The Shadows

The Shadows is an instrumental rock band, active from the 1950s of the 20th century to the early 21st century. As a band they laid the basis for the classic band line-up, consisting of a solo guitar, a rhythm guitar, a bass guitar and drums. The Shadows was for many years the Cliff Richard 's backing group and fixed the example for countless guitar players, including Tony Iommi, Mark Knopfler, Pete Townshend and Brian May.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Cliff Richard & The Shadows in 1962Concert poster in The Roma of the concert on 8 april 1971In 1958, the sixteen year old Hank b. Marvin and Bruce Welch from Newcastle to London to take part in a music competition.
 * 2 Band members
 * 2.1 former members
 * 3 The Shadows and their guitars
 * 4 discography
 * 4.1 Albums
 * 4.2 Singles
 * 4.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 4.4 DVD's
 * 5 external link

The manager of Cliff Richard discovered them in the Two I's Coffee Bar, then the Mecca of the London music scene, and offered them a contract to Cliff, now with the hit Move it in England 's familiarity, guide. Later locks Jet Harris (bass guitarist) and Tony Meehan (drums) joined them to. They formed a band under the name The Drifters and brought a quick single, containing two vocal tracks: Feelin' Fine and Don't be a Fool with Love.

When the American group The Drifters opposed the use of their name in the United States, they changed that in The Shadows.

When Jerry Lordan offered them a melody came their career really got off the ground. Apache was in England for six weeks at the first place and became a worldwide hit, except in the United States, where the Group was too boring but a cover version though scored. Kon-Tiki, Wonderful Country, Dance On and Foot Tapper were the four following number one hits in England. Apart from the four Shadows, Norrie Paramor also must certainly be mentioned. Paramor was a conductor, songwriter and arranger who have influence on for example the song "Wonderful country". The band drew much later Cliff Hall, which accounted for the orchestral parts on synthesizer.

In september 1961 was drummer Tony Meehan replaced by Brian Bennett. In april 1962 the group left Jet Harris for Brian Locking. When Locking in april 1963 for rank gave to his religious work, added a very talented bass player joined the Group: John Rostill. This would be part of The Shadows until 1969 . Bruce Welch in 1969 was temporarily replaced by the keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw.

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan would another four years as British number one duo gig and even two-hits in Shadows-style score. Meehan came in 2005 at the age of 62 to life due to a fall in house; Harris died in 2011.

Rostill wrote some very successful compositions. Tragically, he could not live to see its success. When Welch visited him in his studio turned out to have died byelectrocutionthere Rostill. He was succeeded by Alan Jones, and later by Mark Griffiths.

The years that followed were marked by occasional appearances as the vocal experiment Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1971). The Shadows represented the United Kingdom with Let Me Be the One on the 20th Eurovision Song Contest, on March 22, 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden. Of the 19 participating countries Netherlands won with the song thing-a-dong by teach-in. This song gained 152 points. The Shadows finished in 2nd place with 138 points. The experiment by Marvin, Welch & Farrar was the Australian country star Olivia Newton-John against, which years later led to some songs for Grease and Xanaduproject. In 1979 were The Shadows again very popular thanks to their cover of the John Williams- Cavatina, better known as instrumental Theme from ' The Deer Hunter ', their only number one hit in the Top 40 and the National hit parade.

After their British hit Ghost riders in the sky (1980) it became increasingly quieter at the hit single front. Though each year there appeared an album, which ended up becoming very high in the charts. The Group edited in that time well known hits. Hank Marvin played that are so characteristic way. Alan Jones is on many of these recordings can be heard on bass and Cliff Hall on keys. In late 1990/early 1991, the curtain finally fell. Hank Marvin went solo and released solo CD's from.Well known are his "tribute" albums, dedicated to Cliff Richard, Buddy Holly, Lloyd/Webber and film music. His CD The Guitar Player, on which he plays an acoustic guitar Favino- 2002, was still in the top ten in England. Along with his son Ben and Warren Bennett (the son of Brian) in 2001 he gave a concert at thePalace of fine arts in Brussels. Probably under pressure from the numerous fans and the approaching 45-year anniversary as The Shadows the gentlemen decided once more to make a "final tour".

In 2004 they went on a concert tour of the United Kingdom with a series of 37 concerts (The Final Tour) in order to get a 45 year career to a close. Because of the great success got the concert series a sequel in 2005 with a total of 27 appearances in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Hank Marvin lives since november 1986 in Australian Perth and has a private studio, called "Nivram Studios". (' Nivram ' is an anagram: spelled the letters ' Marvin ' reversed.)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Following the 50-year-old artists anniversary Cliff Richard and The Shadows went jointly make a tour through Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It took place at the end of september 2009 to a lot in 2010. ==Band Members<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Former band members<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==The Shadows and their guitars<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="447" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The group played mainly on Fender Guitars and from 1965 to 1970 on Burns until in 1970 were stolen. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Cliff Richard and The Shadows Brussels 2009Cliff Richard and The Shadows 2009The Shadows 2009 Brussels===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Hank B. Marvin
 * Bruce Welch
 * Brian Bennett
 * Jet Harris
 * Tony Meehan
 * Brian Locking
 * John Rostill
 * Alan Hawkshaw
 * John Farrar
 * The Drifters
 * Ken Pavey
 * Norman Mitcham
 * Ian Samwell
 * Terry Smart