Old music: The Shadows – Apache

The Shads' No 1 hit from 1960 conjures up the twang of the west … and a time before the Beatles ruled the airwavesThere was a time in the early 60s when an English guitarist and former skiffle player who looked rather like Buddy Holly seemed the epitome of cool. Hank B Marvin played lead guitar in the Shadows, once known as the Drifters, and sometimes regarded as simply Cliff Richard's backing group. That was until their instrumental Apache went to No 1 in 1960. Some said they were just a pale...

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