# The Best Guitar Solos of 1941 > The best guitar solos of 1941, ranked. #1 is Solo Flight by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, then Swing to Bop and Air Mail Special. 11 solos from 1941. Canonical URL: The greatest guitar solos released in 1941, 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 Solo Flight by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Swing to Bop by Charlie Christian and Air Mail Special by Benny Goodman Sextet. 1. [Solo Flight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-and-his-orchestra-solo-flight/) — Benny Goodman and His Orchestra · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 2. [Swing to Bop](https://greatestsolos.com/song/charlie-christian-swing-to-bop/) — Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 3. [Air Mail Special](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-air-mail-special/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 4. [Breakfast Feud](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-breakfast-feud/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 5. [Stompin' at the Savoy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/charlie-christian-stompin-at-the-savoy/) — Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 6. [Shout, Sister, Shout](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lucky-millinder-and-his-orchestra-shout-sister-shout/) — Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941 7. [Nobody's Fault But Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sister-rosetta-tharpe-nobody-s-fault-but-mine/) — Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941 8. [Profoundly Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/edmond-hall-celeste-quartet-profoundly-blue/) — Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 9. [Blues in B](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-blues-in-b/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941 10. [Swing 42](https://greatestsolos.com/song/django-reinhardt-swing-42/) — Django Reinhardt · solo by Django Reinhardt · 1941 11. [Country Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-country-blues/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1941 --- 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/)