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The Shadows
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The Shadows

The Shadows is a classic rock artist from United Kingdom formed in 1959. 60 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Classic Rock · United Kingdom · Best classic rock albums

60
Releases
1961–2020
Active years
1959
Formed

Discography

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String of Hits cover

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String of Hits

1979 · 12 tracks

Singles & EPs

1

Live & compilations

9

Appears on

6

Releases by other artists featuring The Shadows.

Featured tracks

41

Collaborators

1

Community

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About

The Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname, 'The Shads'. The Shadows were also successful in the British EP charts that were compiled by several different publications during the 1960s based on sales statistics from a limited number of retailers around the country. The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each had four No.1 selling EPs. According to British Hit Singles & Albums (19th edition), the Shadows are the third most successful UK charted hit-singles act, behind Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. Pioneers of the four-member rock-group format (consisting of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums) in the UK, the group enjoyed a second spell of success and interest in their music from the late seventies until disbandment in 1990. Their unique guitar sound was originally produced by a combination of American Fender guitars, British amplifiers made by Vox and echo units Meazzi Echomatic tape and Binson magnetic disc.

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With singer Cliff Richard, the Shadows dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s (i.e. the five-year "Before-Beatles" period: 1958-1962), before The Beatles' first full year in the charts in 1963. John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music." As the first backing band to emerge as stars in their own right, they were early trailblazers for the beat-group boom that eclipsed them. - The Times 30 November 2005.

The Shadows in brief

How many The Shadows releases are on Riffiter?
60 releases are catalogued, spanning 1961 to 2020.
When was The Shadows formed?
The Shadows formed in 1959, in United Kingdom.
What genre is The Shadows?
The Shadows is catalogued under Classic Rock, Rock.
What is the most recent The Shadows release on Riffiter?
Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents: The Shadows - The First 60 Years, released in 2020.

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