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[NewcastleFalcon]

Trying to nail down an instrumental, guitar mainly popular music track. This is what Ive got
Dur dur dur dit dit daaah....dur dur dur dit dit daaah
Sang it into a phone with one of those song recognition apps.....useless no record.

I have found my tune......turns out to be Classical Gas one of the ten great instrumental hits of the 1960's by Mason Williams with a little help from the famous "The Wrecking Crew" of studio musicians.

Completely mislead the forum unintentionally though.
Dur dur dur dit dit daaah....dur dur dur dit dit daaah is quite obviously Pentangle with Lite Flight

No what I was trying to find was
Dur-Dur-Dur dit-dit daah daah daah dur-dur-dur dit-dit daah
Yes the aforementioned Classical Gas



REgards Neil

[myglaren]

That would never have occurred to me Neil and the LP is only feet from where I'm sitting.
Bought when "Take Three Girls" was on TV - '65-ish.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Come on lets dig up some forgotten instrumental singles.....60's was its heyday, but plenty in the 70's.

So heres a starter for 10



Regards Neil

[myglaren]

I had a friend, a drummer, who had a vast collection of records featuring Green Onions.
He was last seen on a BBC program about foreign prisons - he was a prisoner in Changi jail.

[bobins]

You'll know it when you hear it



Another one you might know better when you hear it

[bobins]

Only an album track, but.....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Now what TV programme was that Focus song on.....don't ask me!

Spoiler: show

The evidence and a full programme if you can stand it!

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Had a bit of an Alan Parsons session a couple of weeks ago...of course Lucifer has made it into The Pickled Egg 10 Morse Code songs list.

For the chart hitting instrumental singles of the 1960's look no further then Herb Alpert


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[NewcastleFalcon]

...and the Theme from Exodus tinkled on the ivories by Ferrante and Teicher Ouch to be honest they are murdering it but still it was a chart hit!



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[NewcastleFalcon]

Simon Bates and his "our Tune" single success for Henry Mancini.



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[bobins]

Herb Alpert's version.... or Horst's.... ? No contest

[NewcastleFalcon]

Eurovision song contest 4th place with this tune........... I remember her name she appeared for Luxembourg but was Greek and sung it in French. 10 points for her name, she went on to win the contest for Luxembourg with Avec-Toi.

Paul Mauriat recorded an instrumental version which became the only Number One hit by a French artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100. His version topped the chart for five weeks in February and March 1968.



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[van ordinaire]

40 Miles of Bad Road, Reveille Rock, 2120 South Michigan Avenue, Bubbles of Tar, Wee Tom, Wipe Out, Misirlou, Sabre Dance - shall I go on?

[myglaren]

...and the Theme from Exodus tinkled on the ivories by Ferrante and Teicher Ouch to be honest they are murdering it but still it was a chart hit!



REgards Neil

I saw a film - I was thinking "Mighty Joe Young" then remembered it was "Conga", a King Kong ripoff, that used that as it's theme tune. Always liked it.
It was an orchestral version though - as you note, F&T don't do it justice. My dad thought they were great. I remain unconvinced.
Plinky-plonky.

[myglaren]

Eurovision song contest 4th place with this tune........... I remember her name she appeared for Luxembourg but was Greek and sung it in French. 10 points for her name, she went on to win the contest for Luxembourg with Avec-Toi.

Paul Mauriat recorded an instrumental version which became the only Number One hit by a French artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100. His version topped the chart for five weeks in February and March 1968.



REgards Neil

Vicky Leandros