Cliff's Hit Album

Cliff's Hit Album
Compilation album by Cliff Richard
Released	July 1963
Recorded	July 1958 - December 1961
Genre	Rock and roll, pop
Label	Columbia
Producer	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard chronology
Summer Holiday (1963) Cliff's Hit Album (1963) When in Spain (1963)

Cliff's Hit Album is Cliff Richard's first compilation album. It was released in July 1963 and reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1][2]

The album contains 14 songs from his singles released between August 1958 and May 1962. It includes all Richard's singles in this period that made the top 3 of the UK Singles Chart.

Release

Cliff's Hit Album was released as an LP album on Columbia in the UK on July 1963. It has not been released on CD, but all tracks are available on other compilation albums.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move It" (A-side, August 1958, #2)	Ian Samwell	2:23
2.	"Living Doll" (A-side, July 1959, #1)	Lionel Bart	2:38
3.	"Travellin' Light" (A-side, October 1959, #1)	Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper	2:31
4.	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (A-side, January 1960, #2)	Norrie Paramor, Bunny Lewis	2:36
5.	"Fall in Love with You" (A-side, March 1960, #2)	Ian Samwell	2:30
6.	"Please Don't Tease" (A-side, June 1960, #1)	Bruce Welch, Peter Chester	2:59
7.	"Nine Times Out of Ten" (A-side, September 1960, #3)	Otis Blackwell, Waldense Hall	2:07

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love You" (A-side, December 1960, #1)	Bruce Welch	2:02
2.	"Theme for a Dream" (A-side, February 1961, #3)	Mort Garson, Earl Shuman	2:06
3.	"A Girl Like You" (A-side, June 1961, #3)	Jerry Lordan	2:31
4.	"When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (A-side, October 1961, #3)	Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper	2:25
5.	"The Young Ones" (A-side, January 1962, #1)	Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper	3:09
6.	"I'm Looking Out the Window" (A-side, May 1962, #2)	Don Raye, John Jacob Niles	2:16
7.	"Do You Wanna Dance" (B-side, May 1962, #2)	Bobby Freeman	2:16

Personnel

• Cliff Richard – vocals
• Hank Marvin – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jet Harris – bass guitar
• Tony Meehan – drums
• Brian Bennett – drums (tracks 6 and 7, side two)
• Mike Sammes Singers – backing vocals (track 2 and 4, side two)
• Norrie Paramor – his orchestra

Chart performance

Chart (1963)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[1]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[3]	3

References

1. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
2. Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. pp. 41,167. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.
3. Gilde, Torre (1994). Den Store Norske Hitboka: en komplett guide til populaermuikken i norge 1958-1993 (doc). Oslo: Exlex. ISBN 82-7776-000-0.