Songs Without Words 3

Another batch of instrumentals, ending as usual with one with words of a sort, and decorated as usual with killer gams.

Cover art, Wendex 111109-2Track listing for 111109-2:

  1. Cozy Cole: Topsy II
  2. Angelo Badalamenti: Theme from Twin Peaks
  3. Robert Maxwell and His Orchestra: Shangri-Las
  4. Davie Allan and the Arrows: Blue’s Theme
  5. Henry Mancini: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
  6. Herbie Hancock: Rockit
  7. Al Hirt: Java
  8. Walter Wanderley: Summer Samba (So Nice)
  9. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: Carmen
  10. Meco: Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
  11. The Village Stompers: Washington Square
  12. Lonnie Mack: Memphis
  13. Kai Winding: More
  14. Boots Randolph: Yakety Axe
  15. Billy Joe and the Checkmates: Percolator (Twist)
  16. Ray Charles: One Mint Julep
  17. The Rumblers: Boss
  18. Mason Williams: Greensleeves
  19. Perez Prado: Patricia
  20. Reg Owen and His Orchestra: Manhattan Serenade
  21. Booker T. and the MGs: Time Is Tight
  22. Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra: Love in Every Room
  23. Link Wray and His Ray Men: Rumble
  24. Charles Randolph Grean Sounde: Star Trek
  25. The Virtues: Guitar Boogie Shuffle
  26. Dave “Baby” Cortez: The Happy Organ
  27. Les Baxter and His Orchestra: The Poor People of Paris
  28. Neal Hefti and His Orchestra: Batman Theme

One Response to “Songs Without Words 3”

  1. BatesLine Says:

    Stranger on shore sleepwalks through wonderland by night…

    It’s fair to say that the period between Elvis Presley’s arrival at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, in 1958 and the day the Beatles touched down at Idlewild in 1964 was the zenith of instrumental pop. This is not Big Band or Western Swing from the ’30s and …

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