# The Best Guitar Solos of 1963 > The best guitar solos of 1963, ranked. #1 is Bésame Mucho by Wes Montgomery, then Pipeline and Wipe Out. Every video starts at the solo. 20 solos from 1963. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1963, 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 Bésame Mucho by Wes Montgomery, Pipeline by The Chantays and Wipe Out by The Surfaris. 1. [Bésame Mucho](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wes-montgomery-besame-mucho/) — Wes Montgomery · solo by Wes Montgomery · 1963 2. [Pipeline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-chantays-pipeline/) — The Chantays · solo by Bob Spickard, Brian Carman · 1963 3. [Wipe Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-surfaris-wipe-out/) — The Surfaris · solo by Jim Fuller · 1963 4. [Surf Rider](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-lively-ones-surf-rider/) — The Lively Ones · solo by The Lively Ones · 1963 5. [Bombora](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-atlantics-bombora/) — The Atlantics · solo by The Atlantics · 1963 6. [Point Panic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-surfaris-point-panic/) — The Surfaris · solo by Jim Fuller · 1963 7. [The Wedge](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dick-dale-and-the-del-tones-the-wedge/) — Dick Dale & the Del-Tones · solo by Dick Dale · 1963 8. [Chitlins con Carne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kenny-burrell-chitlins-con-carne/) — Kenny Burrell · solo by Kenny Burrell · 1963 9. [Baja](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-astronauts-baja/) — The Astronauts · solo by The Astronauts · 1963 10. [Bullwinkle Part II](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-centurians-bullwinkle-part-ii/) — The Centurians · solo by The Centurians · 1963 11. [Surfin' U.S.A.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beach-boys-surfin-u-s-a/) — The Beach Boys · solo by Carl Wilson · 1963 12. [Back at the Chicken Shack](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimmy-smith-back-at-the-chicken-shack/) — Jimmy Smith · solo by Kenny Burrell · 1963 13. [Memphis](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lonnie-mack-memphis/) — Lonnie Mack · solo by Lonnie Mack · 1963 14. [Midnight Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kenny-burrell-midnight-blue/) — Kenny Burrell · solo by Kenny Burrell · 1963 15. [Wham!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lonnie-mack-wham/) — Lonnie Mack · solo by Lonnie Mack · 1963 16. [Soul Lament](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kenny-burrell-soul-lament/) — Kenny Burrell · solo by Kenny Burrell · 1963 17. [Chicken Pickin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lonnie-mack-chicken-pickin/) — Lonnie Mack · solo by Lonnie Mack · 1963 18. [Hidden Charms](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-hidden-charms/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1963 19. [King of the Surf Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dick-dale-and-the-del-tones-king-of-the-surf-guitar/) — Dick Dale & the Del-Tones · solo by Dick Dale · 1963 20. [Surf Jam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beach-boys-surf-jam/) — The Beach Boys · solo by Carl Wilson · 1963 --- 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/)