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{{Short description|English musician (1939β2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Jet Harris (cropped).png | name = Jet Harris | caption = Harris in 1962 | image_size = 200 | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Terence Harris | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|7|6}} | birth_place = [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], [[North London]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|3|18|1939|7|6}} | death_place = [[Winchester]], Hampshire, England | instrument = [[Bass guitar]] (4 & 6 string bass), [[guitar]] | occupation = Musician | genre = Rock music | years_active = 1952β2011 | label = | past_member_of = {{hlist|The Delinquents|Wee Willie Harris & Tony Crombies Rockets|[[the Vipers Skiffle Group]]|[[Jeff Beck Group]]|[[The Shadows]]|Jet Harris & Tony Meehan}} | website = {{URL|jetharris.biz/}} }} '''Terence''' "'''Jet'''" '''Harris''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (6 July 1939 β 18 March 2011) was an English [[rock and roll]] musician. He was an original member of [[Cliff Richard]]'s backing band [[the Shadows]], serving as the [[bassist|bass guitarist]] from the group's inception until April 1962, after which he had success as a [[solo (music)|soloist]] and as a [[duet (music)|duo]] with that band's drummer [[Tony Meehan]].<ref name="AMG"/>
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