Cliff Sings

Untitled

Cliff Richard's second album Cliff Sings was released in November 1959 and reached No. 2 in his native the UK, album chart despite not including "Living Doll", Richard's first #1 single. The album charted higher than his debut released earlier in the year.

Recorded in both stereo and mono but only originally released in mono on LP.

This album lays down a starting post marker for a repeated pattern during Richard's career during the 1960s in which the Shadows would eventually be marginalised out of his career as a backing group by his producer Norrie Paramor. From this album onwards, for the interim until the mid-1960s, the Shadows and the Norrie Paramor orchestra would jointly share backing duties 50:50. Tony Meehan was used as a session drummer for tracks backed by the NP orchestra.

This album was also marketed on the EP format into four EPs: Cliff Sings no.1 to 4 (both mono and stereo).

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	With	Length
1.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	The Shadows	1:45
2.	"The Snake and the Bookworm"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	The Shadows	2:10
3.	"I Gotta Know"	Matt Williams, Paul Evans	The Shadows	2:25
4.	"Here Comes Summer"	Jerry Keller	The Shadows	2:15
5.	"I'll String Along With You"	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:19
6.	"Embraceable You"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:37
7.	"As Time Goes By"	Herman Hupfeld	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:25
8.	"The Touch of Your Lips"	Ray Noble	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:46

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	With	Length
1.	"Twenty Flight Rock"	Ned Fairchild, Eddie Cochran	The Shadows	1:43
2.	"Pointed Toe Shoes"	Carl Perkins	The Shadows	1:50
3.	"Mean Woman Blues"	Claude Demetrius	The Shadows	2:26
4.	"I'm Walkin'"	Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew	The Shadows	1:49
5.	"I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)"	Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	1:56
6.	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:32
7.	"Somewhere Along the Way"	Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:37
8.	"That's My Desire"	Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra	2:35

Release formats

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

Personnel

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

• Cliff Richard – lead vocals
• Hank Marvin – lead guitar
• Bruce Welch - rhythm guitar
• Jet Harris – bass guitar
• Tony Meehan – drums

Production

• Produced by Norrie Paramor
• Engineered by Malcolm Addey