Ian Samwell

...Franklin Boyd could see the pair worked well and they were employed as lead and rhythm guitarists. Ian Samwell was moved to bass until he was replaced by the Most Brothers' bass guitarist, Jet Harris. Drummer Terry Smart left shortly...

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...song is the driving bass line with a hammer-hook in each chorus. A "waterfall" type solo completes the arrangement. Written by Ian Samwell on the day of final recording at Morgan Studios, at first the group thought it too corny and took some...

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...in the US for 5 weeks. Their first long-playing (LP) album was recorded at Trident Studios in London and produced by Ian Samwell. Samwell was best known as Cliff Richard's lead guitarist and the writer of his 1958 breakthrough hit,...

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...guitarist Bernie Holland and drummer Conrad Isidore who had played with Tench in Hanson . The band was produced by Ian "Sammy" Samwell and they recorded Hummingbird on which Linda Lewis sang backing vocals, We Can't Go On Meeting Like...

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...credited with being one of the first authentic rock and roll songs produced outside the United States. The song was written by Ian Samwell. "Schoolboy Crush", written by Aaron Schroeder and Sharon Gilbert, had already been recorded in...

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Ian "Sammy" Samwell (born Ian Ralph Samwell, 19 January 1937 - 13 March 2003) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut hit "Move It" and his work with the rock bands The Small...

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...from Solomon Burke's hit record "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", however they had no lyrics so Don Arden quickly brought in Ian Samwell to provide the words for the song. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 27 and rose to...

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.... Hummingbird was the first of three albums recorded by the British rock band Hummingbird . The album was produced by Ian "Sammy" Samwell . With initial interest from Apple Records and CBS , the band started work on this album in mid...

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David Samwell (1751-1798), Welsh naval surgeon and poet Ian Samwell (1937-2003), English musician, songwriter and producer Samwell , (birth name: Sam Norman), musician/actor known for his song and video "What What (In the Butt)"

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...Drifters, who later changed their name to the Shadows, was written on a London double-decker bus by the Drifters guitarist Ian "Sammy" Samwell. It reached No 2 in the charts and began Sir Cliff's six-decade career. To placate critics who...

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