Listen to Cliff!

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Listen to Cliff!
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Studio album by Cliff Richard
Released April 1961
Genre Rock and Roll, Pop Standards
Length 39:51
Label Columbia
Producer Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard chronology
Me and My Shadows
(1959)Me and My Shadows1959		 Listen to Cliff!
(1961)		 21 Today
(1961)21 Today1961

Listen to Cliff! is the fourth album by singer Cliff Richard. It was released in April 1961 and reached No. 2 in the UK album chart, charting for 26 consecutive weeks and re-entering twice.

No singles were to be officially released from the album. None of the 1961 single releases are available on this album. The album mainly features covers of musicals and popular 30's and 40's songs. "Blue Moon" was issued as an export single. Tony Meehan was used as a session drummer with the NP orchestra.

This album was then re-marketed on the EP format into 2 EPs:

  • Listen to Cliff no.1 (mono)
  • Listen to Cliff no.2 (mono)

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "What'd I Say"   Ray Charles 3:03
2. "Blue Moon"   Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 3:32
3. "True Love Will Come to You"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:58
4. "Lover"   Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 1:49
5. "Unchained Melody"   Alex North, Hy Zaret 3:30
6. "Idle Gossip"   Floyd Huddleston, Joseph Meyer 2:54
7. "First Lesson in Love"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 1:56
8. "Almost Like Being in Love"   Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe 2:05
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum"   Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II 1:59
2. "Memories Linger On"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:40
3. "Temptation"   Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed 2:24
4. "I Live for You"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:15
5. "Sentimental Journey"   Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer 2:09
6. "I Want You to Know"   Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino 2:29
7. "We Kiss in a Shadow"   Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers 3:23
8. "It's You"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 3:22
CD reissue bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
17. "True Love Will Come to You"   Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:42
18. "I Want You to Know"   Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino 2:24

Release Formats

  • Vinyl LP mono & stereo
  • Reel to Reel Tape.(?) mono.
  • CD mono
  • CD mono/stereo

Personnel

Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Production


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