CLIFF RICHARD 78 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE EX

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AN ULTRA RARE 1960 DOUBLE-SIDED CLASSIC FROM CLIFF RICHARD  ON A SOUTH AFRICAN COLUMBIA 78 

FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU  /  WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE

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Harry Webb became lead singer of a rock and roll group, the Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before their first large scale appearance, at the Regal Ballroom in Ripley, Derbyshire, in 1958, they adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters". The four members were Webb, Ian "Sammy" Samwell on guitar, Terry Smart on drums and Norman Mitham on guitar. None of the other three played with the later and better known Shadows, although Samwell wrote songs for Richard's later career.

For his debut session, Paramor provided Richard with "Schoolboy Crush", a cover of an American record by Bobby Helms. Richard was permitted to record one of his own songs for the B-side; this was "Move It", written by the Drifters' Samwell on a number 715 Green Line bus on the way to Richard's house for a rehearsal.

There are a number of stories about why the A-side was replaced by the intended B-side. One is that Norrie Paramor's young daughter raved about the B-side; another was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show Oh Boy!, wanted the only song on his show to be "Move It".

The single went to No. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was the first genuine British rock classic, followed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates's "Shakin' All Over". John Lennon was quoted as saying that "Move It" was the first English rock record.

In the early days, Cliff Richard was marketed as the British equivalent to Elvis Presley. As did previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, "High Class Baby" and "Livin' Lovin' Doll", were followed by "Mean Streak" which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and Lionel Bart's "Living Doll". It was on "Living Doll" that the Drifters began to back Richard on record. By that time the band's lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name to "The Shadows" after legal complications with the U.S. Drifters.

Richard's fifth single "Living Doll" triggered a softer, more relaxed, sound. Subsequent hits,"Travellin' Light" and "Fall in Love with You",  "A Voice in the Wilderness" and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop entertainer along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early sixties his hits were consistently in the top five.

Fall in love, fall in love, fall in love with you
Fall in love, fall in love, fall in love with you

Fallin' in love again, fallin' in love again
Why couldn't I, why shouldn't I fall in love with you
Why must you lead your heart and keep we two apart
Why couldn't I, why shouldn't I fall in love with you

Mm mm, mm mm
Don't tell me, I know
It's late, our date
is almost over, it's time to go

Please, give me one more chance, this is my first romance
Why couldn't I, why shouldn't I fall in love with you

(Fall, Fall, Fall)

Mm mm, mm mm
Don't tell me, I know
It's late, our date
is almost over, it's time to go

Please, give me one more chance, this is my first romance
Why couldn't I, why shouldn't I fall in love with you

Fall in love, fall in love, fall in love with you
Fall in love, fall in love, fall in love with you

B SIDE: - WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE - A GREAT COVER OF ONE OF THE ALL TIME ROCKIN BO DIDDLEY BEAT CLASSICS FROM JOHNNY OTIS

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