Tuesday 2 March 2010

1962 - Wonderful Land (The Shadows)

Wonderful Land

"Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece, written by Jerry Lordon, which was released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It reached the #1 spot in the UK Charts and remained there for next 8 weeks (February - April 1962)!

English musician Mike Oldfield covered "Wonderful Land" on his 1980 QE2 album.

Hank Marvin (of The Shadows) and Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits) also recorded a version of the song in the 1990s.

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