I would have put Jessica - Allman Bros 1st ** -- RaleighHokie15 07/26/2018 07:51AM
...fire on high... -- chumley 07/25/2018 7:36PM
I own multiple albums from the 80s and 90s with instrumentals -- MP4VT2004 07/25/2018 7:33PM
I'm talking about instrumentals that charted -- Baltimore Hokie 07/25/2018 9:40PM
So did the musicians change, or did the listeners' tastes change? ** -- MP4VT2004 07/25/2018 9:42PM
I'm sure MTV had something to do with it -- Baltimore Hokie 07/25/2018 9:47PM
Dazz by Brick ** -- astrohokie 07/25/2018 6:07PM
How is Dazz considered an instrumental song? -- HWA 07/26/2018 09:13AM
Genre Balkanization -- Beerman 07/25/2018 5:59PM
Here’s every single one to hit the Billboard Top 20 from 1959-2005: -- hokienole 07/25/2018 5:47PM
Is The Hustle really an instrumental? -- SteveInBaltimore 07/25/2018 6:10PM
You'd have to include Fly Robin Fly if you include The Hustle ** -- Baltimore Hokie 07/25/2018 9:39PM
I always considered Rock It to be an instrumental. ** -- Hokie CPA 07/26/2018 06:15AM
The last #1 instrumental was Jan Hammer’s Miami Vice Theme (‘85). Unless -- hokienole 07/25/2018 5:37PM
Melody's not really a thing lately. -- `lag 07/25/2018 5:23PM
No decent instrumental solos either ** -- TomTurkey 07/25/2018 4:58PM
Or Epic coda's like Freebird and Layla and Stairway to Heaven ** -- HokieDan95 07/25/2018 4:57PM
Or Duane Allman ** -- TomTurkey 07/25/2018 5:28PM
I used to love Breezin' through instrumentals ** -- WestyHokie 07/25/2018 4:52PM
Younger groups don’t focus at all on instruments. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 07/25/2018 4:45PM
Karaoke killed the instrumental star -- Nova Hokie 95 07/25/2018 4:45PM
The 80s gave us Beverly Hills Cop. I remember the song Axel F went high up -- Hokie CPA 07/25/2018 4:41PM
I was going to mention Cliffs of Dover, but yeah, that's early 90's I think ** -- Late 80s Hokie 07/26/2018 07:52AM
Speaking of BHC, here's some Bob Seger trivia: what's his only #1 hit? -- Will Stewart
07/25/2018 5:43PM
I totally forgot he did that song. I would have guessed Hollywood Nights ** -- Baltimore Hokie 07/25/2018 9:42PM
That video makes BHC II look like it was an awesome movie. ** -- Will Stewart
07/25/2018 5:48PM
It was a lot easier to watch than the third installment! -- Hokie CPA 07/25/2018 6:00PM
My guess. Not as many bands had legitimate musicians. ** -- Betabeachbum 07/25/2018 4:19PM
If you listen those.... Neither did they -- Vienna_Hokie 07/25/2018 4:45PM
Scorpio, Tubular Bells, Frankenstein musicians had massive chops ** -- Baltimore Hokie 07/25/2018 9:37PM
Green onions, Jessica, Duane Eddy? -- Betabeachbum 07/25/2018 6:00PM
The 10 listed in the OP -- Vienna_Hokie 07/25/2018 7:47PM
Touché I never clicked on the OP link. -- Betabeachbum 07/25/2018 10:36PM
I actually have no idea about any hits recently- and not so recently -- turkeywinghokie 07/25/2018 4:13PM
I think following the link provided a reason for it dying out ** -- Vienna_Hokie 07/25/2018 4:13PM
Alan Parsons always had an instrumental that was good. Peter Frampton has -- MontyPythokie 07/25/2018 4:04PM
Yeah, Alan Parsons would put one on every album. Good stuff. ** -- Will Stewart
07/25/2018 4:12PM
Parsons put out a collection of their instrumentals in 1988 -- Newt 07/25/2018 11:34PM
Yep. "The Instrumental Works." I own it ** -- Will Stewart
07/25/2018 11:41PM
And he invented a giant laser. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 07/25/2018 4:48PM