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"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele for the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. [1]
"Apache" "Man of Mystery" (from The Edgar Wallace Mysteries) "Shindig" "Wonderful Land" "The Rise And Fall of Flingel Bunt" "Theme From The Deer Hunter (Cavatina)" "The Boys" (from The Boys) "The Frightened City" (from The Frightened City) "Theme For Young Lovers" (from Wonderful Life) "Dance On" Side two "The Savage" (from The Young Ones) "F.B.I."
The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as the Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, ranging from pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. [2] The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, [ 3 ] were the first backing band to emerge as stars.
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.
The Shadows' version was voted Top Record of 1960 in the New Musical Express Readers' Poll. [4] [5] The tune was also recorded by the Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann, who took it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. [2] Lordan gave up singing for full-time writing.
In October 1961 he joined Cliff Richard and the Shadows as the replacement for Tony Meehan. [1] The Shadows were known for their instrumental songs, mainly; Apache (1960), F.B.I. (1961), Wonderful Land (1962), and Foot Tapper (1963), among many others. The band split up briefly between 1968 and 1973, but was reformed by Marvin, Welch and Bennett.
"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.
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