Galapagos has always been one of my favorites.
I like her contribution to Vera Gemini by the Blue Oyster Cult
Hiroshima Kokoro a fusion of traditional Japanese music and jazz
Bonus Patti! Thanks!
“I move in another dimension”
Well, it’s not exactly a song (no lyric) and the artist is not a musician in the conventional sense, but that old brass band favorite Blaze Away by Vivian Fisher is a fine record.
List of instruments featured:
Vivian Fisher’s mouth. If it sounds strangely familiar, that may be because Fisher also provided music for the TV series Blott On The Landscape. Same method.
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Another Styx song… Yes, I Can off the Cyclorama album. It came out in 2003. I didn’t like the album, but I do like this song. It’s a Tommy Shaw ballad with harmony with Glen Burtnik (who was in Styx for a couple of minutes).
I consider ‘Anna Begins’ by Counting Crows to be their best song but I’ve never heard it called a hit.
‘You Know You’re Right’ by Nirvana is their best song IMO but I don’t believe it ever broke the top 40.
Mandocello by Cheap Trick.
Change My Mind by The Motels.
A blast of 80’s funk from Was (Not Was) - Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)
From Wikipedia, it appears it made it to #109 on the US chart, but nowhere else. I’m going to call that a non-hit
The Tragically Hip’s “Cordelia” and “Bring It All Back,” both from the same album, are perfect rock songs. Absolutely perfect. Not a note out of place. These are songs you must crank up to 11 and scream the lyrics to as you’re barrelling down the highway way too fast.
Neither was even released as a single, and this was an album that released five singles.
Cordelia:
Bring It all Back:
Blue Guitar By Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues
Oops! Well, somebody ought to tell Wikipedia!
I’ll try this instead. A great performance of a Jimmy Webb song performed by Art Garfunkel.
Pink Floyd - Dogs
The Doors - Waiting For the Sun
Supertramp - A Soapbox Opera
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
David Bowie - The Secret Life of Arabia
John Lennon - Out the Blue
Paul McCartney - Old Siam, Sir
This is the first time I’ve recognized someone else appreciate Hiroshima Kokora!
Here’s an unsolicited recommendation. It’s earlier, jazzy with traditional Japanese instruments.
Frank Mills
Nishimoto at the Bat
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
Frank Mills from Hair?
Yes - from Hair
One each from some of my favorite artists:
“Fire on High” (1975), an instrumental by Electric Light Orchestra. It was often used as background music for sports shows back then, which is why it may be recognizable to those who don’t know ELO’s catalog. I’m linking to the album version, which starts with a rather trippy prelude before it gets to the better-known music:
“South Side of the Sky” (1971), by Yes. Simultaneously moody and hard-rocking.
For Queen, I’ll second @Chronos 's suggestion of “'39” (1975).
