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R&B Instrumental Song Highlights

Hip Hug-Her Steve Cropper / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Al Jackson, Jr. / Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Hornets [Instrumental] Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Son of Shaft Homer Banks / William Brown / Allen Jones
Bar-Kays
Melting Pot Steve Cropper / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Al Jackson, Jr. / Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Green Onions Steve Cropper / Al Jackson, Jr. / Booker T. Jones / Lewie Steinberg
Booker T. & the MG's
Hey Pocky A-Way Ziggy Modeliste / Art Neville / Leo Nocentelli / George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans Ziggy Modeliste / Art Neville / Cyril Neville / Leo Nocentelli / George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talk to Me, Talk to Me Joe Seneca
James Brown
A Whiter Shade of Pale Gary Brooker / Keith Reid
King Curtis
The Birth of the Blues Buddy DeSylva
King Curtis
Bar-Kays Boogaloo James Alexander / Ronnie Caldwell / Ben Cauley / Carl Cunningham / Phalon Jones / Jimmy King
Bar-Kays
Last Night The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys
Soul Limbo Steve Cropper / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Al Jackson, Jr. / Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Look-Ka Py Py Ziggy Modeliste / Art Neville / Leo Nocentelli / George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Here We Go Again Joe Sample
Ray Barretto
Same Old Story Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Walk on the Wild Side
Earl Bostic
Drones Calvin Broadus / Kendrick Duckworth / James Fauntleroy / Robert Glasper / Tyrone Griffin / Trevor Lawrence Jr. / Terrace Martin / Robert "Sput" Searight / Marlon Williams
Terrace Martin
Love Is the Message Kenny Gamble
MFSB
Yesterday John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Bar-Kays
Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock
Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s
Saucy Steve Cropper
The Mar-Keys
Medley: Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End/ Here Comes the Sun/ Come Together George Harrison / John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Booker T. & the MG's
Joog Ziggy Modeliste / Naomi Neville / Leo Nocentelli / George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Slumberland Ed Motta
Ed Motta
Don't Be Ashamed Lowman Pauling
Steve Cropper / Willie Jones / Bettye LaVette
Stuff Like That Nickolas Ashford / Steve Gadd / Eric Gale / Quincy Jones / Ralph MacDonald / Valerie Simpson / Richard Tee
Quincy Jones
Overlander The Budos Band
The Budos Band
Memphis Soul Stew
King Curtis
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner / Marshall "Rock" Jones / Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks / Dutch Robinson / Clarence Satchell / Gary Webster
Ohio Players
Grown Folks P. Alexander / Vawn Sims
Bar-Kays
Boot-Leg Charles "Packy" Axton / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Isaac Hayes / Al Jackson, Jr.
Booker T. & the MG's
Old Jack Swing
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Hey Lover Roy Ayers / Anitra Castleberry / Elgin Clark / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Sunflowers Roy Ayers / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Come as You Are Jean Carn / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge
Debaixo Da Ponte Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Dom Salvador / Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Dom Salvador / Adrian Younge
Love's Theme Barry White
The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Scorpio Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
10 West
Dâm-Funk