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Obscure Gems

Elvis – Stranger In My Home Town,I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water, Reconsider Baby

Fats Domino – Natural Born Lover, The Fat Man

Little Richard – Going Home Tomorrow

Neil Young – Helpless, Cortez The Killer

Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming, Rock Steady, You Are My Sunshine

Eagles – James Dean, Already Gone

Rolling Stones – Live With Me, Hand Of Fate

Heart – Even It Up, Rock And Roll

Chicago – Beginnings, Searchin’ So Long, Feelin’ Stronger Every Day

Led Zeppelin – Trampled Under Foot

Jimmie Dee – Henrietta

Ray Charles – I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town, Mess Around, Two Years Of Torture, I’m Movin’ On

Everly Brothers – Maybe Tomorrow, I Wonder If I Care As Much

Chuck Berry – Wee Wee Hours, I Got A Booking

Beatles – I’m A Loser, I’m Down, In My Life

Jefferson Airplane/Starship – The Other Side Of This Life, Bear Melt

Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up

B.F.D.R.F. Blues – Paul Revere and the Raiders

Women Rockers

Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools, Your Are My Sunshine, Rock Steady

Pat Benatar Sex As A Weapon, We Live For Love, Love Is A Battlefield

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Staple Singers – Respect Yourself, I’ll Take You There

Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘n Roll, I Hate Myself For Loving You

Martha Reeves – Dancing In The Street

Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High, Addicted To Love, Proud Mary

Melissa Etheridge – I’m The Only One

Lydia Pense (Cold blood) – Best Of Cold Blood

Grace Slick – White Rabbit, Somebody To Love

Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar, Many Tears Ago, My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own

Genya Ravan -Morning Much Better, Stay With Me

Janis Joplin – Summertime, Piece Of My Heart, Me And Bobby McGee

Diana Ross & The Supremes – Back In My Arms Again, Where Did Our Love Go

Arlene Smith & The Chantels – Maybe

Rindy Ross of Quarterflash (Portland Oregon) – Harden My Heart

Rock Instrumentals

These are on “Rock Instrumentals Volume 1”

Raunchy by Bill Justis, but also by Ernie Freeman (not on cd)

Rebel-‘Rouser and Forty Miles Of Bad Road by Duane Eddy also by Duane Eddy Ramrod and Moovin’ ‘N Groovin’, Peter Gunn, and Ghost Riders In The Sky (but not on the cd)

Topsy II by Cozy Cole

Teen Beat by Sandy Nelson

Bongo Rock by Preston Epps

Tequila by The Champs featuring Glen Campbell

Poor Boy by The Royaltones

Guitar Boogie Shuffle by The Virtues

The Happy Organ by Dave “Baby” Cortez

Walkin’ With Mr. Lee by Lee Allen & Band

Rawhide and Rumble by Link Wray and the Wraymen

In The Mood Ernie by Fields Orchestra

Woo-hoo by The Rock-A-Teens

Red River Rock by Johnny And The Hurricanes

Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny and Teardrop not on the cd

Harlem Nocturne by The Viscounts

The second cd is from the 1960s. I couldn’t copy it right. Maybe when I have nothing to do for a few weeks.

1	The Ventures	Walk–Don’t Run
2	The Rebels*–	Wild Weekend	2:17
3	The Routers–	Let’s Go (Pony)	2:20
4	Lonnie Mack–	Memphis	2:33
5	B. Bumble & The Stingers–	Bumble Boogie	2:12
6	Ramrods*–	(Ghost) Riders In The SkyWritten-By – Stanley Davis JonesWritten-By – Stanley Davis Jones	2:43
7	Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar*–	Apache	3:04
8	Johnny & The Hurricanes*–	Beatnik Fly	2:12
9	The String-A-Longs–	Wheels	1:58
10	The Fireballs–	Bulldog	2:14
11	Ray Bryant Combo*–	The Madison Time–Pt. 1	3:10
12	The Tornadoes*–	Telstar	3:20
13	The Marketts–	Out Of Limits	2:09
14	Lonnie Mack–	Wham!	2:15
15	B. Bumble & The Stingers–	Nut Rocker	2:02
16	Duane Eddy & The Rebels*–	Because They’re Young	2:00
17	The T-Bones–	No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In)	2:21
18	Mason Williams–	Classical Gas	3:04

Here is a source for somebody’s idea of the greatest 100 rock instrumentals https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rockinst.html

#1 is Honk Tonk – odd that it isn’t on either cd.

Two Pacific Northwest groups were big in intrumentals:

The Ventures – Wipe Out, Secret Agent Man, Wailin’, Hawaii Five-O and hundreds moe

The Wailers – Wailin’ (again), Soul Long (very short groove)

Pre Rock 1949-1955 artists the period that I was mostly exposed to parent’s radio

Favorites most of which are from this era

Frankie Laine – That’s My Desire, Mule Train, The Cry Of The Wild Goose, Jezebel, That’s My Desire, We’ll Be Together Agan (also Billie Holliday and Frank Sinatra) – saw him well past his peak in 1990s California

Nat King Cole – Nature Boy, Unforgettable, Route 66, Send For Me, The Christmas Song, and Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You (also Billie Holiday, Louis & Ella) – a favorite of my parents and I. They saw him live.)

Vaughn Monroe – Racing With The Moon (I remember this for some reason. When I started collecting music in 2007, I particularly wanted this one. Didn’t know what the first word was.), Riders In The Sky (fond of several versions)

Ray Anthony – Dragnet, Peter Gunn (I prefer the Duane Eddy Version)

Jo Stafford – You Belong To Me, Make Love To Me

Percy Faith – Delicado

Johnny Ray (local guy) – Just Walking In The Rain, Cry (I led the singing of this on a hike – fortunately not recorded), The Little White Cloud That Cried

Perez Prado – Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

Al Hibbler – Unchained Melody

Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons

Judy Garland – The Man That Got Away (Rainbow too early)

The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman

Perry Como (these are a little early, but they are a part of my childhood) – Temptation (good cover by the Everlys), Prisoner Of Love

Les Paul and Mary Ford – How High The Moon, Whispering, The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, Lover

Rosemary Clooney – Come Ona My House (saw her at the Gresham Oregon jazz festival when she was in poor health ca year 2000)

Tony Martin – Kiss Of Fire, another one I remember vividly

Peggy Lee – Why Don’t You Do Right (also Ella Fitzgerald), Manana

Ella Fitzgerald – Really started to appreciate this artist more the last few years – Midnight Sun, Tenderly, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, Moonlight In Vermont

If you want to do your own research for this era internet search for The Hit Parade” for appropriate hits, or an artist.