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An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. Specifically, this term is used when referring to popular music; some musical genres make little use of the human voice, such as jazz, electronic music, and large amounts of European classical music (although in electronic music the voice can be sampled just like anything else). In commercial music, some tracks or songs on a compact disc include instrumental tracks. These tracks are exact copies of the corresponding song, but do not have vocals.

Instrumentals that have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 include

“Theme from A Summer Place” - Percy Faith (1960)
“Telstar” - Tornados (1962)
“L’Amour Est Bleu (Love Is Blue)” - Paul Mauriat (1968)
“Grazing in the Grass” - Hugh Masekela (1968)
“Frankenstein” - Edgar Winter Group (1973)
“Love’s Theme” - Love Unlimited Orchestra (1974)
“The Hustle” - Van McCoy (1975)
“Theme from ‘S.W.A.T.’” - Rhythm Heritage (1976)
“Rise” - Herb Alpert (1979)
“Chariots of Fire” - Vangelis (1982)
“Miami Vice Theme” - Jan Hammer (1985)
“Sandstorm” - Darude (2000)

Some great artist doing instrumental music are: Moby, Yann Tiersen, Apocalyptica, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stidiek or 65daysofstatic.

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instrumental gigs around Los Angeles, United States • view all

October 2008
Saturday 25 October 2008
Kaki King The Mountain Goats	Troubadour Los Angeles, United States	30 people attending 2 shouts
Sunday 26 October 2008
The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Walt Disney Concert Hall The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Kaki King The Mountain Goats	Troubadour Los Angeles, United States	22 people attending 2 shouts
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Apocalyptica	Avalon Hollywood Los Angeles, United States	8 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
The Mountain Goats Kaki King	Belly Up Tavern San Diego, United States	16 people attending 2 shouts
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Apocalyptica	House of Blues Los Angeles, United States	5 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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