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Hank Marvin b. 28 October 1941 (age 82)

John Farrar b. 8 November 1946 (age 77)

Hank Marvin was born as Brian Robson Rankin at 138 Stanhope Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His father was an army officer. He played banjo and piano. After hearing Buddy Holly, he decided to learn the guitar and adopted Holly-style dark-rimmed glasses.

He chose his stage name while launching his career. It is an amalgamation of his childhood nickname, Hank, and the first name of American country singer Marvin Rainwater.

In 1970, Marvin and Welch formed Marvin, Welch & Farrar, a vocal-harmony trio which failed to appeal to Shadows fans or to contemporary music fans. They became ‘Marvin & Farrar’ for a vocal album in 1973 and then reverted to the Shadows in late 1973, for the instrumental Rockin’ with Curly Leads album. The Shadows came second for the United Kingdom in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with “Let Me Be the One”.