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Cliff Sings
Cliff Sings
Studio album by Cliff Richard with The Shadows
Released	November 1959
Recorded	7–9 September 1959
Genre	Rock 'n' roll, pop, pop standards
Length	36:10
Label	Columbia; 1959 Vinyl – SX1192 (mono); 1992 CD – 0777780417 26; - 2 on 1 with "Me And My Shadows"; 1998 CD – 495 4392 (mono / stereo); 2001 CD – 5346002 (Stereo); - 2 on 1 with "Cliff"
Producer	Norrie Paramor
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Cliff Sings is the second album by British vocalist Cliff Richard. It was released in November 1959 through EMI Columbia Records and recorded at Abbey Road Studios.^[1] It reached No. 2 in the UK album chart.^[2] No singles were released from the album in the UK (as was often the case prior to the 1970s).

The album is split between rock 'n' roll and traditional pop standard covers. It is also the beginning of a repeated pattern in Richard's career until the mid-1960s, in which the Shadows and the Norrie Paramor orchestra would alternately share backing duties. The back cover of the album states that it was at the suggestion of the album's recording engineer, Malcolm Addy, that influenced Norrie Paramor to alternate Richard's backing between the Shadows and the string orchestra for this album.^[3] Tony Meehan from the Shadows was the session drummer for all tracks backed by the orchestra on this album.

While backing duties were shared equally on this album, Richard's next album, Me and My Shadows, would be backed entirely by the Shadows, while its successor, Listen to Cliff!, would have the Norrie Paramor orchestra on backing duties for all but one track.

Cliff Sings was recorded in both stereo and mono but originally only released in mono on LP. From February 1960, the album was also progressively marketed on the EP format, into four EPs, Cliff Sings No.1 through to Cliff Sings No.4, in both mono and stereo.^[1]

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

Production

Produced by Norrie Paramor
Engineered by Malcolm Addey

References

^ ^a ^b Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. pp. 23, 24, 166. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.
^ "Cliff Richard UK Chart History". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.
^ Cliff Richard (1959). Cliff Sings (LP record). Great Britain: Columbia (EMI).

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[CompleteRecordingSessions-1] Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. pp. 23, 24, 166. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.

[2] "Cliff Richard UK Chart History". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.

[3] Cliff Richard (1959). Cliff Sings (LP record). Great Britain: Columbia (EMI).

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-'''Cliff Sings''' is the second album by British vocalist [[Cliff Richard]], however as his first album, simply titled [[Cliff (album)|Cliff]] was recorded live, it is considered his first conventional [[studio album]]. It was released in November 1959 through [[EMI Columbia Records]] and recorded at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="CompleteRecordingSessions">{{cite book | first1=Peter | last1=Lewry | first2=Nigel | last2=Goodall | year=1991 | title=Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990 | publisher=Blandford | location=London | isbn=0-7137-2242-8 | pages=23,24,166}}</ref> It reached No. 2 in the [[UK Album Charts|UK album chart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliff Richard UK Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19899/cliff-richard/|website=officialcharts.com|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> No singles were released from the album in the UK (as was often the case prior to the 1970s).
+'''Cliff Sings''' is the second album by British vocalist [[Cliff Richard]]. It was released in November 1959 through [[EMI Columbia Records]] and recorded at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="CompleteRecordingSessions">{{cite book | first1=Peter | last1=Lewry | first2=Nigel | last2=Goodall | year=1991 | title=Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990 | publisher=Blandford | location=London | isbn=0-7137-2242-8 | pages=23,24,166}}</ref> It reached No. 2 in the [[UK Album Charts|UK album chart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliff Richard UK Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19899/cliff-richard/|website=officialcharts.com|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> No singles were released from the album in the UK (as was often the case prior to the 1970s).
 The album is split between [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] and [[Traditional pop music|traditional pop standard]] covers. It is also the beginning of a repeated pattern in Richard's career until the mid-1960s, in which [[the Shadows]] and the [[Norrie Paramor|Norrie Paramor orchestra]] would alternately share backing duties. The back cover of the album states that it was at the suggestion of the album's recording engineer, Malcolm Addy, that influenced Norrie Paramor to alternate Richard's backing between the Shadows and the string orchestra for this album.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Cliff Richard | title=Cliff Sings | date=1959 | medium=[[LP record]] | location=Great Britain | publisher=[[Columbia Graphophone Company | Columbia (EMI)]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2812152-Cliff-Sings/images}}</ref> [[Tony Meehan]] from the Shadows was the session drummer for all tracks backed by the orchestra on this album.