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8 unusual facts about The Shadows


Binson

After using Meazzi Echomatic machines successfully to establish his signature sound, Hank Marvin of The Shadows began using Binson echoes.

Guitar Connection

"Guitar Connection Volume 2" was released in March 2007, with some famous guest stars, and includes a duet with The Shadows' guitarist Hank Marvin on the famous jazzy standard "Nivram".

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

The music for "Akele Hain To Kya Gum Hai" is copied from the instrumental number "Return to the Alamo" by the band The Shadows.

Rautalanka

Worldwide, the best known representative of this style is the British band The Shadows, who have visited Finland several times, most recently in 2005.

Steve Clark

From an early age he showed an interest in music — at the age of six, his mother took him to a concert to see The Shadows perform.

The Golden Section

A progression from the sound of The Garden (1981), Foxx called The Golden Section "a roots check: Beatles, Church music, Psychedelia, The Shadows, The Floyd, The Velvets, Roy Orbison, Kraftwerk, and cheap pre-electro Europop".

The Shadows' Madame

The third and last outside credit comes from Giuseppe Verdi; "Spell" incorporates the music from act II/scene XV of Verdi's "La Traviata".

We Run This

Released as both the album's third single in the United States and the lead single from her 2006 compilation Respect M.E., it samples elements from the The Sugarhill Gang version of The Shadows' song "Apache".


Dezo Hoffmann

He earned international acclaim in the 1960s, shooting photographs of well known pop and showbiz personalities, such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Charlie Chaplin, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, The Kinks, The Shadows, Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Elton John, Omar Sharif and Pink Floyd.

Harsh Reality

Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows.

Nico Carstens

His most famous song "Zambezi" became a world hit and was recorded by artists such as Eddie Calvert, Acker Bilk, Bert Kaempfert, The Shadows, James Last, Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Johnny Dankworth.

Peter Gormley

Peter Gormley (c. 1920 – 8 May 1998) was an Australian born artist manager who guided the early careers of many recording artists, including Frank Ifield, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Marvin Welch & Farrar, Labi Siffre and Olivia Newton-John.

Singing This Song

The song was performed tenth on the night (following the United Kingdom's The Shadows with "Let Me Be the One" and preceding Belgium's Ann Christy with "Gelukkig zijn").


see also

Azalin Rex

From the Shadows (1992), by Bruce Nesmith, (ISBN 1-56076-356-6): Adventure module focusing on Azalin and Castle Avernus, near the start of the Grand Conjunction.

Barbara Vernon

Midwifery in Australia - emerging from the shadows with Jenny Gamble in "Midwifery - freedom to practise?", ed Lindsay Reid, Churchill Livingston Elsevier, 2007, ISBN 978-0-443-10312-4

Brand Suid-Afrika

This appears to be a reference that many of the older people in South Africa are still clinging to the Apartheid past and that the younger generation does not have an identity of their own but lives in the shadows of the past.

Bruce Turgon

Also contributed, was a song to the soundtrack for the 1987 film The Lost Boys, titled "Lost In The Shadows".

The Lost Boys (film soundtrack; contributed one song, "Lost in the Shadows") (1987)

Cliff Richard tours

After the European Leg of the tour Cliff and The Shadows came back to the UK to make television appearances on The Paul O'Grady Show on which they played Singing The Blues, and The One Show on which they played their last ever performance together in the UK.

Eduardo Falaschi

The band grew quickly in São Vicente, so they decided to look for opportunities in São Paulo, where they signed a record deal with a record company which released a split-LP called Eyes of Time with four tracks: "Eyes of Time", "Run From the Fire", "Lives So Close" and "The Shadows", all of them written by Falaschi and heavily criticized by the press.

Eusebio Valli

Eusebio Valli (1755–1816) was a physician from Lari, Pisa, Italy, who in the shadows of Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta also studied the phenomenon of animal electricity or bioelectricity.

Georgian Wicca

Many of the rituals are similar to those published in various books on what is sometimes called "British Traditional Wicca" (BTW), such as Janet and Stewart Farrar's Eight Sabbats for Witches and The Witches' Way, as well as the privately distributed version of what was later published as Ed Fitch's Grimoire of the Shadows.

Harry S. Robins

As Dr. Howland Owll, Robins contributed to The Book of the SubGenius and Revelation X: the "Bob" Apocryphon. His short story "The Smoker from the Shadows" appears in the anthology Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob". He also contributed to the SubGenius comic book, "Bob's" Favorite Comics (a rarity, of which most copies were burned in a warehouse fire).

Into a Dark Realm

Leso Varen has moved to wreak havoc on the world of Kelewan and Pug and the Conclave of the Shadows are determined to find him, only to find out he has stolen a body of a Tsurani magician.

Jerry Hsu

The series was introduced through the company's blog and the series is entitled, "Rolling Through the Shadows"—Whiteley explains in the introduction that he will interview a selection of skateboarders that "have gravitated towards Leica M equipment", including Hsu and others, such as Ed Templeton and Arto Saari.

Juan Díaz Canales

After contacting several editors, Guarnido and Canales finally signed on with French publisher Dargaud, and in November 2000, Quelque part entre les ombres (Somewhere within the Shadows) was published.

Lord of the Shadows

Lord Of The Shadows is the eleventh book in The Saga of Darren Shan series by the author Darren Shan.

Luck in the Shadows

Luck in the Shadows is the first book in Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series.

Montonico bianco

In the Pollino DOC in southern Calabria, vineyards planted in the shadows of the Pollino massif can include Montonico bianco for blending with the Gaglioppo (Montonico nero) grape in the red wines of the DOC.

Noclip mode

This can also happen in Source engine games including Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress 2, where if a mapmaker has not set the correct properties on a floor (disable shadowing, etc.), the shadows of the players above will show through.

Sam Stone

Writer Tanith Lee gave a quote for the back of the book which said : "A deceptively readable date with darkness – watch your step! This book is lit for the much more discerning chick (and cock) who likes to walk in the shadows. Relax with it, but be prepared for sudden jewels and little masterpieces – and the rug to be pulled from under your feet."

Scandalous Travelers

The DVD holds bonus material which features live performances of "This Is How It Goes," "Cut The Curtains", "Line and Sinker", "Living In The Shadows", and rare acoustic sets of "Standing In The Rain," "Lies" and "Try Honesty."

Shane Cullinan

His album, The People in Front of the Shadows Behind, features guest artists Kathy Burke, David McAlmont, Chris New, Rachel Tucker and Tom Parsons and is being released in late 2012.

Spotlight on The Shadows

"The Frightened City" was scored as the titular theme for the film of the same name and later recorded by The Shadows.

Star Wars: Empire

Star Wars Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers is a two-part story arc in the Star Wars: Empire series of comic books written by Thomas Andrews.

Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows

Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows is a 2003 EP release by the band Billy Talent of two demos of songs on the album Billy Talent.

Until the Day Breathes and the Shadows Flee

Until the Day Breathes and the Shadows Flee was the first EP to be released by Millwaukee hardcore outfit 7 Angels 7 Plagues.