And I know the Ventures, but not the Shadows... popularity is always the best way to understand quality, right?
Haha, sure, I love Duane Eddy.
The Shadows are essentially the British counterpart to The Ventures. They were nearly as ubiquitous (I assume) and prolific. They have a ton of killer tunes.
The correct answer is Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. Could also mention Link Wray and the Raymen.
Telstar is not a patch on Apache, by the way
However all those previously listed couldn’t hold a candle to The Skatalites, especially if consistency of output is one of the mitigating factors. They really deserve far more love than they get round these parts... _________________ 'Reggae' & t'ing Folk 'n Stuff SHAMELESS RECORD DEALER PLUG
That's a tough one. They both had huge outputs. I think I'd go with the Ventures over the Shadows though, because they had more adventurous taste in cover versions. For example, they did stuff like Honky Tonk Women and Strawberry Fields Forever and Theme from Shaft and all kinds of shit. They weren't all that great, but they were better than the kind of stuff the Shadows did in later years, like Bridge Over Troubled Water. Ha ha. And actually the Ventures version of Apache is better than the Shadows, even though the Shadows did it first. Even their remake of Pipeline might be a little bit better than the original.
And I would say that Telstar is 3rd right behind Pipeline and Walk Don't Run. Followed by SleepWalk and then probably Dick Dale.
And the other great 60s instrumental band was Booker T & the MG's.
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My pick for best instrumental hit of all time isn't a 60s instrumental hit, but 70s. A lot of my favorite instrumental hits weren't even Rock or soul, a lot of them were even disco or easy listening.
So look at this chart to find out what my number one greatest instrumental hit is;
My pick for best instrumental hit of all time isn't a 60s instrumental hit, but 70s. A lot of my favorite instrumental hits weren't even Rock or soul, a lot of them were even disco or easy listening.
So look at this chart to find out what my number one greatest instrumental hit is;
What few know is that, catchy as the ventures Walk, Don't Run, is, it's just a pop imitation of the greater original by the great jazz guitarist Johnny Smith from a decade earlier
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