A key figure in British Pop during the pre-Beatles era. He had a parallel career as a late 50's early 60's pop performer and songwriter. Dale Hawkins scored with Lordan' s A House, A Car,A Weddding Ring and I've Waited So Long was a top 5 for Anthony Newley. Lordan himself scored three hits in 1960, with Who Could Be Bluer going top 20. Also in 1960 Lordan wrote Apache . A number 1 in the UK for The Shadows and no.2 in the US for Jordan Ingmann. Lordan wrote two more no.1's Wonderful Land for The Shadows and Diamonds for Jet Harris & Tony Meehan. His songs were also covered by Cliff Richard, Shane Fenton and he had another huge hit with Louise Cordet and I'm Just A Baby Included here are all Lordans recordings for Parlophone , which in turn represents the majority of his recording career. They include his one LP , all his singles and his authors version of Apache. Reissued officially here for the first time, this is also the first time the recordings have appeared on CD.