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. The album includes all Richard's singles in that 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. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Move It" (released as a single (A-side), August 1958, #2)Ian Samwell 2:23
2. "Living Doll" (released as a single (A-side), July 1959, #1)Lionel Bart 2:38
3. "Travellin' Light" (released as a single (A-side), October 1959, #1)Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:31
4. "A Voice in the Wilderness" (released as a single (A-side), January 1960, #2)Norrie Paramor, Bunny Lewis 2:36
5. "Fall in Love with You" (released as a single (A-side), March 1960, #2)Ian Samwell 2:30
6. "Please Don't Tease" (released as a single (A-side), June 1960, #1)Bruce Welch, Peter Chester 2:59
7. "Nine Times Out of Ten" (released as a single (A-side), September 1960, #3)Otis Blackwell, Waldense Hall 2:07
Side Two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Love You" (released as a single (A-side), December 1960, #1)Bruce Welch 2:02
2. "Theme for a Dream" (released as a single (A-side), February 1961, #3)Mort Garson, Earl Shuman 2:06
3. "A Girl Like You" (released as a single (A-side), June 1961, #3)Jerry Lordan 2:31
4. "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (released as a single (A-side), October 1961, #3)Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:25
5. "The Young Ones" (released as a single (A-side), January 1962, #1)Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 3:09
6. "I'm Looking Out the Window" (released as a single (A-side), May 1962, #2)Don Raye, John Jacob Niles 2:16
7. "Do You Wanna Dance" (released as a single (B-side), May 1962, #2)Bobby Freeman 2:16

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1963) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 2
Norway Albums[3] 3

References

  1. 1 2 "1963-08-17 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". 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.
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