Inspired by the film Jerry Lordan wrote an instrumental which he passed on to The Shadows whose rendition became a UK No 1 The Shadows’ single became an unexpected No 1 in July 1960 The Life of a Song ...

Some songs receive cover versions by other artists over and over again. Some are sample bedrocks. A few are both—and perhaps the greatest and most emblematic of these is “Apache.” Written in the late ...