Instrumentals

Updated information about every instrumental recording that made it to number one on Billboard's popular recorded music charts from 1950 to the present. There is a great deal of information about every instrumental song that topped the pop charts, as well as every one of the recording artists, and each recorded song's songwriters. The author conducted massive research to compile the interesting stories revealed. The text covers the instrumentalists from Anton Karas' recording of "Third Man Theme," which reached number one in 1950, through Baauer reaching the top of the charts with "Harlem Shake" in the 2000s, and the many great instrumentalists in between, including Herb Alpert, Percy Faith, and John Williams. This book will interest all music fanatics with its volumes of music stories and trivia.