# The Best Guitar Solos of 1939 > The best guitar solos of 1939, ranked. #1 is Seven Come Eleven by Benny Goodman Sextet, then Flying Home and Love in Vain. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The greatest guitar solos released in 1939, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Seven Come Eleven by Benny Goodman Sextet, Flying Home by Benny Goodman Sextet and Love in Vain by Robert Johnson. 1. [Seven Come Eleven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-seven-come-eleven/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939 2. [Flying Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-flying-home/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939 3. [Love in Vain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/robert-johnson-love-in-vain/) — Robert Johnson · solo by Robert Johnson · 1939 4. [This Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-this-train/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1939 5. [Rose Room](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-rose-room/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)