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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 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.
A later song, "I've Waited So Long" was recorded by the young Anthony Newley on Decca and got to number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1959. [3] He was signed as a singer to Parlophone and had three charting singles in 1960, [ 2 ] the most successful being "Who Could Be Bluer?", produced by George Martin .
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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.
John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking [1] in autumn 1963.. He wrote many of the tunes by the Shadows including "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" in 1964.