{"id":197,"date":"2011-10-30T12:24:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T12:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2015-03-10T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T08:14:02","slug":"hit-instrumentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Hit Instrumentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>When I was young there were a lot of hit songs that were just instrumentals, so I have decided to share some of them with you.<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Wheels by The String-a-Longs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1zb6H4b_oiA&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Wheels by The String-a-Longs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a swinging little song. I used to know an old time song that I can\u2019t find on the net, called Wagon Wheels, that went like this: \u201cWagon wheels, wagon wheels, keep on turning, wagon wheels. Roll along, sing your song, wagon wheels carry me home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Red River Rock by Johnny and the Hurricanes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kvrD7XDwQ3Q\" target=\"_blank\">Red River Rock by Johnny and the Hurricanes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite love songs was Red River Valley, and this version tied it in with the rock and roll scene.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Walk Don't Run by The Ventures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1I0jy1H5qTo\" target=\"_blank\">Walk Don\u2019t Run by The Ventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was very popular, and I heard it again recently on the radio.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wipeout by The Beach Boys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XmGqbOxzAwg&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Wipeout by The Beach Boys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day a mail lady mentioned this song to me, so here it is by the Beach Boys. We have had some real bad weather here in Canada recently.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qei_ccdgTMU&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This song was a hit when I was a kid, and it was only about a year ago I discovered it was on the John Wayne movie \u201cHatari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pipeline by The Ventures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqC3BjIyq_0\" target=\"_blank\">Pipeline by The Ventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a record in Rhodesia of The Ventures teaching you how to play the three guitars. I think this song was used as the background music for an advert on TV.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Red Sails in the Sunset by Billy Vaughn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iIPpO1XsKG4&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sails in the Sunset by Billy Vaughn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was little, my aunt and uncle in Uvongo used to play this song on their mouth organs on their veranda at sunset. Nice memories.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raunchy Twist by The G Men\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fROKcq4MnAg\" target=\"_blank\">Raunchy Twist by The G Men<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in my youthful childhood I seem to remember hearing this song.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sail Along Silvery Moon by Billy Vaughn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M3GbeuHab7o&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Sail Along Silvery Moon by Billy Vaughn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this song. The music is so nice. It would be nice if someone could make a nice power point of this song with two lovers by the beach in the moonlight.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7jzx664u5DA\" target=\"_blank\">Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was another hit song when I was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wx7UtXOJ_zM&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">White silver sands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is another nice song, that makes me want to be by the beach.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hit Instrumentals - Amazing Grace - Bagpipes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V84STSWVp3g&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Hit Instrumentals \u2013 Amazing Grace \u2013 Bagpipes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I played in a band once where the keyboard man had bagpipes on his keyboard. Unfortunately my keyboard doesn\u2019t have bagpipes, but I make use of the drums and the strings instead.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gospel web site<\/span>. If you want to check it out, go to: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countrygospelandbible.com\/\">http:\/\/countrygospelandbible.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was young there were a lot of hit songs that were just instrumentals, so I have decided to share some of them with you. Wheels by The String-a-Longs Here is a swinging little song. 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