Sentence examples for instrumental hit from inspiring English sources

Under his own name he recorded an instrumental hit, "The Lonely Surfer," in 1963, and released an album of orchestral pieces, "St.

Yes, the Replacements and Ms. Ronstadt are also being nominated for the first time, as are Hall & Oates, the Zombies and Link Wray, the rockabilly guitarist best known for his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble".

Songs like "Love's Theme," his 1973 instrumental hit for the Love Unlimited Orchestra, ushered in the disco era, and through the 70's he became a pop fixture whose albums were destined for countless bedrooms.

His friend Paul Yandell played a similar guitar on "Mr. Sandman," an instrumental hit for Mr. Atkins in 1955, and Connie Smith sang the gospel hymn "Farther Along," backed by an instrumental group that included Mr. Stuart on mandolin.

The Moog synthesizer ace Gershon Kingsley's new version of his instrumental hit "Popcorn" turns the song into a blithe, blandly funky piece of synth-pop in the style of 80's hitmakers like Tears for Fears and Howard Jones.

The song, by Crazy Frog, is a remake of the 1980's instrumental hit "Axel F," began as a cellphone ringtone and spent four weeks at the top of the British singles chart.

The organist Jackie Mittoo, who arranged much of this material, also scored instrumental hits of his own.

Indeed, most easy-listening instrumental hits since then owe a debt to "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".

His group recorded several instrumental hits as well as "Hit and Miss," the theme song for the popular television program "Juke Box Jury".

Riddle had a few instrumental hits of his own, including "Lisbon Antigua" (1956) and the theme from the television series Route 66 (1960).

Rhythm and blues also had its share of instrumental hits in the 1960s, ranging from Booker T. and the MG's' driving "Green Onions" (1962) to Hugh Masekela's lighter "Grazing in the Grass" (1968).