Foot Tapper

"Foot Tapper"
Single by The Shadows
from the album Summer Holiday
B-side"The Breeze and I"
Released22 February 1963 (1963-02-22)
Recorded8 January 1963[1]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenreInstrumental rock
Length2:34
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[2]
The Shadows singles chronology
"Dance On!"
(1962)
"Foot Tapper"
(1963)
"Atlantis"
(1963)

"Foot Tapper" is an instrumental by British guitar group the Shadows, released as a single in February 1963.[2] It went to number one in the UK Singles Chart,[2] and was the Shadows' last UK number-one hit (not including those where they performed as Cliff Richard's backing group).[3]

  1. ^ Koers, Ivo. "Instrumentation On Shadows Recordings II: The Primary Singles" (PDF). malcolmcampbell.me.uk. p. 13. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 70. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 148. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.