Fleetwood mac

[gerrybehan]

Was Fleetwood Mac's Albatross the first instrumental to make number one on Top of the Pops?

What was the first ever number one instrumental before Top of the Pops?

[gary baldy]

I'm guessing here but i'm sure both Telstar by ? and Acker Bilk- Strangers on the shore were both number one and were way before Albatross

[mushroom25]

they were indeed before albatross - but they also pre-dated TOTP.......

[B00]

What about anything by The Shadows????

[mushroom25]

the shad's last no 1 (of 5 as solo performers) was Foot Tapper in March 1963. This was still 9 months before TOTP's first broadcast.

[B00]

One of the original Q's was what was the 1st number one BEFORE TOTP's....was it not?

[mushroom25]

it was. see http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Music/Question170580.html