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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.^[1]

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British instrumental rock musical groups
British rock and roll music groups
Columbia Graphophone Company artists
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1975

Alan Hawkshaw

William Alan Hawkshaw (27 March 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a British composer and performer, particularly of library music used as themes for movies and television programs.

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Alan Tarney

Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician.

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Albert Lee

Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique.

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Andy Powell

Andrew Powell (born 19 February 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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Andy Summers

Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist best known as a member of the rock band the Police.

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Apache (instrumental)

"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon.

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Arthur Askey

Arthur Bowden Askey, (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor.

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Atomi

Atomi (trans. The Atoms) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1961.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bachelor Boy

"Bachelor Boy" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, written by Richard and Bruce Welch (from the Shadows).

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Backup band

A backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that typically accompanies a single artist who is the featured performer. The Shadows and backup band are musical backing groups.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC One

BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Beat (music)

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).

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Beat music

Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Bele Višnje

Bele Višnje (Serbian Cyrillic: Беле Вишње, trans. White Sour Cherries) was a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Čačak in 1962.

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Belgrade

Belgrade.

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Bijele Strijele

Bijele Strijele (trans. The White Arrows) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1961.

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Bill Cotton

Sir William Frederick Cotton (23 April 1928 – 11 August 2008) was a British television producer and executive, and the son of dance band leader Billy Cotton.

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Bobby Vee

Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films.

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Brian Bennett

Brian Laurence Bennett, (born 9 February 1940) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. The Shadows and Brian Bennett are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Brian Locking

Brian "Licorice" Locking (22 December 1938 – 8 October 2020) was an English musician and songwriter known for his tenure as bassist with The Wildcats in 1959 and The Shadows, between 1962 and 1963.

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Brian May

Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist. The Shadows and Brian May are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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British Hit Singles & Albums

British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.

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British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.

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Brotherhood of Man

Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s. The Shadows and Brotherhood of Man are Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom and Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows.

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Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

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Burns London

Burns Guitars London is an English manufacturer of electric guitars and bass guitars, founded by Alice Louise Farrell (1908–1993) and James Ormston (Jim) Burns (1925–1998) in 1959.

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Buttons (pantomime)

Buttons is a traditional character in Cinderella pantomimes, and is commonly portrayed in Cinderella pantomimes throughout the UK and Australia.

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Cavatina (Myers)

"Cavatina" is a 1970 classical guitar piece by British composer Stanley Myers based on music originally written for the soundtrack of the film The Walking Stick (1970).

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Change of Address (The Shadows album)

Change of Address is the thirteenth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in 1980 through Polydor Records.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. The Shadows and Cliff Richard are Columbia Graphophone Company artists, Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom and Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Columbia Graphophone Company

Columbia Graphophone Co.

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.

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Crni Biseri

Crni Biseri (Црни Бисери, trans. The Black Pearls) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1963.

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk-rock supergroup comprising American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash.

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Crveni Koralji

Crveni Koralji (trans. The Red Corals) were a Croatian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1962.

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Curved Air

Curved Air are an English progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classical, folk and electronic sound.

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Daltoni

Daltoni (Serbian Cyrillic:; translation: The Daltons) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Niš in 1963.

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Dance On!

"Dance On!" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows, released as a single in December 1962.

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Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Dancing in the Dark" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen.

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Dave Clark (musician)

David Clark (born 15 December 1939) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur.

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David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. The Shadows and David Gilmour are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Deed poll

A deed poll (plural: deeds poll) is a legal document binding on a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an intention or create an obligation.

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Delfini (Zagreb band)

Delfini (trans. The Dolphins) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1963.

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Diamonds (instrumental)

"Diamonds" is an instrumental composed by Jerry Lordan and first released as a single by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan in January 1963.

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Ding-a-dong

"Ding-a-dong" is a song recorded by Dutch band Teach-In, with music composed by Dick Bakker and lyrics written by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens.

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Don't Cry for Me Argentina

"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album Evita, later included in the 1978 musical of the same name.

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Don't Make My Baby Blue

"Don't Make My Baby Blue" is a song by Frankie Laine, released as a single in March 1963.

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Elektroni

Elektroni (trans. The Electrons) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Karlovac in 1961.

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Elipse

Elipse (Елипсе; trans. The Ellipses) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1962.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. The Shadows and Elton John are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The Shadows and Eric Clapton are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975

The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the i in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Evita (musical)

Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Fender (company)

The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.

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Fender Bass VI

The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender.

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Finders Keepers (1966 film)

Finders Keepers is a 1966 British musical film directed by Sidney Hayers, written by Michael Pertwee and starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows.

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"Foot Tapper" is an instrumental by British guitar group the Shadows, released as a single in February 1963.

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Francis Monkman

Anthony Francis Keigwin Monkman (9 June 1949 – 12 May 2023) was an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky.

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Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. The Shadows and Freddie Mercury are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Gerry Anderson

Gerald Alexander Anderson (14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist, who is known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts).

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Glenn Miller

Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904; disappeared December 15, 1944; declared dead December 16, 1945) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces.

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Grease (film)

Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

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Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Ian Samwell

Ian Ralph Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Instrumental rock

Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes instrumental performance and features very little or no singing.

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Iskre

Iskre (Искре; English: The Sparks) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1961.

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It's Lulu (TV series)

It’s Lulu is a British television program hosted by Lulu that was produced between 1970 and 1973 by Stewart Morris, Colin Charman, John Ammonds and Vernon Lawrence, and broadcast on BBC1.

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Jack Good (producer)

Jack Good (7 August 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a British television producer, musical theatre producer, record producer, musician and painter of icons.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Jerry Lordan

Jerry Lordan (born Jeremiah Patrick Lordan, 30 April 1934 – 24 July 1995) was an English songwriter, composer and singer.

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Jet Harris

Terence "Jet" Harris (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician.

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John Barry (composer)

John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music. The Shadows and John Barry (composer) are Columbia Graphophone Company artists and Ivor Novello Award winners.

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John Farrar

John Clifford Farrar (born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist.

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John Kennedy O'Connor

John Kennedy O'Connor (born in 1964) is a television and radio broadcaster, author, and entertainment commentator.

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John Rostill

John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking.

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Knebworth

Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage.

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Kon-Tiki (song)

"Kon-Tiki" is an instrumental tune by British group the Shadows, released as a single in September 1961.

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Let Me Be the One (The Shadows song)

"Let Me Be the One" was the 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, written by Paul Curtis and performed in English by the band The Shadows.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho.

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Long Live Love (Olivia Newton-John song)

"Long Live Love" is a song by Australian singer, songwriter, and actress Olivia Newton-John composed and written by Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro.

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Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. The Shadows and Lulu (singer) are Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom.

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Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. The Shadows and Madonna are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Mark Griffiths (musician)

Mark-Haydn Griffiths (born in Northampton, Northamptonshire) is a British bassist who toured with Neil Innes in his touring ensemble of the fictional Beatles parody the Rutles where he performs Rutles songs and other songs from his career such as his songs from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. The Shadows and Mark Knopfler are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is a British singer and actor.

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Marvin, Welch & Farrar

Marvin, Welch & Farrar (MWF) were a 1970s British and Australian popular music group formed by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, both members of The Shadows – as a change of direction manoeuvre during 1970 to 1973 – and John Farrar (ex-The Strangers). The Shadows and Marvin, Welch & Farrar are English rock music groups.

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Moonlight Shadow

"Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year.

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Moonlight Shadows

Moonlight Shadows is the seventeenth album by British instrumental group The Shadows, released in 1986 through Polydor Records.

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Move It

"Move It" is a song written by Ian Samwell and recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (the English band that would later become "The Shadows").

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Mud (band)

Mud are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966.

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National Exhibition Centre

The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green, England, near to Birmingham and Solihull.

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Norrie Paramor

Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor.

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Oh Boy! (TV series)

Oh Boy! was the first teenage all-music show on British TV, airing in 1958 and 1959.

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Olivia Newton-John

Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. The Shadows and Olivia Newton-John are Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.

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Paul Curtis (musician)

Paul Michael Curtis (born 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer from London, who holds the record for the highest number of songs to make the finals of the A Song for Europe contest, the BBC's annual competition to choose the UK's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, competing with 22 separate songs from 1975 to 1992.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. The Shadows and Paul McCartney are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie.

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Peter Green (musician)

Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 194625 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. The Shadows and Phil Collins are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Please Don't Tease

"Please Don't Tease" is a 1960 song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Shadows.

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Polydor Records

Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Pop Go The Sixties

Pop Go The Sixties! (also known as Pop Go The 60s!) was a one-off, 75-minute TV special originally broadcast in colour on 31 December 1969, to celebrate the major pop hits of the 1960s.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Popular music in Yugoslavia

Popular music in Yugoslavia includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass). The Shadows and Queen (band) are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles Bachman (born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Ritchie Blackmore

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rockovnik

Rockovnik (trans. Chrocknicle) is a forty-episode documentary aired on Radio Television of Serbia in 2011, written by Sandra Rančić and Dušan Vesić and directed by Vesić.

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Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)

Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. The Shadows and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) are Ivor Novello Award winners.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron).

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Ruislip

Ruislip is a suburb in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. Prior to 1965 it was in Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the earliest settlements still exist today, designated as local heritage sites.

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Samonikli

Samonikli (Самоникли, trans. The Indigenous Ones) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1964.

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Save Your Kisses for Me

"Save Your Kisses for Me" is a song recorded by British group Brotherhood of Man, written by Tony Hiller with band members Lee Sheriden and Martin Lee.

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Scarlett O'Hara (instrumental)

"Scarlett O'Hara" (also spelt "Scarlet O'Hara") is an instrumental by Jerry Lordan, first released as a single in April 1963 by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan.

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Sentimental ballad

A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Showaddywaddy

Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. The Shadows and Showaddywaddy are British rock and roll music groups and Rockabilly music groups.

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Siluete

Siluete (Силуете, trans. The Silhouettes) were a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1961.

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Skiffle

Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments.

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Sky (English/Australian band)

Sky were an English/Australian instrumental rock group that specialised in combining a variety of musical styles, most prominently rock, classical and jazz.

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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster in the West End of London.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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String of Hits

String of Hits is the twelfth studio album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) rock group The Shadows, released in 1979 through EMI.

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Suddenly (Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard song)

"Suddenly" is a duet performed by Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard from the soundtrack Xanadu, and is the love theme from the 1980 film of the same name.

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Summer Holiday (1963 film)

Summer Holiday is a 1963 British CinemaScope and Technicolor musical film starring singer Cliff Richard.

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Surf music

Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California.

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Syncopation

In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.

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Teach-in

A teach-in is similar to a general educational forum on any complicated issue, usually an issue involving current political affairs.

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Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal.

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Thank You Very Much (album)

Thank You Very Much is an album of the March 1978 reunion concerts at the London Palladium by English singer Cliff Richard and the group that backed him in the 1950s and 1960s The Shadows.

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The 2i's Coffee Bar

The 2i's Coffee Bar was a coffeehouse at 59 Old Compton Street in Soho, London, that was open from 1956 to 1970.

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The Appointment (film)

The Appointment is a 1969 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Omar Sharif and Anouk Aimée.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Shadows and The Beatles are English pop music groups and English rock music groups.

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The Day I Met Marie

"The Day I Met Marie" is a song by Cliff Richard, released as single in August 1967.

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The Drifters

The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group.

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The Final Reunion

The Final Reunion is a live DVD release of the Cliff Richard & the Shadows' performance at the O2 Arena in London.

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The Hollies

The Hollies are an English rock and pop band formed in 1962. The Shadows and The Hollies are English pop music groups and Ivor Novello Award winners.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt

"The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows.

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The Rubettes

The Rubettes are an English pop/glam rock band put together in 1974 after the release of "Sugar Baby Love", a recording assembled of studio session musicians in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts. The Shadows and the Rubettes are English pop music groups.

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The Treniers

The Treniers (pronounced /trəˈniərz/) were an American R&B and jump blues musical group led by identical twins Cliff and Claude Trenier.

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The Young Ones (1961 film)

The Young Ones (US title: Wonderful to Be Young!) is a 1961 British comedy musical film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley as his character's father, Carole Gray as his love interest, and the Shadows as his band.

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Thunderbirds Are Go

Thunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science-fiction puppet film based on Thunderbirds, a Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company Century 21 Productions.

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Time (musical)

Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by Hans Poulsen and David Pomeranz.

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Tommy Emmanuel

William Thomas Emmanuel (born 31 May 1955) is an Australian guitarist.

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Tony Iommi

Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician.

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Tony Meehan

Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows.

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Tony Sheridan

Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity (21 May 1940 – 16 February 2013), known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany.

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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.

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Travellin' Light (Cliff Richard song)

"Travellin' Light" is a UK No.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision: You Decide is the most recent name of a BBC television programme that was broadcast annually to select the 's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadows

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