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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.
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.
The Shadows members (14 P) S. The Shadows songs (23 P) Pages in category "The Shadows" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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.
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.
After a threat of legal action by representatives of the American band of the same name, the Drifters became The Shadows in 1959. 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.
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.