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Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin
English musician; guitarist for the Shadows
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Jet Harris
Jet Harris
English musician
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Jerry Lordan
Jerry Lordan
English songwriter, composer and singer
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Bruce Welch
Bruce Welch
English musician
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Tony Meehan
Tony Meehan
British musician
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Warren Bennett
Warren Bennett
British composer
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John Rostill
John Rostill
English bass guitarist
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Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
British pop singer, musician, and actor
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The Notorious Cherry Bombs
The Notorious Cherry Bombs
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The Tornados
The Tornados
English band
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The Chantays
The Chantays
American surf rock band

The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group. They were Cliff Richard's backing band from 1958 to 1968 and on numerous reunion tours. The Shadows have had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars. As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums. Their range covers pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence.

The core members from 1958 to 2015 were Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. Along with the Fender guitar, another cornerstone of the Shadows sound was the Vox amplifier. The Shadows, with Cliff Richard, dominated British popular music in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the years before the Beatles. The Shadows' number one hits included "Apache", "Kon-Tiki", "Wonderful Land", "Foot Tapper" and "Dance On!". Although these and most of their best-remembered hits were instrumentals, the group also recorded occasional vocal numbers, and hit the UK top ten with the group-sung "Don't Make My Baby Blue" in 1965. Four other vocal songs by the Shadows also made the UK charts. They disbanded in 1968, but reunited in the 1970s for further commercial success.

The Shadows are the fifth most successful act in the UK singles chart, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Cliff Richard and Madonna. The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each have had four No. 1 selling EPs.