Top 100 InstrumentalsTop 25 Instrumentals with videos and info5.Ībout The List6. Site ContentsScroll down to reach each of the following on this site.1. The transistor radio, 45 and 33 1/3 RPM recordings, CD's, television, computers, the Internet, the Walkman, mp3 players and i-pods are just some of the changes impacting the music industry.2. It has also impacted how, where, and size of space we store our music. Technology changed where, how,and when we use music in our daily lives. New art forms sprung out of the technology bringing us Rock'n' Roll, modern Soul, Disco, and the Music Video to name just a few.
The advent of television, (Black and white TV was invented before 1940 and color TV in 1940, but did not find general usage until after World War II) the satellite, and the Internet changed how music is created and disseminated and how people receive and use popular music. The dissemination of popular music has changed and continues to expand since the beginning of the Electrofied Era. Electrified cannot be used to define the new studio production capabilities or the diverse means of how music is disseminated. They unleashed a whole new creative spirit, an 'Oh Wow' effect. The word 'electrofied' is coined to point out the artists, record producers, sound engineers and inventors did much more than just add and use electricity in the music industry.
This list is based on recordings by American artists, not when the song was composed or who composed it. Big Band, Jazz, Rock, Country, Disco and so on are all here. These great instrumentals are not restricted by genre. IntroductionThe 100 Best Instrumentals by Americans of the Elecrofied Era.