List of rock instrumentals
Artist Song title Date Highest position on US charts Highest position on UK charts Highest position on R & B charts
Dennis Coffey ' Scorpio 1971 # 6 # 7 # 9
Hot Butter ' Popcorn 1972 # 9 # 5
Billy Preston Outa-Space 1972 # 2 # 44 # 1
Deodato ' Also Sprach Zarathustra ( 2001 ) 1973 # 2 # 7
Edgar Winter Group ' Frankenstein 1973 # 1 # 18
The Love Unlimited Orchestra Love 's Theme 1973 # 1 # 10 # 10
Billy Preston Space Race 1973 # 4 # 1
Average White Band Pick Up the Pieces 1974 # 1 # 6 # 5
B. T. Express Express 1974 # 2 # 34 # 1
The Commodores Machine Gun 1974 # 22 # 20 # 7
Focus Hocus Pocus 1974 # 9 # 20
MFSB ' TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia ) 1974 # 1 # 22 # 1
Silver Convention Fly , Robin , Fly 1975 # 1 # 28 # 1
Van McCoy The Hustle 1975 # 1 # 3 # 1
Mike Post The Rockford Files ( Theme ) 1975 # 10
Walter Murphy A Fifth Of Beethoven 1976 # 1 # 28 # 10
Rhythm Heritage Theme from S.W.A.T 1976 # 1 # 11
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good 1977 # 4
Herb Alpert ' Rise 1979 # 1 # 13 # 4
Instrumentals which have charted -- 1970s and 1980s chartings
The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos. Firstly, there are tables of music which has charted; then there are longer lists, organized primarily by artist name, then chronologically through the artist's discography.