Hank B. Marvin
Birthday: October 28, 1941 in Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England, UK
Birth Name: Brian Robson Rankin
Hank Marvin was the lead guitarist of The Shadows, the best-selling British rock 'n' roll act before The Beatles. Marvin and The Shadows had huge hits in the UK, including "Apache" ...Show More
Cliff [Cliff Richard] made Move It, which is a classic rock'n'roll record, in the summer of 1958 - B Show more
Cliff [Cliff Richard] made Move It, which is a classic rock'n'roll record, in the summer of 1958 - Bruce and I were turning 17 and Cliff was turning 18. Before that there were pretty gruesome attempts at rock'n'roll in Britain, mainly variety acts and cheeky chappies impersonating Americans. Hide
[on his 2014 album "Hank"] Most of them have got good tunes with one exception and that's Message in Show more
[on his 2014 album "Hank"] Most of them have got good tunes with one exception and that's Message in a Bottle. But a great guitar riff and a good chorus, so I could work with that. The tune itself, if you think about it, it's not really a great...it's a kind of...what would you call it? It's not exactly monotone in the tune but it's not a good melody in the sense of say Daydream or California Girls. Sorry Sting. Hide
[on the music press] It does seem to begin with The Beatles and the Stones [The Rolling Stones]. The Show more
[on the music press] It does seem to begin with The Beatles and the Stones [The Rolling Stones]. They seem unaware that that we had an international career, and had a massive influence everywhere in the world except for the USA. Hide
There's a song called Boys of Summer, I think, Don Henley is it? Great track. Love the record but we Show more
There's a song called Boys of Summer, I think, Don Henley is it? Great track. Love the record but we kicked that around, it doesn't work as an instrumental. There's almost no tune. There's a chorus but there's no tune in the verse and you've got this guitar line in the intro and unless you copy that, there's nothing really there to work with. Hide
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