| "Wonderful Land" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Shadows | ||||
| B-side | "Stars Fell on Stockton" | |||
| Released | 23 February 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 12 May, 6 July 1961 and 18 January 1962[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Instrumental surf | |||
| Length | 2:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Lordan[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Norrie Paramor[2] | |||
| The Shadows singles chronology | ||||
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"Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded and released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It stayed at number one for eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart, a feat only Elvis Presley (in 1960), the Shadows and the Archies (in 1969) managed in the whole of the 1960s.[3][4]
- ^ Koers, Ivo. "Instrumentation On Shadows Recordings II: The Primary Singles" (PDF). malcolmcampbell.me.uk. p. 10. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 64–5. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 135–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Number 1 Singles of the 1960s". EveryHit. Retrieved 2010-11-21.