# The Best Guitar Solos of 1964 > The best guitar solos of 1964, ranked. #1 is You Really Got Me by The Kinks, then Deep River Blues and Black Mountain Rag. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1964, 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 You Really Got Me by The Kinks, Deep River Blues by Doc Watson and Black Mountain Rag by Doc Watson. 1. [You Really Got Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kinks-you-really-got-me/) — The Kinks · solo by Dave Davies · 1964 2. [Deep River Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-deep-river-blues/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964 3. [Black Mountain Rag](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-black-mountain-rag/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964 4. [Listen to the Mockingbird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kentucky-colonels-listen-to-the-mockingbird/) — The Kentucky Colonels · solo by Clarence White · 1964 5. [Django](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-django/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1964 6. [Penetration](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pyramids-penetration/) — The Pyramids · solo by The Pyramids · 1964 7. [I Am a Pilgrim](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kentucky-colonels-i-am-a-pilgrim/) — The Kentucky Colonels · solo by Clarence White · 1964 8. [Wild Horse](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kentucky-colonels-wild-horse/) — The Kentucky Colonels · solo by Clarence White · 1964 9. [Doc's Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-docs-guitar/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964 10. [Killing Floor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-killing-floor/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1964 11. [Walk, Don't Run '64](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-walk-dont-run-64/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1964 12. [All Day and All of the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kinks-all-day-and-all-of-the-night/) — The Kinks · solo by Dave Davies · 1964 13. [Can't Buy Me Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-cant-buy-me-love/) — The Beatles · solo by George Harrison · 1964 14. [Fun, Fun, Fun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beach-boys-fun-fun-fun/) — The Beach Boys · solo by Carl Wilson · 1964 15. [Gloria](https://greatestsolos.com/song/them-gloria/) — Them · solo by Billy Harrison · 1964 16. [I Get Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beach-boys-i-get-around/) — The Beach Boys · solo by Carl Wilson · 1964 17. [Carol](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-carol/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Keith Richards · 1964 18. [Dance, Dance, Dance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beach-boys-dance-dance-dance/) — The Beach Boys · solo by Carl Wilson · 1964 19. [It's All Over Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-it-s-all-over-now/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Keith Richards · 1964 20. [Baby, Please Don't Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/them-baby-please-don-t-go/) — Them · solo by Billy Harrison, Jimmy Page (session, disputed) · 1964 --- 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/)