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"Guitar Tango" is a song originally recorded in French in 1961 as "Guitare-Tango". It was written by Georges Liferman, Norman Maine and Jacques Plaint and there were versions recorded by Dario Moreno, Tino Rossi and Maya Casabianca.
Instead, in 1963, the Shadows had a small role in the film Summer Holiday and its producer Peter Yates needed some music for the radio in the bus scene, so they offered up "Foot Tapper". [4] It was released in February as a re-recorded double A-sided single with the pop standard " The Breeze and I " a week earlier than planned.
"Destiny" was co-written by Jennifer Rush with producers Candy DeRouge and Gunther Mende, who had previously produced her debut album and were co-writers on the Top 30 German hits "25 Lovers" and "Ring of Ice", as well as the worldwide hit "The Power of Love". The song was re-recorded by Jennifer Rush for her 1998 album Classics.
The Shadows recorded their version of "Man of Mystery" in October 1960 and it was released as a double A-sided single with "The Stranger" in November. [4] " Man of Mystery" was released in the US and Canada by Atlantic Records in February 1962, with the flip side " Kon Tiki ", which had been released as a single in the UK in September 1961.
English guitarist Bert Weedon covered the song on his 1976 compilation album 22 Golden Guitar Greats. [15] Queen guitarist Brian May covered "F.B.I." with Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo on the 1996 tribute album Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows, and it later appeared as the B-side of his 1998 single "Why Don't We Try ...
"Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded and released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It stayed at number one for eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart, a feat only Elvis Presley (in 1960), the Shadows and the Archies (in 1969) managed in the whole of the 1960s.
"Dance On!" was written by Valerie Murtagh, Elaine Murtagh and Ray Adams, better known for being the members of pop vocal group the Avons.It was released with the B-side "All Day", written by Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin. [5]
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