I quite enjoyed called 'Routine' by Alan Walker and David Whistle. 

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"Classical Gas" by Mason Williams.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREi_Bb85Sk

'Winter Games' was a Top 30 hit in Canada and even made #85 in the US.  It's always been a favourite of mine as well

awesome. O0 Great minds think alike.

Lately I've been hearing it regularly (along with some other selections in this thread) on KKZZ, a station in my area that continuously plays a wide variety of songs from the 50s to about 2000.

"Classical Gas" by Mason Williams.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREi_Bb85Sk

Oh yes, that is another great instrumental classic. 100.3 The Sound, a now-defunct classic rock station in the L.A. area, played it last month during their final A-Z marathon before finally going off the air earlier this month.

They also played "Green Onions" by Booker T and the MG's, mentioned earlier in this thread. Another 60's instrumental that I favor. O0

Walter Murphy's Big Apple Band- Fifth Of Beethoven

Donovan: Little Tin Soldier


"Little Tin Soldier" by Donovan isn't an instrumental. In fact it's got a lot of lyrics. It was written by Shawn Phillips based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbXepo2Efp8

Perhaps you are thinking of "Tangerine Puppet", a sweet little guitar instrumental by Donovan from the same period:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPH5Vl8wfpo

Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra

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Personally, I have never liked "In The Mood".

Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra

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Personally, I have never liked "In The Mood".

Well it does seem quite repetitious throughout, so I can understand...

Mike Post was also a prolific composer of instrumental songs used as TV themes.

For example, here is "Hill Street Blues" (with collaborations from Larry Carlton): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asCt0LmC0JI
...and "Magnum P.I." (the whole thing, also over 3 minutes long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCH6z_1hqUk
...also "L.A. Law" (also the full song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHC_3KFVTVg

I favor all three of these.

"Theme From Mission Impossible" as recorded by half of U2 (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okj7YaPD0Hs

This version of the song, as noted by the title, was the theme to the 1996 movie Mission Impossible. It was a moderate hit during the summer of that year. (Also it is a cover of the theme to the television show of the same name, recorded in 1966 by Lalo Schifrin.)

Another one, which I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet...

"Chariots Of Fire" by Vangelis (1982):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJzcUvS_NU

A newer song which I like a lot:

Satin Jackets - Olivia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUjiNb5M77o&list=PLQzhM8vtFncC42Y98yG2_9-Jl3sMce3QL&index=5

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

Some of my favorite instrumentals are by,  a Chilean group called Inti Illimani.  They play guitar, an Andean sort of banjo and sampollas which are similar to pan pipes. Here's a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiAylleR64Y

Of course there are so many more instrumental artists that I like, many to many to name, buut I thought many of you might not have experienced this genera.  By the way, I saw them live in Chile several times

Let's take it back to the '90s for one of my favorites,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKexgmlj3Ho

Dave Koz and "You Make Me Smile" from 1993.

This one also goes back to the early 90's (at least in the States; it was recorded in 1989 in Europe)... "Lily Was Here" by David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer (on sax):

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When this one was a hit during the summer of 1991, it stood out to me due to the fact that it was instrumental. It's a great track to chillax with as well. O0 8)

Patrice Rushen - Number One

Henry Mancini, "Theme From Love Story": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mik4cFOvhzo

A version by Andy Williams, which he sang, was also a hit on the charts. (That one, of course, is NOT instrumental.)

The Ventures...

"Hawaii Five-O": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhlodvXvwI
(sorry, full version was taken down)


I once again found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6GyJoWPq8

This one also goes back to the early 90's (at least in the States; it was recorded in 1989 in Europe)... "Lily Was Here" by David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer (on sax):

When this one was a hit during the summer of 1991, it stood out to me due to the fact that it was instrumental. It's a great track to chillax with as well. O0 8)


Thank you for posting this song. Takes me back to better times. I can never remember the name, but the instrumental pops up in my head from time to time.

You can never go wrong with video game songs!

I always play this song in the spring. It always fills me with hope.

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"Nut Rocker" by B. Bumble & The Stingers (1962):

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

Duane Eddy - Because They're Young


This one reminds me of the Jeopardy theme music lol

Kenny G - Forever in Love (1992)
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System F - Out of the Blue (1999)
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"Eye Level" is a 1972 single by the Simon Park Orchestra. It was produced originally for the De Wolfe Music Library and selected by Thames Television to be the theme tune for their Netherlands-based detective series Van der Valk.

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A song based on the music with lyrics added was called "And You Smiled", performed by Matt Monro.

Take 5-Dave Brubeck


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


Cat

Spencer Davis Group
"Waltz For Lumumba"
1967


This unique instrumental from a young Steve Winwood when he was still with the Spencer Davis Group has a fuzzy organ sound that presages what he would do with Traffic on "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" a few years later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9hAcQlA1OA

Spencer Davis Group
"Waltz For Lumumba"
1967

This unique instrumental from a young Steve Winwood when he was still with the Spencer Davis Group has a fuzzy organ sound that presages what he would do with Traffic on "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" a few years later.


O0 That's cool!

Lots of good ones mentioned.

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Can’t believe I didn’t see Axel F listed, unless it was one of the broken links.

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Sleepwalk by Larry Carlton. When I first heard this I was getting it confused with Theme From A Summer Place.

Sleepwalk by Larry Carlton. When I first heard this I was getting it confused with Theme From A Summer Place.

This one was originally performed by Santo & Johnny in 1959.

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

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Robert Miles - Children

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Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
99% instrumental, they do say the song title at the fade out.
This song makes me think of the commercials for the Trillium nightclub. Northern Michigan’s only glass panel skyscraper at a whopping 17 floors, built in 1986. In recent years it went through a remodel and the fancy restaurant at the top is now the Aerie, but it will always be the Trillium to me.

This one was originally performed by Santo & Johnny in 1959.


I knew it was originally older but I like Larry Carltons version much better.

I knew it was originally older but I like Larry Carltons version much better.

that's fine, I respect that. I just had not realised that Larry covered it.

But I do know that he recorded other great instrumentals, including TV themes.

that's fine, I respect that. I just had not realised that Larry covered it.

But I do know that he recorded other great instrumentals, including TV themes.


Thanks, I’ll have to do some looking. I used to hear his version of Sleepwalk on the smooth jazz station in 2003 and that’s the only song I knew by him.

Thanks, I’ll have to do some looking. I used to hear his version of Sleepwalk on the smooth jazz station in 2003 and that’s the only song I knew by him.

I can help you out.

For example, he collaborated with Mike Post on the Hill Street Blues theme song, which I might have mentioned earlier in this thread. In case I didn't, here it is:

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

Here are two I am surprised I never mentioned yet as I am a big fan of both of these ...

Exchange - Into the Night (1987)
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I always thought this one by Frank Mills was better than his most famous song Music Box Dancer, a song which I also love.  It actually charted higher in Canada, peaking at #11 (whereas Music Box Dancer only reached #47), but in the US, this only reached #48 (where Music Box Dancer had peaked at #3)

Frank Mills - Peter Piper (1979)
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And just because I already mentioned it ...

Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer (1974)
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My dad went and saw Frank Mills perform a Christmas concert about a decade ago and he played this song and after it was over, some guy in the audience yelled "that's not a Christmas song" and Frank yelled back "It made my Christmas pretty good"

And just because I already mentioned it ...

Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer (1974)


Another great selection O0

Two more ...

This one peaked at #75 on the US Hot 100.  Charles Fox is best known for his compositions for TV shows including Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and The Love Boat

Charles Fox - Seasons (1981)
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Hagood Hardy was one of those artists who had so many great songs, it was probably hard for the record label to pick which ones would be singles.  Well, with the exception of The Homecoming, as that one pretty much had hit written all over it

Hagood Hardy - Jennifer's Song (1976)
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I missed one ...

Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest (1985)
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^ Great minds think alike! O0


Another one...

"Rainforest" Paul Hardcastle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4nXxR8J4s

Kenny G -Songbird

Kenny G - Forever in Love (1992)

I could name off some more Kenny G songs. I even have a compilation album of his "Greatest Hits."

Happy birthday to him, btw; he's 65 today.

Feels so good - Chuck Mangione

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I was just thinking of this one since today (Tuesday) was his 82nd birthday.

Grover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic

Here is one from 1981 called Runaway by Bill Conti.  It's from the movie For Your Eyes Only and appears during the ski chase scene.  It's a perfect marriage of a late 70s disco beat with early 80s new wave, and had this been a single, I think it would have been big in the clubs

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