| 22 Golden Guitar Greats | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by | |
| 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] The album received both a gold disc and platinum disc for sales. [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(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 |
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