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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.
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]
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.
It should only contain pages that are The Shadows songs or lists of The Shadows songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about The Shadows songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Unlike the majority of the Shadows' previous singles, recorded at EMI Studios, "Shindig" was recorded at the Jubilee Theatre in Blackpool whilst the group were on tour. [1] It was written by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch and was released with the B-side "It's Been a Blue Day", written by Brian Bennett .
"F.B.I." was written by the Shadows' Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Jet Harris, but due to complicated publishing contracts it was credited to their manager Peter Gormley. [3] The actual composers' names never appeared on the credits. It was released as a single by EMI on the Columbia label, with the B-side "Midnight", written by Marvin and Welch ...
"Kon-Tiki" is an instrumental tune by British group the Shadows, released as a single in September 1961. It was the group's fifth hit and their second to top the UK Singles Chart . [ 3 ]