"The first few weeks were quite difficult," says Marvin. For the presentation of the songs on week seven and the announcement of the result on week eight, the pre-recorded performances were run again. The name "The Shadows" was thought up by guitarist Jet Harris (unaware of Bobby Vee's backing group) while he and Marvin were at the Six Bells pub in Ruislip in July 1959. [14] Marvin, Welch, and Bennett performed a new version of “Apache,” without bass and percussion, for use in the documentary. Author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History that they were not a popular choice to represent the UK and the viewers' postal vote was the lowest in 'Song For Europe' history.[10]. And it gives you an opportunity to have a discussion with them. The Shadows reformed in 1973 with Brian Bennett as a full member. and "Foot Tapper", topped the charts. "Marvin and Welch were joined by a bass player and drummer and called themselves The Drifters. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express Most tunes are instrumental rock, with a few vocal numbers. The packaging of hits in Twenty Golden Greats by EMI in 1977, which led to a number one album prompted the group to re-form once more for a 'Twenty Golden Dates' tour around the UK, featuring Francis Monkman (soon to be in Sky) on keyboards and Alan Jones on bass guitar. Jet Harris, the bass player who claims to have named the band and who wrote some of their early hits, will be replaced by a session musician. A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows (Capitol 33928), in October 1996 featured Blackmore, Iommi, Peter Green, Randy Bachman, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton and others playing Shadows hits. "WRIGHT touched a raw nerve. Paramor of EMI signed Richard, and asked Johnny Foster to recruit a better guitarist. "I still feel young", he says. "But then of course we knocked Please Don't Tease off the number one spot. He deserves his place in history along with the others. This was followed by Marvin and a reconstituted Shadows becoming resident guests on Richard's debut TV series for the BBC, It's Cliff Richard! The line-up had ten hits, the first and most successful of which was "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt". Brian Bennett resigned from the group just before the group were to embark on what would be their final tour for 14 years with Marvin, Welch and Bennett going their separate ways on 1 December following the final concert in Southampton. "That's where all the action was. They are under the illusion that Jet is doing it. So we became the Shadows for the first time on Cliff's sixth single "Travellin' Light".[8]. Among her hits, Farrar wrote "You're the One That I Want" from the film Grease which was covered by the Shadows in 1979. The Shadows have had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The tour began in September 2009 with 36 shows throughout the UK and continental Europe, extending in 2010 to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The Shadows are the fifth most successful act in the UK singles chart, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Cliff Richard and Madonna [3] The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each have had four No.