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Bassiste
Britannique
né Terrence Hawkins, le 6 Juillet 1939 à Kingsbury (Middlesex), Jet Harris fit
parti des Drifters en 1959, groupe qui allait devenir les
Shadows et qui accompagnait Cliff
Richard. Jet Harris a tenté une carrière solo en 1962 avec le batteur
Tony Meehan, un autre ancien des Shadows.
Jet Harris est décédé le 18 Mars 2011 à Winchester.
One of the
more intriguing footnotes to pre-Beatles rock in Britain, Jet Harris first made
his mark as the bassist for the Shadows.
As they were megastar Cliff Richard's
backing group and the most popular instrumental rock band in Britain, it was a
shock when Harris left the group to become a solo act. But with frequent
assistance from Shadows
drummer
Tony Meehan, Harris scored a half-dozen
hits in a year and a half. (Meehan
himself rates as an interesting footnote to rock history, having turned down the
chance to record the Beatles in early 1962 when he was a producer for Decca
Records.) Harris' biggest hit, the brooding "Diamonds" (including, it's been
said, session guitar work by a very young Jimmy Page), vied for the number one
spot with the Beatles' own "Please Please Me" in the U.K. in early 1963. There
could have been few better symbols for the changing of the guard in British rock
& roll. Harris' recordings typified British rock such as it was in the early
'60s: sullen, restrained, disciplined instrumentals (often based on popular
themes). Harris' singles were relatively unusual in that they made prominent use
of the bass as a lead instrument, and the best of them -- "Diamonds," "The Man
With the Golden Arm," and "Man From Nowhere" -- had a menacing, shuddering bass
reminiscent of the best James Bond soundtracks. More frequently, however, his
instrumentals sounded like a tame Duane Eddy
or worse, with cornball adaptations of Western movie riffs. Harris had a couple
more big hits after the Beatles broke, but the revolution the group ignited --
as well as a severe automobile accident, along with emotional problems in the
wake of his early success -- brought his career to a skidding halt in early
1964. Unbelievably, he turned up in the first lineup of the Jeff Beck Group in
February 1967, but never recorded with Beck, who revamped his outfit after a few
weeks of rehearsal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Harris
Talents : Bass, Songwriter
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
BESAME MUCHO
(1962)
 (Jet Harris)
THE
MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1962)
RAVED
(1962)
DIAMONDS
(1963)
THE TALL TEXAN
(1963) ( |
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 05/1962 | SP DECCA F 11466 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS -
Besame Mucho
/ Chills And Fever |
| 08/1962 | SP DECCA F 11488 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS -
The Man With The Golden Arm
/ Some People |
| 09/1962 | EP DECCA DFE 8502 (UK) |
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Jet HARRIS -
Besame Mucho
/
Raved
/ Some People / Real Wild Child |
| 1962 | SP LONDON 9542 (US) | . | Jet
Harris -
Besame Mucho
/ Chills And Fever |
| 1962 | EP DECCA 454087 (F) |
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Jet HARRIS -
Besame Mucho
/
Raved
/ Some People / Real Wild Child |
| 01/1963 | SP DECCA F 11563 (UK) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 03/1963 | SP DECCA DL 25 100 (GER) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 03/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11563 (I) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11563 (DK) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 1963 | SP DECCA FM.7-6963 (SA) |
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Jet
Harris &
Tony Meehan -
Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 03/1963 | EP DECCA 454094 (F) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Again /
Footstomp
/ Blue Mood |
| 04/1963 | SP DECCA F 11644 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing The) Hully Gully |
| 06/1963 | SP DECCA DL 25 109 (GER) |
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Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing The) Hully Gully |
| 07/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11644 (I) |
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Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing The) Hully Gully |
| 1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11644 (DK) |
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Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing The) Hully Gully |
| 08/1963 | SP DECCA F 11710 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Applejack /
The Tall Texan
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| 1963 | SP DECCA F 11710 (DK) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Applejack /
The Tall Texan
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| 1963 | EP DECCA DFE 8528 (UK) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing
The) Hully Gully
/ Diamonds
/ Footstomp |
| 10/1963 | SP DECCA 23.440 (B) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Applejack /
The Tall Texan
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| 10/1963 | EP DECCA 457014 (F) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara / (Doing
The) Hully Gully
/ Applejack
/
The Tall Texan
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| 11/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11710 (I) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Applejack /
The Tall Texan
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| 1963 | EP DECCA EDGE 71838 (S) |
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Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Scarlet O'Hara / (Doing The) Hully Gully / Diamonds / Footstomp |
| 1963 | EP DECCA DFE 7099 (SA) |
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Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds / Footstomp / Besame Mucho / Chills And Fever |
| 02/1964 | SP DECCA F 11841 (UK) |
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Rifka / Big Bad Bass |
| 1967 | SP FONTANA TF 849 (UK) | . | My Lady / You don't Live Twice |
| 1969 | SP DECCA F 12877 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN - Scarlett O' Hara /
Diamonds
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| 10/1975 | SP SRT SHTS 75355 (UK) | . | This Sporting Life / Theme For A Fallen Idol |
| 10/1975 | SP SRT SHTS 75356 (UK) | . |
Theme For A Fallen Idol / This Sportin' Life |
| 12/1976 | SP DECCA 6.11 982 (GER) |
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Jet HARRIS & Tony MEEHAN - Oldies But Goldies - Diamonds / Scarlet O'hara |
| 03/1978 | SP SRT SHTS 75389 (UK) | . | The Guitar Mar / Theme For A Fallen Idol |
| 10/1980 | EP DECCA F 13892 (UK) |
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Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Scarlett O' Hara
/ Applejack /
The Man With The Golden Arm
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| 11/1983 | SP Old Gold OG 9332 (UK) | . | Jet HARRIS &
Tony MEEHAN -
Diamonds
/ Scarlett O' Hara |
| 01/1986 | SP OFFA 5 (UK) | . | Why Should I Ask Her To Stay / Theme From Sharks (Jet HARRIS with Peter RAWES) |
| 10/1987 | SP TS 4009 (UK) | . | Love Me Tender / An American Trilogy |
| 11/1988 | SP Q 101 (UK) | . | Diamonds / Big Bad Bass From Texas |
| 2009 | CD NOT ON LABEL ? (UK) |
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Jet HARRIS & Billie Davis with The Rapiers - No Other Baby Live |
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Albums
| 06/1975 | LP 12 " DECCA LPD 289 (B) |
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JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Footstomp / Besame Mucho / Some People / Man With The Golden Arm / Real Wild Child / Diamonds / Chills And Fever / Tall Texan / Raved / Scarlet O' Hara / Clap Your Hands / Applejack |
| 10/1976 | LP 12" DECCA REM 1 (UK) |
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REMEMBERING - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Diamonds / Some people / Hully Gully / Big Bad Bass / Besame Mucho / The Man With The Golden Arm / Applejack / The Tall Texan / Song Of Mexico / Man From Nowhere / Footstomp / Scarlet O' Hara |
| 11/1976 | LP 12" DECCA LPD 297 (B) |
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JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN STORY - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Hully Gully / Big Bad Bass / Rifka / Man From Nowhere / Again /Blue Mood /Song Of Mexico / Kings Go Fifth / My Lady / You Don't Live Twice |
| 11/1978 | LP 12" ELLI JAY EJSP 8622 (UK) |
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INSIDE JET HARRIS - The Stranger / Perfidia / Blue Moon / Sleepwalk / Dance On / Wonderful Land / FBI / Spanish Harlem / Apache / Riders In The Sky / Nivram / Diamonds / Scarlett O' Hara / Shazam |
| 05/1983 | LP 12" DECCA TAB 68 (UK) |
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DIAMONDS - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Diamonds / Applejack / Man From Nowhere / Hully Gully / Real Wild Child / Footstomp / Man With A Golden Arm / Scarlett O' Hara / Besame Mucho / Clap Your Hands Once Again / Chills & Fever / The Tall Texan / Rifka / Rave |
| 1988 | LP 12" Q LPMM 1038 (UK) |
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THE ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - Diamonds / Jet Black / Besame Mucho / 36 24 36 / Big Bad Bass / Rifka / Scarlet O'Hara / Applejack / Man From Nowhere / Theme For A Fallen Idol / Tall Texan / Again / The Man With A Golden Arm |
| 1988 | CD Q CDMM 1038 (UK) |
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THE ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - Diamonds / Jet Black / Besame Mucho / 36 24 36 / Big Bad Bass / Rifka / Scarlet O'Hara / Applejack / Man From Nowhere / Theme For A Fallen Idol / Tall Texan / Again / The Man With A Golden Arm |
| 1993 | CD DECCA POP 820 634-2 (UK) |
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DIAMONDS & OTHER GEMS - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Diamonds / The Hully Gully / Footstomp / Scarlet O'Hara / Applejack / The Tall Texan / Song Of Mexico / Kings Go Fifth / Besame Mucho / Chills & Fever / Clap Your Hands Once Again / The Man With The Golden Arm / Real Wild Child / Some People / Rave / Man From Nowhere / Big Bad Bass / Rifka / Lonesome Part Of Town / Again |
| 1994 | CD CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS CNC 4022-2 (UK) |
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INSIDE JET HARRIS - The Stranger / Perfidia / Blue Moon / Sleepwalk / Dance On / Wonderful Land / FBI / Spanish Harlem / Apache / Riders In The Sky / Nivram / Diamonds / Scarlett O' Hara / Shazam |
| 1996 | CD ZING 2 (UK) |
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BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT - Beyond A Shadow (Of A Doubt) / Sometimes / Thunderhawk / Uncharted Island / Theme For A New Day / Foot Tappin' / Stormin' Norman: Desert Storm - The Surrender -The Victory / Jet Meets General Custer / El Warthog / Twilight Shadows / New World / The Truckin' Trucker's Trot / Theme From A Big Film / The Lads / Everone For Tennis / Moonlight Miraval / Wonderful Landscapes / Tandooi Boogie / A Sleepless Walk At Midnight / Khan |
| 08/1996 | CD ZING 3 (UK) |
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HARRIS & TANGENT - TWELVE GREAT GUITAR GEMS - TOGETHER - THE STUDIO SESSIONS - Warm Turn, Pt. 1 / Stingray / F.B.I. / Jet Meets General Custer '94 / Walk, Don't Run / Diamonds / Love Me Tender / Trés Bon / The Truckin' Trucker's Trot / Apache / Danny Boy / Warm Turn, Pt. 2 |
| 08/1996 | CD ZING 4 (UK) |
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TRIBUTE AND RARITIES - JET HARRIS & ALAN JONES - Riders In The Sky / Clifton Lights / It's A Dog's Life / Apache / Theme For A New Day / Crockett's Theme (Theme fromMiami Vice) / Stingray / A Sleepless Walk At Midnight / Stratosfear / Warm Turn / Elmer's Theme / The Lady In Red / Equinoxe, Pt. 5 |
| 10/1999 | CD MUSTANG JET 001 (UK) |
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THE PHOENIX RISES - Theme From Something Really Important / Scarlet O'Hara 2000 / Last Train Home / Beater Blocker / Simply Jerry / Dreamland / Theme 18 / Phoenix / Spivram / Mechanism / Here I Stand / Diamonds 2000 / Man From Nowhere / Duane Stays Mainly On The Plane |
| 08/2000 | CD SPECTRUM / UNIVERSAL 544268 (UK) |
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THE BEST OF JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Diamonds /Footstomp / Scarlet O'Hara / Hully Gully / AppleJack / The Tall Texan / Song of Mexico / Kings Go Fifth / Besame Mucho / Chills And Fever / Lonesome Part Of Town / Again / Man From Nowhere / Rave / Big Bad Bass / Rifka / Some People / Man With The Golden Arm |
| 09/2002 | CD SOLENT SLTD 116 (UK) |
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DIAMONDS ARE TRUMPS - Theme For A Fallen Idol / Time Is Tight / Dance With The Guitar Man / Wipe Out / You Can't Sit Down / Diamonds / Man With The Golden Arm / Gonzales / No Other Baby / Soul Limbo / Barneys Blues / Watermelon Man / Theme For Something Really Important / Tequila |
| 01/2003 | CD ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3010 (UK) |
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INSIDE JET HARRIS - The Stranger / Perfidia / Blue Moon / Sleepwalk / Dance On / Wonderful Land / FBI / Spanish Harlem / Apache / Riders In The Sky / Nivram / Diamonds / Scarlet O'Hara / Shazam |
| 10/2003 | CD ZING 1213 (UK) |
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TWO OF A KIND - A Shadow In Time, Pt. 1 / The Truckin' Trucker's Trot / Stingray / Apache / Diamonds / Warm Turn / Medley: Sleepwalk - Midnight / Jet Meets General Custer / Walk Don't Run / F.B.I. / Songbird / Shazam / Apache (Wardance) / A Sahdow In Time, Pt. 2 / Nivram Live / Nivram Live |
| 04/2008 | CD CRAZY LIGHTHOUSE 0602 (UK) |
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THE JOURNEY - In The Beginning / San Antonio [Old Skool Mix] / It Bites / Krakatoa / The Journey / Ignition / The 4th Man / Hello Sid / Play It Down / Song For Tony / Shot To Pieces / San Antonio / El Vampiro / Diamonds |
| 05/2008 | CD RPM RETRO 825 (UK) |
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DIAMONDS AND OTHER GEMS - THE COMPLETE DECCA SINGLES - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN - Besame Mucho / Chills And Fever / Rave / The Man With The Golden Arm (Main Title Theme) / Some People / Wild One (Real Wild Child) / Clap Your Hands (Once Again) / Man From Nowhere / Lonesome Part Of Town / Again / Diamonds / Footstomp / Scarlet O'Hara / Hully Gully / Applejack / The Tall Texan / Song Of Mexico / Kings Go Fifth / Big Bad Bass / Rifka |
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