Instrumentals

The Number One Instrumental Recordings from 1950-Present

By: Scott Paulson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Updated information about every instrumental recording that reached 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 found in this book. 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 Hot 100 Chart with “Harlem Shake” in the 2000s, as well as 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 music trivia. The content has most recently been updated in 2025.