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Listen to Cliff!
Studio album by
Released14 April 1961
Length39:51
Label Columbia
Producer Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard chronology
Me and My Shadows
(1960)
Listen to Cliff!
(1961)
21 Today
(1961)

Listen to Cliff! is the third studio album by singer Cliff Richard and fourth album overall. It was released through EMI Columbia Records in April 1961. [1] The album reached No. 2 in the UK album chart, charting for 26 consecutive weeks and re-entering twice.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, no singles were officially released from the album. None of the 1961 single releases are available on this album. The album mainly features covers of musicals and popular 1930s and 40s songs. "Blue Moon" was issued as an export single. Tony Meehan was used as a session drummer with the Norrie Paramor orchestra.

Re-release

This album was then re-marketed on the EP format into 2 EPs:

  • Listen to Cliff no.1 (mono)
  • Listen to Cliff no.2 (mono)

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." What'd I Say [with The Shadows]" Ray Charles3:03
2." Blue Moon" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:32
3."True Love Will Come to You [with The Shadows]"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch2:58
4." Lover"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers1:49
5." Unchained Melody [with The Shadows]" Alex North, Hy Zaret3:30
6."Idle Gossip" Floyd Huddleston, Joseph Meyer2:54
7."First Lesson in Love [with The Shadows]"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch1:56
8." Almost Like Being in Love" Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe2:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum" Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II1:59
2."Memories Linger On [with The Shadows]"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch2:40
3." Temptation" Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed2:24
4."I Live for You [with The Shadows]"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch2:15
5." Sentimental Journey" Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer2:09
6."[[I Want You to Know [with The Shadows] (Fats Domino song)|I Want You to Know]]" Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino2:29
7." We Kiss in a Shadow"Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers3:23
8."It's You [with The Shadows]"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch3:22
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."True Love Will Come to You"Peter Chester, Bruce Welch2:42
18." I Want You to Know"Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino2:24

Release formats

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

Personnel

Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Production

References

  1. ^ "Available next week! These great new LPs!" (PDF). Disc. 1 April 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 21 November 2022.