The Shadows

The Shadows albums

The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard from 1958 to 1968, and have joined him for several reunion tours. The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as the Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Don't Cry for Me Argentina - #2: Let Me Be the One - #3: Wonderful Land - #4: Apache - #5: Kon-Tiki

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1961	The Young Ones	44		MP3
	1.	11/1961	The Savage	44	UK 10	MP3	instrumental written by Norrie Paramor

	2.	1963	Summer Holiday	112		MP3
	1.	03/1963	Foot Tapper	112	UK ✫1	MP3	instrumental written by Bruce Welch & Hank Marvin

	3.	1964	Wonderful Life	39		MP3
	1.	03/1964	Theme for Young Lovers	39	UK 12	MP3	instrumental [Atlantic 2235] written by Bruce Welch

	4.	1975	Specs Appeal	113		MP3
	1.	03/1975	Let Me Be the One	113	UK 12	MP3	[UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975] written by Paul Curtis

	5.	1978-1980	String of Hits	369		MP3
	1.	12/1978	Don't Cry for Me Argentina	177	UK 5	MP3	instrumental written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
	2.	04/1979	Theme from The Deer Hunter (Cavatina)	111	UK 9	MP3	instrumental written by Stanley Myers
	3.	01/1980	Riders in the Sky	80	UK 12	MP3	instrumental written by Stan Jones

	6.	1980	Change of Address	17		MP3
	1.	08/1980	Equinoxe V	17	UK 50	MP3	written by Jean Michel Jarre

	7.	1981	Hits Right Up Your Street	11		MP3
	1.	05/1981	The Third Man	11	UK 44	MP3	written by Anton Karas

	8.	1986	Simply Shadows	4		MP3
	1.	12/1986	Theme from 'Eastenders'/'Howard's Way'	4	UK 86	MP3	written by Simon May & Leslie Osborne

	9.	1989	Reflection	4		MP3
	1.	12/1989	Shadowmix	4	UK 81	MP3	written by Jerry Lordan, Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, John Rostill, Michael Carr, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan & Michael Carr

See also...

Alan Tarney • Brian Bennett • Brian Locking • Bruce Welch • Hank B. Marvin • Ian Samwell • Jet Harris • John Farrar • John Rostill • Tony Meehan

US charts info based on Billboard (www.billboard.com) charts • UK charts info based on The Official UK Charts Company's charts

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