1st RECORDING OF: Apache - Bert Weedon (1960)

English guitarist Weedon’s more leisurely-paced treatment was the first to be recorded, but The Shadows version (made the following month) was first on the market and spent five weeks atop the UK singles chart    • 1960 Shadows - Apache (#1 UK hit)   . In the U.S. it was Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann’s more atmospheric arrangement that reached #2 on Billboard the following year    • 1961 HITS ARCHIVE: Apache - Jorgen Ingmann...   The original 45rpm single was issued on (UK) Top Rank 415 - Apache (Jerry Lorden) by Bert Weedon, recorded May 1960 For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here:    • FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG... (MusicProf)   )