Apache

Played by the lead guitarist of the Rebels rock band

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[tomanderson1944]

Cant argue on this one. Shadows release was around June 1960. I dont know when Jorgen Ingmans version was released.

[tomanderson1944]

Was covered by the Ventures but most popular version was by the Shadows in June 1960. Was also released by Bert Weedon and if i remember correctly may have been released shortly before the Shadows version. Keep up the good work Mary i enjoyed your material on You Tube.

[jimincairns]

Recorded by the Shadows in July of 1960. They were the first. It was written by Jerry Lordan and he played it to Hank on a ukulele!

[rwb010109]

The most popular version in the USA was by Jorgen Ingmann but there alot of good ones,,,RWB

[brentgudgeon]

When I was a little kid this was the first song I fell in love with and played my Mom and Dad's 45 over and over. This was the guy who did that great version of the songI'm 53 this Oct 25, 2009.

Brent G. Canada

[odrdhs]

The recording at Abbey-Road-Studios took about 20 minutes, because the Shadows spent too much time to record QUARTERMASTER STORES (almost 2 hours)....end there where only a few minutes left.

(Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, "The Tour Interview" 2004)

See also:

Bruce Welch "Rock and Roll - I gave You the best Years of my life"

Best regards and keep on SHADOWING

Bruce H. Marvin

[odrdhs]

No guys. Jerry Lordan offered Hank and Bruce the tune playing it on a small ukulele in the tour bus in January 1960. It had no arrangement and Lordan wasnt sure, if it could be recorded. So Hank and Bruce invited Tony and Jet to rehearse it. Cliff Richard played the bongos (beginning of APACHE !!!!!). When it came to decide, which song should be the A-side of the record, Norrie Paramor took it to his daughters and they chose APACHE to be the A-side instead of QUARTERMASTER STORES.

[marctrainor777]

I believe it was Jorgen Ingman who did it first. At least he's the version I heard first, and (I'm an old guy). Marc.

[lastsinger]

The original is by The Shadows, who came first out with a record. They had the tune from Jerry Lordan a british RocknRoll-Guitarist, who had more success as a composer

of guitar instrumentals than as a performer. The Ingman version came later and is also a beautiful number.

[CaptCymru]

The British band Shadows did release Apache in the UK in June 1960 and it topped the charts for several weeks. The Shadows version never broke into the U. S. pop charts.

Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingman released his version in the US at the end of 1960 and it reached #2 on the U. S. in February (in Chicago, where I live, Ingman's cut reached number 1).

[apodino]

I thought the original version was by Danish Guitarist Jorgen Ingman