1960 may have been the big year for Instrumentals, but back in 1959, several white instrumentals acts were already making a dent in the pop charts, among them the Virtues, the Rebels, the Rock-A-Teens and the Fireballs. Duane Eddy had broken through in 58 but in 1959 he had no less than seven singles on the Hot 100. Johnny & the Hurricanes had their first success this year with three big hits.
Black artists, however, had less mainstream success. Jimmy Beck sneaked in at #82 for two weeks with Pipe Dreams, Larry Kerrin s The Hunch was a hit for both Paul Gayten and the Bobby Peterson Quintet; Bill Doggett had three discs in the R&B charts but apart from a couple of organ hits for Preston Epps and Dave Baby Cortez, that was it for R&B instrumentals chart-wise. If you are knocked out by what you hear from 1959, just wait till you find out what was on offer in 1960 and 1961.
Disc 1 :
1. Let's Go Smitty - Floyd Dixon
2. Mumblin Guitar - Bo Diddley
3. Real Gone Jam - Tommy Ridgley
4. Knocked Out - The Gondoliers
5. Pacoima Stomp - The Carter Bros
6. Cutting Out - Gus Jenkins
7. Hot Cross Buns - Paul Gayten
8. Chunk-A-Lunk Jug (Pt. 1) - Mary Lou Williams
9. Chunk-A-Lunk Jug (Pt. 2) - Mary Lou Williams
10. Mashed Potatoes - James Brown
11. Mashed Potatoes (Pt. 2) - Nat Kendrick
12. Yum Yum - The Swinging Earls
13. Sweet Meats - Garland Davis
14. Perdido Street - Herb Hardesty
15. Storm Warning - Mac Rebennack
16. Royal Earl Shuffle - Royal Earl
17. Boney Shuffle - Spot Barnett
18. Soul Groove (Pt. 1) - King Curtis
19. Soul Groove (Pt. 2) - King Curtis
20. Rock Alley - Lefty Bates
21. Can't Sit Down - The Bim Bam Boos
22. Boogie Cha Cha - Sam Price
23. Cozy's Mambo - Cozy Cole
24. Live It Up - Ernie Freeman
25. Talk To Me Baby - Doc Starkes
26. Down Yonder - Buddy Johnson
27. Swingin Peter Gunn (Pt. 1) - Jimmy Nolen
28. Swingin Peter Gunn (Pt. 2) - Jimmy Nolen
29. Zeen Beat - Gene Redd
Disc 2 :
1. Steppin Out - Memphis Slim
2. The Madison Shuffle - Buster Brown
3. Voodoo Cha Cha - The Carter Bros
4. Night Ridin - Doc Starkes
5. Slim's Thing - Willie Dixon/Memphis Slim
6. Ho Ho - Ike Turner
7. Wolf In The Mood - Howlin Wolf
8. Swingin The Gate - Gatemouth Brown
9. Blue On Blue - Chuck Berry
10. Bobby's Rock - Elmore James
11. Harmonica Rock - Little Boyd
12. Diddling - Bo Diddley
13. Spanky - Gus Jenkins
14. Talkin Guitar (Pt. 2) - Royal Earl
15. Let It Roll (Pt. 1) - Cliff Davis
16. Let It Roll (Pt. 2) - Cliff Davis
17. Blues After Hours - Jimmy Nolen
18. E N A - Lefty Bates
19. A-Minor Cha-Cha (Eddie) - Clear Waters
20. Steady - Jerry McCain
21. Cool And Crazy - Nick & The Jaguars
22. Night Sounds - Ernie Freeman
23. Beatin and Blowin - Herb Hardesty
24. Honky Tonk Caboose - Sammy Price
25. Rollin Home - Louis Brooks
26. Backwards (Pt. 1) - Bill Doggett
27. Backwards (Pt. 2) - Bill Doggett
28. Sputnik Music - Harmonica George
29. Midnight Jump - Walter J. Westbrook
30. The Hunch - Paul Gayten
