Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Shadows: Kon-Tiki (1961)


Kon-Tiki is an instrumental tune by
The Shadows. It became a #1 single in the United Kingdom. The Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit charted singles: 35 as The Shadows plus 34 as Cliff Richard and The Shadows, from the 1950s to the 2000s. According to British Hit Singles & Albums (19th edition), The Shadows are the third most successful UK charted hit-singles act, behind Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. The Shadows were pioneers of the four-member rock-group format (consisting of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums) in the UK.

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