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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.
"Telstar" is a 1962 instrumental by the English band the Tornados, written and produced by Joe Meek. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 (the second British recording to reach number one on that chart in the year, after " Stranger on the Shore " in May).
Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005 [1]) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and the Shadows hits and on early Shadows' instrumentals.
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.
Brian Laurence Bennett (born 9 February 1940 [1]) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows . He is the father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett .
Growing Pains ("As Long As We Got Each Other") – lyrics by John Bettis and Steve Dorff B. J. Thomas (season 1 solo) with Jennifer Warnes (seasons 2–7) and Dusty Springfield (season 4), Joe Chemay, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce and George Merrill (season 6, part of 7, and the series finale)
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) between 26 October 1960 and 21 June 1961. It was recorded on entirely analogue equipment in real time, with each track recorded on a one-track-per-day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine.
Terence "Jet" Harris MBE (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician. He was an original member of Cliff Richard's backing band the Shadows, serving as the bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, after which he had success as a soloist and as a duo with that band's drummer Tony Meehan.