词条 | instrumentals |
释义 | instrumentals popular music ![]() By the early 1960s the top American instrumental group was the Ventures (Ventures, the), who helped popularize the surf music pioneered by Dick Dale. Rhythm and blues also had its share of instrumental hits in the 1960s, ranging from Booker T. and the MG's' driving “Green Onions” (1962) to Hugh Masekela's lighter “Grazing in the Grass” (1968). As pop music became more sophisticated in the late 1960s, symphonically inspired songs such as Paul Mariat's “Love in Blue” (1967) and Mason Williams's “Classical Gas” (1968) also were hits. In general, however, the heyday of instrumental rock ended in the early 1960s as the British Invasion bands shifted the focus back to vocalists. In the 1970s and '80s instrumentals were most prevalent as movie soundtrack music, but, as new-age music and light jazz gained in popularity in the 1990s, they returned to the charts. The legacy of the golden era of instrumental rock, however, was its lasting influence on rock musicianship. Wray's rumble could be heard in the heavy electric guitar sound of the late 1960s; the Beach Boys (Beach Boys, the) took surf music to another level; and Johnny and the Hurricanes, best remembered for “Crossfire” (1959), left their mark on the Beatles (Beatles, the), with whom they gigged on the in Hamburg, West Germany. |
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