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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 ]
Herbert Maurice William Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK singles chart , in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial, Play in a Day , was a major influence on many ...
22 Golden Guitar Greats is a compilation album by guitarist Bert Weedon released in 1976 on the Warwick label. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in November 1976 making Weedon the first solo guitarist to have a number-one album.
It was originally recorded by Bert Weedon, but Lordan did not like the version. Weedon's label, Top Rank , did not release it immediately. On tour with the Shadows , Lordan demonstrated the tune to bass player Jet Harris , reportedly picking out the tune on a ukulele as confirmed by the Shadows on BBC Radio 2 documentary, Out of the Shadows .
The Pipeline Instrumental Review, also known as Pipeline Magazine, is a British periodical magazine that focuses on instrumental rock music which was most popular in the 1950s and 1960s with bands and performers such as The Shadows, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, and The Spotnicks among many others.
The track also features the playful rhyming interjection "We are normal and we dig Bert Weedon" in which Stanshall pays fleeting tribute to one of the most influential guitarists of his day.
Five O'Clock Club was a 1960s British children's television entertainment programme on Rediffusion.It ran twice-weekly between 1963 and 1966 and presented quizzes, hobby items and pop music performances with guests that included Billy Fury, The Spencer Davis Group and The Kinks, among others.
Instrumental Personality: Bert Weedon; British Small Group: The Shadows; British Large Band or Orchestra: Ted Heath; Best British Disc of the Year: John Leyton's 'Johnny Remember Me' British Male Singer: Cliff Richard; Artist For Poll Concert: Billy Fury; Trad Jazz Band: Acker Bilk; British Female Singer: Helen Shapiro; New Disc or TV Singer ...