# The Best Guitar Solos of 1953

> The best guitar solos of 1953, ranked. #1 is Country Gentleman by Chet Atkins, then The Things That I Used to Do and Bye Bye Blues. 6 solos from 1953.

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The greatest guitar solos released in 1953, 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 Country Gentleman by Chet Atkins, The Things That I Used to Do by Guitar Slim and Bye Bye Blues by Les Paul and Mary Ford.

1. [Country Gentleman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chet-atkins-country-gentleman/) — Chet Atkins · solo by Chet Atkins · 1953
2. [The Things That I Used to Do](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guitar-slim-the-things-that-i-used-to-do/) — Guitar Slim · solo by Guitar Slim · 1953
3. [Bye Bye Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/les-paul-and-mary-ford-bye-bye-blues/) — Les Paul and Mary Ford · solo by Les Paul · 1953
4. [Vaya con Dios](https://greatestsolos.com/song/les-paul-and-mary-ford-vaya-con-dios/) — Les Paul and Mary Ford · solo by Les Paul · 1953
5. [Hawaiian Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/elmore-james-hawaiian-boogie/) — Elmore James · solo by Elmore James · 1953
6. [I Believe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/elmore-james-i-believe/) — Elmore James · solo by Elmore James · 1953

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