22 Golden Guitar Greats

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] The album received both a gold disc and platinum disc for sales.[5]

22 Golden Guitar Greats
Compilation album by
Released1976
GenrePop, rock, folk
LabelWarwick
WW5019
ProducerBrian Matthew, Chris Harding

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."Scarlett 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 20 April 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.
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