When my sister and I were about 13 and 11, respectively, our family bought our first stereo. We set it up and turned it on, and the first thing we heard was “Hocus Pocus” by Focus. My father grabbed us both by the arms and hauled us out of the room, certain that the stereo was defective and going to blow up.
Great list. And Green Onions should be included.
You should also add Popcorn.
And Music Box Dancer.
A couple more:
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea
Percy Faith - Theme From a Summer Place
Ventures/Walk don’t run
Ventures/Pipeline
The Tornados/Telstar
Joplin (/Hamlisch?) Entertainer
Herb Alpert/Tijuana Taxi
Herb Alpert/Lonely Bull
Chuck Mangione/Feels So Good
MFSB/TSOP
Barry White/Love’s Theme:
Benny Goodman: Sing Sing Sing (wasn’t this used in a Chips Ahoy commercial?)
Glenn Miller/In the Mood
Glenn Miller/Moonlight Serenade
Song you may know but have you seen a guy play two guitars at once?
Stanley Jordan/Autumn Leaves
The group that had the big hit with “Pipeline” was The Chantays (The Ventures’ big one was “Walk Don’t Run”).
Some other sixties’ classic instrumental rock hits are “Mr. Moto” by the Bel-Airs, “Out Of Limits” by the Marketts (it’s hard to hear the latter without picturing go-go girls doing their stuff), “Apache” by Jorgen Ingmann and Duane Eddy’s “Rebel Rouser”.
Focus will always be known for “Hocus Pocus”, but they’ve recorded other great instrumentals like “Sylvia”, “House of the King” and “Harem Scarem”.
Some of my favorite instrumental rock comes from latter-day surf rock groups like Laika and the Cosmonauts, the Aqua Velvets and the Mermen.
Oh, and one other classic instrumental - “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers.
This thread is turning into a real locus for Focus and “Hocus Pocus.”
I’d have brought flowers, but they didn’t have crocus.
Surely you mean Krokus! 
Benny Goodman?
Wow! That was a helluva jam! Just listened to “Sylvia” too. I can’t wait to try to dig this one up at the next record show that blows into my town.
Great stuff 
Is this story true?
A friend gave me a cd called “Hocus Pocus: The best of Focus” for Christmas. Awesome and goofy at the same time.
Just going for the instrumentals…
Good point.
It’s kind of funny that a song called “Sing Sing Sing!” is most famous in its instrumental version … .
Yeah, I didn’t realize Louis Prima wrote it or that there were any words.
Man, the kid on drums in that video is pretty good! He gives a clinic at about 3 minutes in.
“Feels So Good” has also words—I’ve seen the sheet music, but I don’t know if it was ever recorded with singing.
One of my first albums was a collection with Hocus Pocus and you can’t forget the song if you hear it.
Smoking In The Boys Room for another song that fits in with the times
Ah, yes: Stanley Jordan. You’ll notice he’s tapping, not strumming or plucking, allowing both hands to sound and fret at the same time. Very much like a Chapman stick player, but according to wiki, he discovered the technique independently. He lives up in Sedona and appears down here all too infrequently.
He… he hehe, ha hah ha, snicker snicker…girl friend wondering whats so funny.
“Its late stop laughing and go to bed.”
Thanks, I always need a good laugh before bed.
-bat
My favorite version of it is a performance of it and Sylvia from (I believe) The Old Grey Whistle Test TV show. I’m not sure if it’s on YouTube and unfortunately I can’t search right now, as I was officially reprimanded tonight for watching YouTube at work… 
Indeed. Much as “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld” is. Especially at a party where most people are kinda getting their drink on. (full song but harder to read the lyrics* on the screen.
*such as they are. Example:
Timmy Livin a Lie!
Pah Yup Pah Dub Dub Timmy
Yeah Duh Doh
Timmy!
Ah, here it is.