22 Golden Guitar Greats

22 Golden Guitar Greats
Compilation album by Bert Weedon
Released 1976
Genre Pop, rock, folk
Label Warwick
WW5019
Producer Brian Matthew, Chris Harding

22 Golden Guitar Greats is a compilation album by guitarist Bert Weedon released in 1976 on the Warwick label. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in November 1976 making Weedon the first solo guitarist to have a number one album.[1][2][3][4] It kept Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life at number two. The album also received both a gold disc and a platinum disc for sales.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance On!"Valerie Murtagh, Elaine Murtagh, Ray Adams 
2."Wipe Out"Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, Ron Wilson 
3."Wheels"Richard Stephens, Jimmy Torres, Norman Petty 
4."Diamonds"Jerry Lordan 
5."Forty Miles of Bad Road"Duane Eddy 
6."Yakety Axe"Chet Atkins 
7."Kon Tiki"Michael Carr 
8."Ginchy"Bert Weedon 
9."Pepe"Hans Wittstatt and D. Langdon 
10."Sleep Walk"Santo Farina and Johnny Farina 
11."Guitar Boogie Shuffle"Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 
12."Walk, Don't Run"Johnny Smith 
13."Scarlet O'Hara"Jerry Lordan 
14."F.B.I."Peter Gormley 
15."Sorry Robbie"Bert Weedon 
16."Maria Elena"Lorenzo Barcelata 
17."Shazam!"Duane Eddy 
18."Perfidia"Alberto Domínguez 
19."Man of Mystery"Michael Carr 
20."Hava Nagila"Traditional 
21."Albatross"Peter Green 
22."Apache"Jerry Lordan 

References

  1. ↑ "Bert Weedon– Bert Weedon's 22 Golden Guitar Greats". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Beatles, Queen influence Bert Weedon dies aged 91". www.nme.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Number 1 Albums - 1970s". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Influential guitarist Bert Weedon dies". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Official Bert Weedon website - biography". www.bertweedon.com. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
Preceded by
The Song Remains the Same by Led Zeppelin		 UK Albums Chart number one album
21–28 November 1976 		Succeeded by
20 Golden Greats by Glen Campbell
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