"William" Alan Hawkshaw (født 27. marts 1937 i Leeds, England, død 16. oktober 2021) var en engelsk komponist, arrangør, pianist og organist.
Hawkshaw er mest kendt for sit korte medlemskab i den engelske instrumental gruppe The Shadows (1969-1970). Han har medvirket på indspilninger af bl.a. Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Tom Jones, Brian Bennett og Serge Gainsbourg og har også indspillet plader i eget navn. Han var med til at danne og lede gruppen Mohawk i 1969. Hawkshaw spillede senere med som sideman på to Shadows plader String of Hits (1979) og XXV (1983). Han arbejdede senere som sessionmusiker.
Udvalgt LP/CD Diskografi
Emile Ford and The Checkmates - New Tracks With Emile (1961) Emile Ford and The Checkmates - Emile (1962) Brian Bennett – Change of Direction (1967) Alan Hawkshaw - Soul Organ Showcase (1968) Brian Bennett – The Illustrated London Noise (1969) Alan Hawkshaw - Beat Incidental (1969) Alan Hawkshaw – Mohawk - The Champ (1969) Alan Hawkshaw - The Big Beat (1969) Alan Hawkshaw & Various – Hair (1969) The Shadows – Live in Japan (1969) The Shadows – Shades of Rock (1970) Alan Hawkshaw - Speed and Excitement (1970) Marvin, Welch & Farrar – Marvin Welch & Farrar (1971) Marvin Welch & Farrar – Second Opinion (1971) Cliff Richard with Marvin / Farrar Group – Cliff Goes East (1972) Alan Hawkshaw – Plays the Philicorda (1972) Alan Hawkshaw – 27 Top Tv Themes and Commercials (1972) Alan Hawkshaw - Beat Industrial (1972) Alan Hawkshaw - Move with the Times (1973) Alan Hawkshaw - Friendly Faces (1973) Collage – Misty (1973) – trio med Brian Bennett og Dave Richmond Moody – The Gentle Rain (1973) Synthesis - (1974) duo med Brian Bennett Synthesizer & Percussion (1974) duo med Brian Bennett Alan Hawkshaw – Non Stop Hammond Hits (1974) Alan Hawkshaw – A Jazz Message (1975) Alan Hawkshaw - Hot Wax (1976) med Brian Bennett Alan Hawkshaw - The Road Forward (1977) Alan Hawkshaw - Stained Glass Windows (1977) Brian Bennett – Rock Dreams (1977) med Brian Bennett Band Alan Hawkshaw – The Silent Witness (1978) Alan Hawkshaw – Frontiers Of Science (1979) Alan Hawkshaw - Cocktail time (1979) The Shadows – String of Hits (1979) – (''som sideman på to numre : Bridge over Troubled Water og You´re The One That I Want) Alan Hawkshaw – Love De-Lux – Again and Again (1979) Alan Hawkshaw - New Horizon / The Seven Wonders of the World (1980) Alan Hawkshaw - Great Mysteries of The World (1981) Alan Hawkshaw - Music Machine (1981) - med Brian Bennett & Dave Lawson Alan Hawkshaw - Audio Visual Energi (1982) The Shadows – XXV (1983)- (med som sideman på A Whiter Shade Of Pale) Alan Hawkshaw – Alan Hawkshaw's Universal Bulletin (1984) Alan Hawkshaw – Girl In a Sportscar (19?) Alan Hawkshaw - Top of the Range - (1985) - med Hank Marvin Alan Hawkshaw – Power (1986) Alan Hawkshaw – Gold Silver Bronze (1987) Alan Hawkshaw – Impact (1990) Alan Hawkshaw – Elements (1992) Alan Hawkshaw – Love Hurts ( Soundtrack) (1993) Hank Marvin - Heartbeat (1993) Alan Hawkshaw – Atmosphere 24 - Mystery & Imagination (1995) Alan Hawkshaw – Entertainment 49 - (1996) med The Living Orchestra Alan Hawkshaw – Music From Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1997) Alan Hawkshaw – The Venus Legacy (1998) Alan Hawkshaw – Hawk's Hammond Lounge (2000) Alan Hawkshaw – Orchestral Phantasia (2002) Alan Hawkshaw – The Big Screen (2003) Alan Hawkshaw – Phantasia (2011) Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw - Full Circle - (2018)
Singles
The Shadows - "Slaughter on tenth Avenue" / "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) Brian Bennett Band - Thunderbolt / Clearing skies (1977) Brian Bennett Band - Saturday night special / Farewell to a friend (1977) Brian Bennett Band - Girls back home / Jonty Jump (1977) Alan Hawkshaw - "New Earth" / "Odyssey" (1977) Alan Hawkshaw - "Puppet On A String" / "Everybody Knows" (1969) Alan Hawkshaw - "Deluxe" / "Grange Hill" (1979) Alan Hawkshaw / Adrian Younge / Brian Bennett - "Rafelli Chase" / "High Diver" (2009)
Biografier The Champ – The Hawk Talks - Selvbiografi The Shadows & Mike Read - The Story of The Shadows
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