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The solo discography of British rock group the Shadows consists of 21 studio albums, five live albums, 25 EPs and 67 singles.They are known for having been the backing group for Cliff Richard in the 1950s and 1960s; however, they were also extremely successful without Richard, and had several number-one hits, notably their first "Apache" in 1960.
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It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon, as a pastiche of the Shadows' style [1] (the Shadows, who backed Cliff Richard, were the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time of the recording). It is the only Beatles track to be credited to Lennon and Harrison alone. "Cry for a Shadow"'s original title was "Beatle Bop". [2]
Richard's debut single "Move It", recorded with his equally successful backing band the Drifters (later renamed the Shadows) was written by original guitarist Ian Samwell. It was released in August 1958, and was the first British rock and roll hit to make the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number two and spending 17 weeks on the chart.
"The Young Ones" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) - Cliff and the Shadows "Do You Wanna Dance" (Bobby Freeman) - Cliff and the Shadows "The Day I Met Marie" (Hank Marvin) - Cliff and the Shadows "Shadoogie" (Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan) - The Shadows "Atlantis" (Jerry Lordan) - The Shadows "Nivram" (Marvin, Welch, Harris) - The Shadows
Anthology 2 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 18 March 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. It features rarities, outtakes and live performances from the 1965 sessions for Help! until the sessions immediately prior to their trip to India in February 1968.
"Kon-Tiki" is an instrumental tune by British group the Shadows, released as a single in September 1961. It was the group's fifth hit and their second to top the UK Singles Chart . [ 3 ]
The album was an attempt to cover recent hit singles in the Shadows' trademark instrumental style, along with rounding up some of their recent hit singles onto an LP, including the top 5 cover of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". The arrangements were selected by Hank Marvin. [2]