Guitar Greats

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Sleep Walk	Santo & Johnny		2:24
2	Rebel Rouser	Duane Eddy		2:23
3	Rumble producer: Ray Vernon bass: Shorty Horton drums (drum set): Doug Wray guitar: Link Wray guitar [rhythm guitar]: Vernon Wray part of: Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026-05-04) (number: 56) recording of: Rumble composer: Milton Grant and Link Wray publisher: Andval Music and Link Wray Music	Link Wray	4.35	2:26
4	Tequila recording of: Tequila lyricist and composer: Daniel Flores (Daniel Flores) publisher: Longitude Music Co. and Powerforce Music sub-publisher: EMI Music Publishing France and Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!)	The Champs		2:13
5	Raunchy	Bill Justis		2:21
6	Red River Rock cover recording of: Red River Rock composer: Tom King (50s & 60s songwriter), Ira Mack and Fred Mendelsohn publisher: Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Mole Hole Music is based on: Red River Valley	Johnny and the Hurricanes		2:09
7	Woo Hoo	The Rock-A-Teens		2:03
8	Green Onions recorded in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1962-06) producer: Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records) bass guitar [bass]: Lewie Steinberg (in 1962-06) drums (drum set) [drums]: Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1962-06) guitar: Steve Cropper (in 1962-06) Hammond organ: Booker T. Jones (in 1962-06) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1967) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 181) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 418) recording of: Green Onions (in 1962-06) composer: Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg publisher: Al Jackson Jr. Music, Bug Music (music publishing), Carlin Music Corporation, East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music (BMI)	Booker T. and the MG’s	3.85	2:54
9	Walk Don’t Run	The Ventures		2:05
10	Pipeline recording of: Pipeline composer: Brian Carman and Bob Spickard publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Regent Music (BMI) and Regent Music Corp.	The Chantays		2:20
11	Quite a Party	The Fireballs		1:51
12	Apache	The Shadows		2:55
13	Let’s Go Trippin’	Dick Dale		2:10
14	Telstar recording of: Telstar composer: Joe Meek publisher: Ivy Music Ltd.	The Tornados		3:17
15	Guitar Rock ’n’ Roll	Joe Maphis		2:25
16	Peter Gunn	Duane Eddy		2:21
17	Wail	Royal Tones		2:10
18	The Creep	Bert Weedon		1:51
19	Ambush recording of: Ambush writer: R. Duke	The Outlaws		2:23
20	Bo’s Guitar	Bo Diddley		2:35

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Perfidia engineer: Bob Golden and Henry Lewy producer: Rob Reisdorff and Josie Wilson drums (drum set): Howie Johnson electric bass guitar [bass]: Bob Bogle electric guitar [lead guitar]: Nokie Edwards electric guitar [rhythm guitar]: Don Wilson (US guitarist, member or The Ventures) instrumental cover recording of: Perfidia lyricist and composer: Alberto Domínguez	The Ventures	5	2:05
2	Shazam	Duane Eddy		2:12
3	Guitar Boogie Shuffle	The Virtues		2:32
4	Wonderful Land phonographic copyright (℗) by: EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962) recording of: Wonderful Land composer: Jerry Lordan publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.	The Shadows	4	2:03
5	Honky Tonk	Bill Doggett		3:08
6	In Go recording of: Ingo composer: Chuck Berry publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)	Chuck Berry		2:31
7	One Man Boogie	Chet Atkins		2:39
8	Raw Hide	Link Wray		2:09
9	Valley of the Sioux recording of: Valley of the Sioux writer: R. Duke	The Outlaws		2:43
10	Have Guitar, Will Travel	Scotty Moore Trio		2:02
11	Rockabilly Walk	Buddy Knox		2:13
12	Ramrod	Al Casey		1:26
13	Big Baby Blues	Ritchie Valens		1:55
14	Night Surfing	The Rebel Rousers		2:24
15	Guitar Boogie	Les Paul		2:28
16	You Can’t Sit Down recording of: You Can’t Sit Down writer: Dee Clark, Kal Mann and Cornell Muldrow	Booker T and the MGs		2:51
17	The Late Freight Twist	Johnny Guitar Watson		2:22
18	Ghost Riders in the Sky cover recording of: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend lyricist and composer: Stan Jones (US songwriter and actor “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”) (on 1948-06-05) publisher: Prophecies Publishing, Revega Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) version of: Spookrijder in de nacht	The Ram Rods	5	2:37
19	Kon‐Tiki	The Shadows		1:57
20	Blue Moon	The Ventures		2:13

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