"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental song written, recorded, and released in 1959 by American instrumental rock and roll duo Santo & Johnny Farina, with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums. Prominently featuring steel guitar, the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's Top 40 on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to hit number 1 in the 1950s and earned a gold record for Santo and Johnny. In Canada, the song reached number 3 in the CHUM Charts. In the UK it peaked at number 22 on the charts. As children, both Santo and Johnny Farina were encouraged by their father, Tony, to learn the steel guitar and write their own music. This music would be recorded on a Webcor tape recorder their father had bought for them. Unable to fall asleep one night after a gig, the Farina brothers decided to write some music, using the tape recorder to first record the harmonies to what would become "Sleep Walk". After adding and finalizing the steel guitar melody, Johnny Farina believed they had a hit song, so he spent a year and a half talking with various music publishers about the possibility of professionally recording "Sleep Walk". The "Sleep Walk" demo made a positive impression on Ed Burton of Trinity Music. After ultimately signing with Canadian-American Records, the brothers recorded "Sleep Walk" at Trinity Music, using a triple-neck Fender Stringmaster on the recording.

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Sleepwalk

"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. An instrumental version by the Shadows reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1980. A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe. The ASCAP database lists the song as "Riders in the Sky" (title code 480028324[2]), but the title has been written as "Ghost Riders", "Ghost Riders in the Sky", and "A Cowboy Legend". Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the greatest Western song of all time.

Riders In The Sky

"Man of Mystery" is an instrumental rock piece by the Shadows, released as a single in November 1960. It peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Man of Mystery" was written by Michael Carr for the theme tune for the film series Edgar Wallace Mysteries, based on the books by Edgar Wallace. For the first three series, "Man of Mystery" was a "slow and haunting arrangement featuring flute, accordion and string section". However, from the fourth series, an up-tempo beat version featuring an electric guitar and percussion was used. The Shadows recorded their version of "Man of Mystery" in October 1960 and it was released as a double A-sided single with "The Stranger" in November. "Man of Mystery" was released in the US and Canada by Atlantic Records in February 1962, with the flip side "Kon Tiki", which had been released as a single in the UK in September 1961. Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl wrote of "Man of Mystery" that the "melody is forceful without being complicated. The instrumentalists play it with inbuilt excitement that ought to have jukes rattling everywhere". He also described "The Stranger" as "another fairly solid instrumental with a theme that's rather reminiscent of some western tunes which have gone before".

Man Of Mystery

"Foot Tapper" is an instrumental by British guitar group the Shadows, released as a single in February 1963.It went to number one in the UK Singles Chart, and was the Shadows' last UK number-one hit (not including those where they performed as Cliff Richard's backing group).

Background and reception
Filmmaker Jacques Tati went to see the Shadows at the Olympia in Paris in 1961 and asked them to write a song for his next film. So, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch wrote "Foot Tapper". However, Tati had funding difficulties and his next film, Playtime, did not appear until 1967. Instead, in 1963, the Shadows had a small role in the film Summer Holiday and its producer Peter Yates needed some music for the radio in the bus scene, so they offered up "Foot Tapper".  It was released in February as a re-recorded double A-sided single with the pop standard "The Breeze and I" a week earlier than planned.

Reviewed in New Record Mirror, it was described as "a beautifully balanced bit of recording with a compelling theme. Hank, Licorice and Bruce are in precise, driving form – but the side showcases Brian's forceful but controlled drumming, notably on cymbals. Just try and stop your foot tapping. It'll fair hurtle into the charts – and is probably even better than "Dance On". Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl described "Foot Tapper" as a "light-hearted modern dancer which will pull in as many customers as the other side – maybe more".

It is also known for being the signature tune and closing theme for the BBC Radio 2 programme Sounds of the 60s, from when it started in 1983 until Brian Matthew left the show in 2017.

Personnel
Hank Marvin – electric lead guitar
Bruce Welch – acoustic rhythm guitar
Brian "Licorice" Locking – electric bass guitar
Brian Bennett – drums, sistrum

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FootTapper

"Geronimo" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows, released as a single in November 1963. It peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.

Release and reception
"Geronimo" was written by the Shadows' Hank Marvin and was released with the B-side "Shazam", originally recorded by Duane Eddy in 1960. "Geronimo" was recorded at EMI Studios (later renamed Abbey Road) in December 1962; "Shazam" was recorded at the Jubilee Theatre in Blackpool in August 1963 whilst the group were on tour.

Reviewed in Record Mirror, "Geronimo" was described as having "an "Apache" beat in the background, and the whole thing moves along smoothly. Maybe not up to the standard of some of their previous hits, but cleverly played, and with a driving beat. Norrie Paramor string and choral backing. But we don't reckon this'll do so well as most of theirs". For Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that it "gallops along well in the spirit of its Red Indian title" and that it is "a good production that ought to do at least as well as "Shindig".

Personnel
Hank Marvin – electric lead guitar, multi-tracked electric lead guitar
Bruce Welch – acoustic rhythm guitar
Brian "Licorice" Locking – electric bass guitar
Brian Bennett – drums
Norrie Paramor Strings – all other instrumentation

Geronimo

"The Savage" is an instrumental track by British group the Shadows, released as a single in November 1961. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background and release
"The Savage" was released as a "double-sided hit" with "Peace Pipe". Both songs were written and produced by Norrie Paramor and the single was released to promote the film The Young Ones, which starred Cliff Richard.

Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl described "The Savage" as "a quite, twangy offering with quick, turbulent pace to it". He described "Peace Pipe" as "a more mellow melody. Flows along smoothly and is neatly played by the group".

The Shadows' Hank Marvin said that "The Savage" "is undoubtedly a mediocre record and should never have been released as a single", as "it hasn't a strong enough melody for a single release. It is a run-of-the-mill number with little to recommend it". The group learned of the planned release of the single whilst they were on tour in Australia. They tried to stop it being released, but the record company said they had already pressed 100,000 copies and that it was too late.

Personnel
Hank Marvin – electric lead guitar
Bruce Welch – acoustic rhythm guitar
Jet Harris – electric bass guitar
Tony Meehan – drums

Savage

The Shadows   originally released The Stranger written by Bill Crompton and Morgan Jones and The Shadows   released it on the single Man of Mystery in 1960

The Stranger

"Wipe Out" is a surf music instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues,  the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963. The Ventures covered "Wipe Out" on their albums Let's Go (1963) and The Ventures on Stage (1965).

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WipeOut

"The Savage" was released as a "double-sided hit" with "Peace Pipe". Both songs were written and produced by Norrie Paramor and the single was released to promote the film The Young Ones, which starred Cliff Richard.

Peace Pipe

The song Blue Sky, Blue Sea, Blue Me was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill and was first released by The Shadows with The Norrie Paramor Strings in 1965

Blue Sky Blue Sea Blue Me

"Blue Star" is a popular song. The theme music of the television series, Medic, was written by Victor Young and copyright on February 17, 1955 under the title "The Medic Theme." A set of lyrics were written by Edward Heyman (who had a history of collaborating with Young) and with those lyrics and under the new title "Blue Star," a new copyright was issued on May 5, 1955.

Vocal versions
Eve Boswell With Glen Somers And His Orchestra, Parlophone, (1955)
Felicia Sanders with Norman Leyden Orchestra, Columbia Records, (1955)
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.
Jan Peerce with Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra*, RCA Victor, (1955)
Linda Scott on Starlight, Starbright, Canadian-American, (1961)
Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra with Julie Dawn, (1955) with the B-side being "Honey-Babe".

Instrumental versions
Ron Godwin & His Orchestra on Orchestra De Luxe Parlophone (1955)
Rudi Wairata and his Amboina Serenaders recorded as "Bintang Malam" on Amboina, CID/RCA Records, (1955)
Stanley Black on Plays For Latin Lovers, Decca Records, (1957)
Earl Grant on The Versatile Earl Grant, Decca Records, (1958)
Mantovani and His Orchestra, on Songs to Remember, London Records, (1959)
The Shadows on The Shadows, Columbia Records, (1961)
George Greeley on Piano Rhapsodies of Love, Reprise Records, (1963)
Kong Ling on This World We Live In, Diamond Records (1964)
The Ventures on Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2, Dolton Records, (1964)
Kai Winding on Mondo Cane #2, Verve Records, (1964)
Fausto Papetti on I Remember N°3, Philips, (1966)
Ernest Ranglin – on Softly With Ranglin, Twilight Records, (1969)
Andrè Carr Orchestra E Coro on Blue Star, Harmony, (1976)
Jean-Pierre Danel on Guitar Ballads, Puzzle Productions, (2017)
Emery Deutsch on Emery and his Violin of Love
Les Baxter and his Orchestra, released on the Capitol Record Label in February of 1955. The recording was used as the musical theme for the American medical drama television series “Medic” that aired on NBC from September of 1954 to August of 1956.

Blue Star

The Boys is an EP by The Shadows, released in October 1962. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Columbia SEG 8193. Also known as Theme music from The Boys or Theme music from the Galaworldfilm Production "The Boys", the EP was the UK number-one EP for 3 weeks in November 1962.

Track listing
Side A
"Theme from The Boys" (Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin)
"The Girls" (Welch, Marvin)
Side B
"Sweet Dreams" (Bill McGuffie)
"The Boys" (Bennett, Welch, Marvin)
Background
The 1962 film The Boys was produced by Galaworldfilm Productions. The Shadows recorded the soundtrack and the production company is namechecked on the record sleeve of the EP which is titled Theme music from the Galaworldfilm Production "The Boys".All four tracks were recorded under the supervision of Norrie Paramor.

None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK.However, the Kent Music Report retrospectively placed "The Boys"/"The Girls" as the Australian number-one single in February 1963. In Italy, the tracks "The Boys" and "Theme from The Boys" were released as a double A-side called "Tema Dal Film: The Boys" (Columbia SCMQ 1619) and in Denmark and Norway, the tracks "The Boys" and "Sweet Dreams" were released as a double A-side single (Columbia DD 755).

"The Boys" featured on the compilation LP The Shadows' Greatest Hits released on the Columbia label in 1963. "Theme from The Boys" first featured on an album on the 1976 Rarities LP (EMI EMD 06 250). All four tracks featured on the same release in 1991 on the CD box set The Early Years 1959–1966.

Chart performance
Beginning in 1960s, in addition to publishing a long play (LP) chart, Record Retailer also ran an EP chart. The Boys was released in October 1962 and became a number-one EP on 3 November 1962.Replacing Elvis Presley's EP Follow That Dream at the top of the chart, it stayed there for three weeks before being replaced by another Presley EP, Kid Galahad.

Personnel
Hank Marvin - lead guitar
Bruce Welch - rhythm guitar
Brian Bennett - drums
Brian Locking - bass guitar

The Boys

"Cosy" from Out of the Shadows is a 1962 rock album by British group The Shadows. It was their second album.
Track listing
Side oneNo.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Rumble"	Ike Isaacs	01:59
2.	"The Bandit" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin)	Michael Carr, Alfredo Ricardo Do Nascimento, John Turner	02:44
3.	"Cosy"	Mort Garson, Earl Schuman	03:15
4.	"1861"	Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin	02:26
5.	"Perfidia"	Alberto Dominguez	02:15
6.	"Little "B""	Brian Bennett	05:06
Total length:	17:45
Side twoNo.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bo Diddley" (Lead vocals by Bruce Welch)	Ellas McDaniel	02:08
2.	"South of the Border"	Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy	03:19
3.	"Spring Is Nearly Here"	Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch	03:06
4.	"Are They All Like You?" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin)	Tim Gale	02:16
5.	"Tales of a Raggy Tramline"	Brian Bennett, Jet Harris	02:22
6.	"Some Are Lonely"	Cliff Richard	02:25
7.	"Kinda Cool"	Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch	02:22
Total length:	17:58

[2]
Charts
Chart (1962–63) 	Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 	1
Personnel

    Hank Marvin – lead guitar, piano and vocals
    Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar and vocals
    Jet Harris – bass guitar and vocals
    Brian "Licorice" Locking – bass guitar and harmonica
    Brian Bennett – drums and percussion
    Norrie Paramor – producer and orchestral accompaniment on "Spring Is Nearly Here"
    Malcolm Addey – engineer

Instruments

    Lead guitar – Fender Stratocaster (Red Fiesta), Gretsch Country Gentleman, Gibson J200.
    Rhythm guitar – Fender Stratocaster (Red Fiesta), Gretsch 6120, GibsonJ65.
    Bass guitar – Fender Precision Bass (4 string).
    Drums – Premier, 20 inch Kick 14x8 and 14x14 toms. Delivered by Premier the day Little B was recorded.
    Amplifier – Vox AC30 x 3.
    Piano – from EMI Abbey Road studios.

Recording

    Venue – Abbey Road studios
    EMI studio – Studio 2
    Dates: 19 December 1961 to 18 June 1962.
    Sleeve notes by Norrie Paramor.

Cosy

The song Midnight was written by Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin and was first released by The Shadows in 1961.. "F.B.I." is an instrumental rock tune recorded by the British group the Shadows and released as a single in February 1961. It spent 19 weeks in the UK Singles Chart reaching number 6 in mid-February and mid-March 1961.

Release and reception
"F.B.I." was written by the Shadows' Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Jet Harris, but due to complicated publishing contracts it was credited to their manager Peter Gormley. The actual composers' names never appeared on the credits. It was released as a single by EMI on the Columbia label, with the B-side "Midnight", written by Marvin and Welch. It was released in the United States and Canada in July 1961 on Atlantic Records with "The Frightened City", written by Norrie Paramor, as the B-side.

Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl described "F.B.I." as "a quick moving melody that may not quite live up to the implications of the title – but which is a very contagious thing all the same". He also wrote the "Midnight" "seems pretty obviously to have been inspired (consciously or not) by "Sleep Walker". The same sliding electric guitar technique is used for a similarly lazy melody".[6]

Track listing
7": Columbia / DB 4580

"F.B.I." – 2:18
"Midnight" – 2:30
7": Atlantic / 2111 (US and Canada)

"FBI" – 1:52
"The Frightened City" – 2:21
Musicians
Hank Marvin – lead guitar
Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
Jet Harris – bass guitar
Tony Meehan – drums and percussion

Midnight

Theme From Shane by The Shadows is from a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin. Released by Paramount Pictures, the film is noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre.The picture was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr.,[7] based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer.[8] Its Oscar-winning cinematography was by Loyal Griggs.

Shane was the last feature film and the only color film of Arthur's career.[9] It also features Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr., Edgar Buchanan, and Ben Johnson.[6][7] It was listed as number 45 in the 2007 edition of AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list, and number three on AFI's 10 Top 10 in the Western category.

In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States' National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Cast
Alan Ladd as Shane
Jean Arthur as Marian Starrett
Van Heflin as Joe Starrett
Brandon deWilde as Joey Starrett
Jack Palance as Jack Wilson (billed as Walter Jack Palance)
Ben Johnson as Chris Calloway
Edgar Buchanan as Fred Lewis
Emile Meyer as Rufus Ryker
Elisha Cook Jr. as Frank "Stonewall" Torrey
Douglas Spencer as Axel 'Swede' Shipstead
John Dierkes as Morgan Ryker
Ellen Corby as Mrs. Liz Torrey
Paul McVey as Sam Grafton, store owner
John Miller as Will Atkey, bartender
Edith Evanson as Mrs. Shipstead
Leonard Strong as Ernie Wright
Ray Spiker as Axel Johnson – Homesteader
Janice Carroll as Susan Lewis
Martin Mason as Ed Howells
Helen Brown as Martha Lewis
Nancy Kulp as Mrs. Howells

Shane (film)

Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Stevens
Screenplay by	
A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Jack Sher (additional dialogue)
Based on	Shane
by Jack Schaefer
Produced by	George Stevens
Starring	
Alan Ladd
Jean Arthur
Van Heflin
Brandon deWilde
Jack Palance
Cinematography	Loyal Griggs
Edited by	
William Hornbeck
Tom McAdoo
Music by	Victor Young
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	
April 23, 1953

Awards and honors
Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color: Loyal Griggs; 1954
Academy Award nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Brandon deWilde
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Palance
Best Director: George Stevens
Best Picture: George Stevens
Best Writing, Screenplay: A. B. Guthrie Jr.
American Film Institute recognition
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: No. 69
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition): No. 45
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains: Shane, Hero No. 16
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "Shane. Shane. Come back!", No. 47
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: No. 53
AFI's 10 Top 10: No. 3 Western

Theme From Shane

"Dance On!" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows, released as a single in December 1962. It went to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart. A vocal version, with lyrics by Marcel Stellman, was recorded by British female vocalist Kathy Kirby, whose version reached number 11 on the UK chart in September 1963.

Release and reception
"Dance On!" was written by Valerie Murtagh, Elaine Murtagh and Ray Adams, better known for being the members of pop vocal group the Avons. It was released with the B-side "All Day", written by Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin. In the US and Canada, "Dance On!" was released with the B-side "The Rumble", written by guitarist Ike Isaacs.

Reviewed in New Record Mirror, "Dance On!" was described as sounding "rather reminiscent of Duane Eddy ... which soon falls into the jug-along formula that we're used to. Tuneful and exciting in parts, there's a lot of versatility involved in this one. Not as original as we expected though – but perhaps originality for this sort of group has been exhausted". Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that the song "beats a very infectious path and the side has a lot more to offer than their "Guitar Tango" dramaties".

Track listings
7": Columbia / DB 4948

"Dance On!" – 2:22
"All Day" – 2:34
7": Atlantic / 45-2177 (US and Canada)

"Dance On!" – 2:20
"The Rumble" – 1:52
Personnel
Hank Marvin – electric lead guitar
Bruce Welch – acoustic rhythm guitar
Brian Locking – electric bass guitar
Brian Bennett – drums, sistrum


"Dance On!"

Single by The Shadows
B-side	"All Day"
Released	7 December 1962
Recorded	21 November 1962
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	2:22
Label	Columbia[3]
Songwriter(s)	
Valerie MurtaghElaine MurtaghRay Adams
Producer(s)	Norrie Paramor

Dance On

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Welcome to AgedGuitarTones, where we celebrate the timeless sound of classic guitar heroes. Here you'll find a carefully curated selection of tracks featuring the rich, warm tones of vintage guitars, played by some of the greatest guitarists of all time.

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