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Greatest Hits is a 1963 compilation album by British instrumental group the Shadows. The album spent 56 weeks on the UK Albums Chart , peaking at number 2. [ 3 ]
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.
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.
20 Golden Greats is a compilation album by UK band The Shadows. It was released in 1977. The album was in UK charts for 43 weeks, where it gained number 1 position for 6 weeks. [3] The album was retitled 20 Greatest Hits for release in the Netherlands in 1980, where it reached number 2 on the album chart. [4] [5]
[3] [4] Billboard ranked her as the 109th Greatest Artist of all time and the 49th Greatest Hot 100 Artist of all time. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] According to RIAA , she has sold 12.5 million albums (including three multi-platinum, four platinum and nine gold records) in the United States . [ 7 ]
Richard's debut single "Move It", recorded with his equally successful backing band the Drifters (later renamed the Shadows) was written by original guitarist Ian Samwell. It was released in August 1958, and was the first British rock and roll hit to make the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number two and spending 17 weeks on the chart.
The majority of the 14 songs on “Shadow Kingdom" were first recorded in the 1960s. Not counting a newly recorded instrumental, the most recent and most obscure song is “What Was It You Wanted ...
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.