# The Best Guitar Solos of 1977 > The best guitar solos of 1977, ranked. #1 is Marquee Moon by Television, then Shock Me and Let There Be Rock. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1977, 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 Marquee Moon by Television, Shock Me by Kiss and Let There Be Rock by AC/DC. 1. [Marquee Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-marquee-moon/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine · 1977 2. [Shock Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kiss-shock-me/) — Kiss · solo by Ace Frehley · 1977 3. [Let There Be Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-let-there-be-rock/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1977 4. [Like A Hurricane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-like-a-hurricane/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1977 5. [Cocaine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-clapton-cocaine/) — Eric Clapton · solo by Eric Clapton · 1977 6. [Whole Lotta Rosie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-whole-lotta-rosie/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1977 7. [Sails of Charon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-sails-of-charon/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1977 8. [Dogs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-dogs/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1977 9. [Peg](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-peg/) — Steely Dan · solo by Jay Graydon · 1977 10. [Lights Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ufo-lights-out/) — UFO · solo by Michael Schenker · 1977 11. [The Chain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fleetwood-mac-the-chain/) — Fleetwood Mac · solo by Lindsey Buckingham · 1977 12. [Venus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-venus/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd · 1977 13. [Mediterranean Sundance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-paco-de-luc-a-mediterranean-sundance/) — Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucía · solo by Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucía · 1977 14. [Morning Dew (Cornell, 5/8/77)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/grateful-dead-morning-dew-cornell-5-8-77/) — Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1977 15. [Go Your Own Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fleetwood-mac-go-your-own-way/) — Fleetwood Mac · solo by Lindsey Buckingham · 1977 16. [Boredom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buzzcocks-boredom/) — Buzzcocks · solo by Pete Shelley · 1977 17. [Closer to the Heart](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-closer-to-the-heart/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1977 18. [Race with Devil on Spanish Highway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-race-with-devil-on-spanish-highway/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1977 19. [Bat Out of Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell/) — Meat Loaf · solo by Todd Rundgren · 1977 20. [EMI](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sex-pistols-emi/) — Sex Pistols · solo by Steve Jones · 1977 --- 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/)