Shazam! (Duane Eddy Song)
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"Shazam!" is a song written by
Duane Eddy Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" guitar sound, including ...
and
Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s ...
and performed by Eddy. It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 26 in
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, and No. 45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1960.


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The Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the bac ...
released a version of the song in
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as the
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to their single "
Geronimo Gerónimo (, ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands the Tchihen ...
".The Shadows, "Geronimo" single release
Retrieved April 26, 2014


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1960 songs 1960 singles 1963 singles Songs written by Duane Eddy Songs written by Lee Hazlewood Duane Eddy songs The Shadows songs Columbia Records singles Jamie Records singles {{1960s-single-stub