Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Cliff Richard

































Artist:  Cliff Richard 
Birth Name:  Harry Rodger Webb
Born:  October 14, 1940.  Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Pop, Early British Pop, Early Pop, Teen Idols, AM Pop
Occupation:  Musician, Actor, Singer
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Percussion

Cliff Richard is a British Singer, Musician, Performer, and Actor.  He has sold more than 250 million records worldwide and has total sales of over 21 million singles in the UK and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Single Chart history, behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley.  His backing group, The Shadows.  He dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s.  In 1958, his hit single "Move It" as the Britain's first Rock 'N' Roll Song, in the opinion of John Lennon of The Beatles.  He got many Gold and Platinum Awards, three Brit Awards and more than 13 of his singles, albums and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artists.
















Artist:  Cliff Ricard And The Shadows
Title:   The Best Of Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers  (2019
Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Pop, Early British Pop, Early Pop, Teen Idols, AM Pop
Label:  Parlophone Records
Rating:   *****

Format:   CD:

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Move It  (2:23)
 2.  Living Doll  (2:38)
 3.  Dynamite   (1:55)
 4.  Fall In Love With You  (2:30)
 5.  Mean Streak  (1:59)
 6.  A Voice In The Wilderness  (2:09)
 7.  High Class Baby  (2:09)
 8.  Theme For A Dream  (2:06)
 9.  Livin' Lovin' Doll  (2:09)
10. I Love You  (2:03)
11. Never Mind  (2:02)
12. A Girl Like You  (2:32)
13. Nine Times Out Of Ten  (2:09)
14. The Next Time  (2:57)
15. The Time In Between  (3:01)
16. (It's) Wonderful To Be Young (Alternate Take 24)  (2:30)
17. Blue Turns To Grey  (2:24)
18. Gee Whiz It's You  (2:06)
19. Don't Talk To Him  (2:54)
20. Travellin' Light  (2:36)
21. Bachelor Boy  (2:02)
22. My Blue Heaven  (2:28)
23. It'll Be Me  (1:56)
24. Blueberry Hill  (2:42)
25. Lucky Lips  (2:44)
26. Poor Boy  (2:59)
27. I'm Walkin' The Blues  (2:04)
28 Do You Wanna Dance  (2:16)
29. Tea For Two  (2:17)
30. Summer Holiday  (2:15)
31. Please Don't Tease  (2:58)

Disc 2:

 1.  Say You're Mine  (2:37)
 2.  Frenesi (English Version)  (2:12)
 3. The Young Ones  (3:12)
 4.  I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You) (2:55)
 5.  I'm The Lonely One (2:20)
 6.  She's Gone  (2:34)
 7.  On The Beach  (2:29)
 8.  Unchained Melody  (3:32)
 9.  What'd I Say  (3:01)
10. All I Do Is Dream Of You  (2:55)
11. Finders Keepers  (2:37)
12. You Don't Know  (2:50)
13. In The Country  (2:43)
14. 'D' In Love  (2:28)
15. Don't Forget To Catch Me  (2:49)
16. Time Drags By  (2:33)
17. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall  (2:17)
18. Willie And The Hand Jive (Live)  (2:48)
19. A Forever Kind Of Love  (2:31)
20. Singing The Blues  (3:03)
21. All Shook Up (Live)  (3:15)
22. C'mon Everybody  (2:54)
23. Why Wasn't I Born Rich  (2:44)
24. You And I  (1:55)
25. The Day I Met Marie (Live)  (2:36)
26. Sea Cruise  (3:06)
27. Your Eyes Tell On You  (2:31)
28. Shame On You  (2:10)
29. We Say Yeah  (2:23)

Personnel:

Cliff Richard:   Lead Vocals
Hank Marvin:  Lead Guitar
Bruce Welch:  Rhythm Guitar
Jet Harris:  Bass
Tony Meehan:  Drums

The Best Of Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers is the compilation album by Cliff Richard And The Shadows, released on November 29, 2019 by Parlophone Records.  For Music Collectors.

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