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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.
Cliff Richard's 1958 hit "Move It" is widely regarded as the first authentic British rock and roll record, and "laid the foundations" for the Beatles and Merseybeat music. [173] John Lennon reportedly said of Richard that before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.
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.
Reunited is a 2009 studio album by British pop singer Cliff Richard and his original backing band the Shadows.The album celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cliff's first recordings and performances with The Shadows, and is their first studio collaboration for forty years.
The Final Reunion is a live DVD release of the Cliff Richard & the Shadows' performance at the O2 Arena in London. It was released worldwide on 9 November 2009 and was part of The Final Reunion Tour. It debuted at No. 1 on the UK music DVD chart [1] and peaked at No. 7 on the general DVD chart. [2]
"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
Cliff is the 1959 debut album of British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters (later known as the Shadows). [1] [2]The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of Richard's and the Shadows' early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans.
In September 1958, Welch and Marvin joined the Drifters, later to become the Shadows, [2] as Cliff Richard's backing band. As well as success with the Shadows, Welch acted as producer for (among others) Richard [2] and songwriter for his ex-fiancée, Olivia Newton-John. [1] He also released a solo single, "Please Mr.