Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures
Hawaii Five-O Theme - The Ventures
Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited
Green Onions - Booker T and the MG's
Pipeline - Chantays
Theme From a Summer Place - Percy Faith
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini
Numerous tunes by Herb Alpert and the TJ Brass
And that's just from the '60's.
In the 70s you had “Love’s Theme” from The Love Unlimited Orchestra, and “A Fifth of Beethoven”.
Trivia Time:
Before the Beatles came along, there were only three songs by British-born artists that hit Number One on Billboard, all were instrumentals. Can you tell me the three songs and who did them.
(No cheating! LOL!)