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Cliff / EMI Audio CD 1998 Mono & Stereo
UPC 724349543829
Product Details:
Cliff is the debut album in 1959 by British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters (later known as the Shadows). The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of their early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans. It was recorded over two nights during February 1959 in Studio 2 at EMI Recording Studios (later known as Abbey Road Studios) with Norrie Paramor as producer.
The album contains renderings of Richard's hit single "Move It", both tracks of the yet to be released Drifters' instrumental single "Jet Black" and "Driftin'" and covers of rock 'n' roll standards made famous by Elvis Presley (including Presley's duet's with Big Maybelle and Little Walter), Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Ritchie Valens, Gene Vincent, and Milton Allen (born Milton Allen Graves, Houston, Texas)
The album reached number 4 in the UK album chart and spent 31 weeks on the chart - a time when the chart was only a top ten.
Tracklist:
| Mono | |||
| 1 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Apron Strings | |
| 2 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | My Babe | |
| 3 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Down The Line | |
| 4 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | I Got A Feeling | |
| 5 | –The Drifters (2) | Jet Black | |
| 6 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Baby I Don't Care | |
| 7 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Donna | |
| 8 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Move It | |
| 9 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Ready Teddy | |
| 10 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Too Much | |
| 11 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Don't Bug Me Baby | |
| 12 | –The Drifters (2) | Driftin' | |
| 13 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | That'll Be The Day | |
| 14 | –The Drifters (2) | Be-Bop-A-Lula | |
| 15 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Danny | |
| 16 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On | |
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Stereo |
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| 17 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Apron Strings | |
| 18 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | My Babe | |
| 19 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Down The Line | |
| 20 |
–Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | I Got A Feeling | |
| 21 | –The Drifters (2) | Jet Balck | |
| 22 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Baby I Don't Care | |
| 23 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Donna | |
| 24 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Move It | |
| 25 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Ready Teady | |
| 26 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Too Much | |
| 27 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Don't Bug Me Baby | |
| 28 | –The Drifters (2) | Driftin' | |
| 29 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | That'll Be The Day | |
| 30 | –The Drifters (2) | Be-Bop-A-Lula | |
| 31 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Danny | |
| 32 | –Cliff Richard And The Drifters (2) | Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On | |
About the Artist:
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Elvis Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song; in the opinion of John Lennon of the Beatles, "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music". Increased focus on his Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music.
Over a career spanning 60 years, Richard has amassed many gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. Richard has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist behind Elvis. Richard holds the record (with Elvis) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK number-one singles, and is the only singer to have had a number-one single in the UK in five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas number one singles, two of which were as a solo artist; "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day".
Richard has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s with some releases certified gold and platinum. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries. Richard has been a resident in the UK for most of his life, though in 2010, he confirmed that he had become a citizen of Barbados. When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal. In 2019, he relocated to the US.
