Editing Jet Harris (section)

==Cliff Richard and the Shadows==
In 1959, he joined [[Cliff Richard]]'s backing group, then known as "the Drifters",<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| page= 62
| id= CN 5585}}</ref> who, in July 1959 at a meeting in the Six Bells pub in Ruislip,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Story of the Shadows|last=Mike|first=Read|publisher=Elm Tree Books|year=1983|isbn=0241108616}}</ref> changed their name to [[the Shadows]] at Harris's suggestion, in order to avoid a legal injunction from the U.S. band, who at the time unbeknownst to its members shared the same name.<ref name=":0"/> In 1959, after the neck of his [[Framus]] was terminally damaged in a dressing room accident, Harris was presented by the importers with a [[Fender Precision Bass]], one of the first to come to Britain from the United States.<ref name="Tel obit" />

Other sources state that Cliff Richard gave Jet the first Fender Bass (a "Sunburst") guitar in the UK in 1960, about a year after band-mate [[Hank Marvin]] got his first red [[Fender Stratocaster]] guitar. Both instruments were eventually replaced with matching versions which were used in the film ''[[The Young Ones (1961 film)|The Young Ones]]'', in which The Shadows played "The Savage" (showing the famous Shadows' walk) to an invited audience of teenagers.

Harris also contributed vocally, adding [[backing vocalist|backup]] [[harmony|harmonies]] and occasional lead vocals. He had a trademark scream, used in the Shadows' "Feeling Fine" and Cliff Richard's "[[Do You Wanna Dance?]]"

In [[Mike Read]]'s book, ''The Story of the Shadows'', Harris attributed the start of his depression and related alcohol addiction to discovering that Cliff Richard had had an affair with his wife Carol Costa (whom he had married in 1959) after they were separated.<ref name="Tel obit"/> In 1962, Harris left The Shadows following disagreements, mostly with [[Bruce Welch]] over his drinking habit (this was also documented in ''The Story of the Shadows'', written by the group with Read).<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 2">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| page= 112
| id= CN 5585}}</ref>