The Shadows - "Apache" (1960-1961)

Apache/ Atco 6184/ February 1961/ # 1
Jørgen Ingmann (born April 26, 1925) is a musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. He worked with Svend Asmussen, the jazz violinist, during the 1940s and part of the 1950s.

During the late 1950s he changed his stage name to Jørgen Ingmann and His Guitar. Under this name he recorded "Apache" in 1961, which charted at #4 in Canada, #2 in the United States and #6 in Germany. He remade Silvana Mangano's "Anna" with moderate US chart success.

Songs of his included "Tequila" (which he also recorded during the 60s, with the Champs) and a version of Pinetop Perkins' "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (from 1962).

He worked as a member of the duet, Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann, together with his wife Grethe Ingmann. After winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix competition in 1963, they went on to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest where they won with the song "Dansevise" (Dance Ballad), music by Otto Francker and lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen.

He and Grethe met in 1955, married in 1956, and divorced in 1975.

Apache/ 1960/ #1 in Great Britain
The Shadows were the fore-runners of the guitar bands of the British pop scene of the swinging sixties. They began as "The Drifters" in the late fifties but changed the name to "The Shadows" to avoid confusion with an American group with the same name.

Original members were Hank Marvin (lead guitar), Bruce Welch (rhythm guitar), Jet Harris (bass guitar) and Tony Meehan (drums).

The Shadows became stars in their own right when their recording "Apache" hit the No. 1 spot of the British chart in 1960 and remained there for several weeks.

Not satisfied with being just backing musicians, drummer Tony Meehan and bass guitarist Jet Harris left to strike out on their own. They were replaced by drummer Brian Bennett and bass guitarist Brian Locking. Harris & Meehan managed to hit the No. 1 spot with "Diamonds" which had the distinction of being the only bass guitar solo piece to enter the British charts. Success was limited and they faded away soon after.

The Shadows provided the musical backing for all of Cliff Richard's early hits.

The impact of the Shadows on the British pop scene of the sixties can only be described as historic. Their trademark was the unique sound of Hank Marvin's lead guitar. Hank was, to a large extent, influenced by the guitar playing style of Scotty Moore, who provided the guitar solo backing for Elvis Presley's earlier recordings. However, he later developed his own style which was copied by guitar groups all over Europe.

It was Hank Marvin who introduced the use of Echo or Reverb. He pioneered the use of the Meazzi Echo- box, a device which gives a rich resonance to guitar sounds. He was also master of the Tremelo Arm, a bar installled on electric guitars to vary the pitch of a note.

Other Hank Marvin trademarks were Muting, a technique featured in their hit "Foot-tapper", and penta-tonic "double stops".
Hank used a combination of Muting and Reverb in "Atlantis" and "Wonderful Land" to produce a "new sound" which other musicians imitated.

A little known fact was that while all three used top of the range Fender electric guitars on stage, an accoustic guitar was used by Bruce Welch in most of their recordings.

During the sixties,the Shadows spawned a whole series of pop bands with identical make up, consisting of three guitarists and one drummer.
With the passage of time, their brand of music gradually faded in popularity.

In 1968 The Shadows disbanded leaving behind a legacy all guitar music lovers will forever appreciate.

Hank and Bruce continued playing by co-opting other musicians and there were occasional reunions with Jet and Tony.

Tragedy struck former Shadows twice. In Nov. 1973, John Rostill, (who had replaced Brian Locking), was accidentally electrocuted by his own electric guitar. Unknown to most people was John's talent as a composer. He wrote "Please Mr. Please" and "Let Me Be There" which, although ignored by singers in UK, became hits when recorded by Olivia Newton John.

Founder member and original drummer, Tony Meehan, who played with the Shadows from 1958 to 1961, died from head injuries due to a fall in Nov. 2005 at age 62. Tony was featured in the Shadow's "Apache", "Man of Mystery", "FBI", "The Savage" and others. He was also the drummer in Cliff Richard's "Living Doll", "Please Don't Tease", "Travellin' Light" and "I Love You".

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[mmorkester1]

Good, this version I have not heard before.

[TheChuck624]

Good stuff. Thanks for posting it.

[5julia10]

Great music and video, I like ''apache''.

[GarageRockRadio]

Very cool 60s surf guitar instrumental, love it!

[luvperu1]

Thank you Joe for the share and the information

on the shadows..Great instrumental..I also love-

"Always on my mind".............Hugs Polly

[vlayco33]

Who plays this?

[perla51]

Fantastic dear Joe!!!!! Big hugs Perla.

[anitashelby]

Such A Fantastic Instrumental!!!!! I've always loved this one!!! Thankyou Joe...Anita..:)

[flipside1545]

fantastic tune joe...thanks!!

[PampersPete]

Great song and awesome video, Joe! Thanks. :-D