Cliff and Friends

ABOUT THIS SONG:
“Apache” is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele for the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. The Shadows’ guitarist Hank Marvin developed the song’s distinctive echo and vibrato sound. After hearing the Shadows’ version, Danish guitarist Jørgen Ingmann released a cover of the song in November 1960 which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
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ABOUT THIS GROUP:
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 the Shadows, ranging from pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars. As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of guitarists Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett (who has been with the group since 1961) with various bassists and occasionally keyboardists through the years. Former members Jet Harris and Tony Meehan left the group in 1962 and had a successful hit as a duo with the instrumental single Scarlett O’Hara in 1963.

SOURCES: WIKIPEDIA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(instrumental)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadows

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