"Guitar Tango" is a song originally recorded in French in 1961 as "Guitare-Tango". It was written by Georges Liferman, Norman Maine and Jacques Plaint and there were versions recorded by

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, Tino Rossi and

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. However, the song is best known for the instrumental version released the following year by British group

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which peaked at number 4 on the

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Track listings

7": Columbia / DB 4870 # "Guitar Tango" – 2:59 # "What a Lovely Tune" – 2:17 7": Columbia / C 22 243 (Germany) # "Guitar Tango" – 2:59 # "Driftin'" – 2:31 7": Columbia / SCMH 5130 (Netherlands) # "Guitar Tango" – 2:59 # "Nivram" – 3:19

Personnel

* Hank Marvin – acoustic lead guitar * Bruce Welch – acoustic rhythm guitar * Jet Harris – electric bass guitar *

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– drums * Norrie Paramor Orchestra – all other instrumentation

Charts

References

{{authority control 1962 singles Rock instrumentals 1962 songs Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor Columbia Graphophone Company singles The Shadows songs 1960s instrumentals