Initially Released On: The Next Time/Bachelor Boy 7" single (1962 December — UK — Columbia 45-DB 4950)

Comments and Observations

The song Bachelor Boy was recorded on November 16, 1962 beginning at 7:00PM at Abbey Road Studios in London. The Shadows provided backing vocals and played all instruments, with Hank Marvin on piano. The producer was Norrie Paramor and the engineer for both the mono and stereo recordings was Malcolm Addey. Recording was completed on November 16, however the final mono and stereo single/album mixes were completed a few days later on November 19. An alternate mix for the USA market, from the original recording sessions was done on March 25, 1963

The song required at least 11 recording takes to complete, 9 with the full band and two additional vocals takes. Subsequent take numbers were given to new mixes of those recordings. The final single/album release was an edit of vocals takes 10 and 11 with backing from Take 9, and the alternate USA mix was Take 12 (although it was derived from the original Take 9). There has been quite a bit of confusion over the years about the releases and takes used for the song, with varying takes being released. Given information provided by Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall in several of their Cliff related books, as well as audible evidence from the vinyl releases, it is thought that this is finally sorted out. Here is a chart that displays the sequence of events that created the released versions of Bachelor Boy.

Seq.	Date	Take	Comments	Release(s)
1	November 16, 1962	Take 9	Drums, bass, piano, guitar recorded on one track and Cliff's vocals concurrently recorded on another track of the 4-track tape
2	November 16, 1962	Take 9	Lead guitar recorded on one track of the 4-track tape
3	November 16, 1962	Take 9	Backing vocals recorded on one track of the 4-track tape
4	November 16, 1962	N/A	A decision is made that Cliff's vocals are unsatisfactory
5	November 16, 1962	Take 10	A new lead vocal recording is recorded.
6	November 16, 1962	Take 11	Another new lead vocal recording is recorded.
			Work done on November 16, 1962 is stopped
7	November 19, 1962	Take 10/11	The rhythm, lead guitar and backing vocals of Take 9 are mixed to one track of a 2-track tape and Cliff's vocals from Takes 10 and 11 are spliced together (one take is the beginning to the third verse and the other take is the third verse to the end) on the other track of the 2-track tape. This is mixed together to become split stereo Take 10/11.	This is now the original stereo master
8	November 19, 1962	Take 10/11	The Take 10/11 stereo is reduced to mono	This is now the original mono master
			Work done on November 19, 1962 is stopped
9	March 25 1963	Take 12	All tracks from the Take 9 4-track are mixed to stereo for the USA market with Cliff's original Take 9 vocals brought to the center. This is probably done because the split stereo was unacceptable for the USA market and the best full stereo recording available was Take 9.	This is now the USA stereo master
10	Between March 25 1963 and September 1963	Take 12	Take 12 stereo is reduced to mono	This is now the USA mono master
			Takes 10/11 stereo, 10/11 mono, 12 stereo and 12 mono are used on various releases up until the 1994 The Hit List collection
11	1993 -OR- 1994	Take 12 (Remaster)	Keith Bessey uses the Take 12 stereo mix to create a new mono master	This is now the The Hit List mono master
			The Take 12 mono remaster has been used on all collections since 1994

Although the arrangements are basically the same on all versions, it's clear that the Take 10/11 version and Take 12 version are the same backing track on both versions and the lead vocals are completely different. The lead vocals are remarkably similar with only very slight variations up until the third verse (beginning "As time goes by...") where the vocal splice occurs. A sample of this splice transition can be heard HERE with the first sample being the original recording (what eventually saw release as Take 12) and the second sample is the edited recording (which saw release as Take 10/11). Those with really sharp ears can hear a clipped sound on the Take 10/11, possibly Cliff's vocals from the original recording, just as Cliff sings the "as" in "as time goes by"). A much more overt sample showing the difference is at the beginning of the fourth and final chorus. On the original recording (what became Take 12), Cliff sings the first line as "Yeah, I'll be a bachelor boy". On the newer recording (used for Take 10/11), he sings it as "But until then I'll be a bachelor boy". A sample demonstrating this can be heard HERE. As a final note, it may be a bit confusing to call the earlier recording "Take 12" and the later recording "Take 10/11". It seems backwards, but this is the way engineers at the time did things, thus the Take 12 version is taken from an earlier recording and was given a new take number, even though it was only a new mix.

Bachelor Boy was recorded late in the sessions for the Summer Holiday soundtrack. The film was mostly completed and the producers realized that their final edit of the film was running short. They thought that perhaps a couple of additional songs could be added to build to the movie's running time so they called Norrie Paramor. As it turns out, both Cliff and Bruce Welch were present during the phone call and they immediately agreed to record new songs for the film. These songs, written very quickly, were Big News and Bachelor Boy. With only about two months until the film's release, they were written (both with Cliff as co-writer) and recorded very quickly at Abbey Road. Shortly after, the song was recorded again in Elstree studios and Cliff and the Shadows filmed the movie's scenes for the song. The liner notes by Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall in the 2003 special edition CD of Summer Holiday implies that the song was recorded first at Elstree, then later the single/album version at Abbey Road, but this is incorrect. Evidence for this being that certainly the studio would not approve the money for filming an unknown and unproven song, but also the song was obviously in the formation stages while being recorded at Abbey Road and by the time they got to Elstree to record, they had polished up the song to its final format.

This structure and melody of the song are a bit unusual for such a hit song. The beat and melody are a simple waltz, with its usual 1-2-3 structure. Unlike most pop songs of the era, it's also completely missing any sort of instrumental or vocal bridge. There's certainly nothing wrong with the song, but its structure is unusual for the era, given that it was such a big success.

The chord structure is simple, the song proper being in D major and using only the three most common chords - D, G and A. The verse is rigidly structured, twice through an eight bar phrase: two bars of D, then two of G, two of A then two of D. Likewise the melody contains little that is unique: each chord change is accompanied by an on-beat tone contained in the chord. The melody is strictly diatonic (i.e. all notes are natural to the D major scale) and the range encompasses exactly one octave (from D below middle C to middle D).

Virtually all the above holds for the chorus: same chord sequence and pattern, and (different) diatonic melody encompassing the same octave. The one exception is that the last bar is omitted. The most interesting part of the song from a musicological point of view is the introduction/link/coda. The introduction consists of an irregular nine bar phrase, the first and fifth of which revolve around a mixolydian C major chord that introduces the only non-diatonic element in the recording. Each bar of C is followed by three bars of D, which primes the listener to expect a perfect cadence in G major. Instead, on the second time through an additional bar of D is accompanied by a diatonic, on-the-beat run from A (through B an C#) that subverts the expectation of resolution to the G chord and resolves instead to the tonic (D). This theme is repeated in compressed form (without the diatonic run) as a 3 bar interlude of C, D and C prior to the second and third verses, and modified as the coda, which comprises a 6 bar alternation of D and C prior to the concluding D chord.

Originally recorded for the Summer Holiday soundtrack (Columbia 33SX 1472 (Mono) / SCX 3462 (Stereo)) released in January 1963, the initial December 1962 release was a little over a month prior on the The Next Time single (Columbia DB 4950 (Mono)). There was no stereo issue of the The Next Time/Bachelor Boy single. The original single is a double A-side, meaning that both sides are considered hit songs and are marketed as such. However in reality, the records are pressed with an A and B side no matter how they are marketed and The Next Time is the actual A-side of the UK single.

Bachelor Boy, paired with The Next Time, entered the UK Record Retailer Top 30 chart on December 6, 1962, reached #1 for three consecutive weeks from January 3 to 17, 1963 and spent a total of 18 weeks in the chart. It's Cliff's sixth Record Retailer chart #1. On the UK New Musical Express Top 30 chart, where The Next Time was tracked separately, it entered on December 5, 1962, reached #3 for two consecutive weeks from January 16 and 23, 1963 and spent a total of 15 weeks in the chart.

Also of interest is that Cliff co-wrote the song with Shadow Bruce Welch. Cliff's primary involvement was in writing most of the lyrics, with Bruce handling the music (and at least the "a wife and a child and they'll be my turtle dove" lyric). Cliff didn't write many of his own songs and of those he did, very few were hits. So for Bachelor Boy to be such a massive chart success and a song written by Cliff is a bit unusual. Certainly, given the conditions and time constraints under which the song was created for the Summer Holiday film, it was probably simple luck that Cliff be involved in the process. He and Bruce were present when the song was requested by Elstree Studios so they immediately set to work on a song.

A note about the lyrics... It appears that on the original recordings, Cliff is singing the choruses as "I'll be your bachelor boy", but on the film version and all subsequent live versions he sings them as "I'll be a bachelor boy". Is this the case or not? Given the context of the song, that a son is singing to his father, it would make sense that he heeds his father's advice and says "I'll be your bachelor boy." Either lyric makes sense. So did Cliff slightly alter these lyrics after the original recording? Or is this simply Cliff's British accent creeping into the song, where he adds the "r" sound at the end of a word that ends in an "ah" sound (such as "Donna" becoming "Donner" and "Maria" becoming "Mari-er")? This remains unclear, but it's probably a safe bet that it's simply Cliff's British accent showing through. One sample to demonstrate this, taken from the second chorus, is from the alternate early take, Take 10/11, the film version and a live performance from 1974. It can be heard HERE. Another sample, which can be heard HERE, is from the alternate early take, Take 12, Take 10/11, the film version and a live performance from 1974.

Cliff performed the songs many times over the years and released nearly a dozen live versions on various releases. He would record a whole new studio recording with The Shadows in 2009 for the 50th anniversary album, Reunited. The line-up of The Shadows was mostly the same, featuring Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin and Brian Bennett. Whereas Shadow Brian Locking featured on bass guitar on the original 1962 recording, the 2009 re-recording featured non-Shadow Mark Griffiths on bass guitar instead. Mark Griffiths is best known as the bass player from Cliff's stage band at the time. This new recording is the exact same arrangement as the original Take 12 recording, including the changed "Yeah" lyric in the fourth chorus.

Structure and Lyrics

Below is the structure of the fullest, most complete version of the originally released song as available on the standard issues of the original Summer Holiday album.

Cliff Richard and The Shadows (1963)

Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009)

-Piano Intro -Verse 1    When I was young my father said    Son I have something to say    And what he told me I'll never forget    Until my dying day -Chorus 1    He said son you are a bachelor boy    And that's the way to stay    Son you'll be a bachelor boy    Until your dying day -Verse 2    When I was sixteen I fell in love    With a girl as sweet as can be    But I remembered just in time    What my daddy said to me -Chorus 2    He said son you are a bachelor boy    And that's the way to stay    Son you'll be a bachelor boy    Until your dying day -Verse 3    As time goes by I probably will    Meet a girl and fall in love    Then I'll get married have a wife and a child    And they'll be my turtle doves -Chorus 3    But until then I'll be a bachelor boy    And that's the way I'll stay    Happy to be a bachelor boy    Until my dying day -Chorus 4    But until then I'll be a bachelor boy    And that's the way I'll stay    Happy to be a bachelor boy    Until my dying day

-Piano Intro -Verse 1    When I was young my father said    Son I have something to say    And what he told me I'll never forget    Until my dying day -Chorus 1    He said son you are a bachelor boy    And that's the way to stay    Son you'll be a bachelor boy    Until your dying day -Verse 2    When I was sixteen I fell in love    With a girl as sweet as can be    But I remembered just in time    What my daddy said to me -Chorus 2    He said son you are a bachelor boy    And that's the way to stay    Son you'll be a bachelor boy    Until your dying day -Verse 3    As time goes by I probably will    Meet a girl and fall in love    Then I'll get married have a wife and a child    And they'll be my turtle doves -Chorus 3    But until then I'll be a bachelor boy    And that's the way I'll stay    Happy to be a bachelor boy    Until my dying day -Chorus 4    Yeah, I'll be a bachelor boy    And that's the way I'll stay    Happy to be a bachelor boy    Until my dying day

Not counting the mono/stereo variations and remixes, there are four studio takes of Bachelor Boy released over the years. These include Take 12 (which is actually a remixed Take 9), an edit of Takes 10 and 11, an unknown early take with a false start, and the take used for the Summer Holiday film. All versions are arranged the same, but there are some slight variations in lyrics and delivery.

The Take 10/11 version uses Take 11 up until the third verse, where the rest of the track is a tape splice from Take 10. At this edit, at about the [1:08] mark, can be heard a quick clip of Cliff starting a vocal before it is cut off. The most notable difference in the rest of the track is the first line of the fourth chorus. On Take 12, Cliff shouts "Yeah" and sings the rest of the line. On Take 10/11, he drops the "Yeah" and sings it straight as "But until then". The unknown early take with a false start shows Cliff experimenting with different lyrical delivery as he seems to flub a few lines and sings somewhat lazily. It is also completely missing the backing vocals and Hank's lead guitar. The movie version was likely recorded in Elstree Studios some time after the filming of Summer Holiday and is mostly the same arrangement as the Take 10/11 version. The song had to be re-recorded for the film as the music unions at the time forbid the use of studio recorded music from being used in a film. All of Cliff's film music pre-Wonderful Life is this way.

Song Section	Lyric/Part	Bachelor Boy (Take 10/11)	Bachelor Boy (Take 12)	Bachelor Boy (Alternate Take With False Start)	Bachelor Boy (Movie Version)	*	Bachelor Boy (2009 Re-Recording)
Studio Banter and False Start	Studio Banter and False Start	-	-	YES	-	*	-
Piano Intro	Piano Intro	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
Verse 1	When I was young my father said	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Son I have something to say	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	And what he told me I'll never forget	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Until my dying day	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
Chorus 1	He said son you are a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES, but the line is flubbed a bit	YES	*	YES
	And that's the way to stay	YES	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to That's the way to stay	YES	*	YES
	Son you'll be a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Until your dying day	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
Verse 2	When I was sixteen I fell in love	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	With a girl as sweet as can be	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	But I remembered just in time	YES	YES	YES, but the lyrics are almost shouted	YES	*	YES
	What my daddy said to me	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
Chorus 2	He said son you are a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	And that's the way to stay	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Son you'll be a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Until your dying day	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
Verse 3	As time goes by I probably will	YES, but note that the Take 10 edit begins here	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Meet a girl and fall in love	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Then I'll get married have a wife and a child	YES	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to And we'll get married have a wife and a child	YES	*	YES
	And they'll be my turtle doves	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to And they'll be my turtle dove	YES, but the lyric changed to And she'll be my turtle dove	YES, but the lyric changed to And they'll be my turtle dove	*	YES
Chorus 3	But until then I'll be a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	And that's the way I'll stay	YES	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to Until my dying day	YES	*	YES
	Happy to be a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Until my dying day	YES	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to That's what my daddy did say	YES	*	YES
Chorus 4	But until then I'll be a bachelor boy	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to Yeah, I'll be a bachelor boy	YES, but the lyric changed to Yeah, I'm gonna be a bachelor boy	YES	*	YES, but the lyric changed to Yeah, I'm gonna be a bachelor boy
	And that's the way I'll stay	YES	YES	YES, but the lyric changed to Until my dying day	YES	*	YES
	Happy to be a bachelor boy	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES
	Until my dying day	YES	YES	YES	YES	*	YES

Counting the mono/stereo variations and remixes, there are even more variations. The original 1963 releases of Bachelor Boy used Take 10/11 and it was released in both mono and stereo. The stereo version was a split stereo version which has Cliff and the backing vocals hard right, and everything else on the left. Nothing in the center! Indeed, some sources say that the release of split stereo mixes was never supposed to happen. These are just working mixes, to be mixed later to mono or a proper stereo mix. However, probably owing to the after-the-fact recording of the songs, both Big News and the Take 10/11 version of Bachelor Boy were never mixed to true stereo and the split stereos were released as is. When the album was released in the USA in October 1963 under the slightly retitled Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday (with a different track listing than the UK album), the Take 10/11 edit was not used. It is thought that because of the greater prevalence of stereo in the US market, and the fact that the US market was not appreciative of split stereo mixes, that the split stereo of Take 10/11 was unacceptable. Instead, a new mix, called Take 12, was remixed from the 4 track tape. The rhythm track is still panned hard (right), but Cliff's vocal is now in the center, disentangled from the backing vocals (which are hard left, along with the lead guitar). It should be noted that although this Take 12 version was mixed for the USA market, it did not first appear on the USA Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday LP in October 1963 but the June 1963 release of the UK stereo EP entitled Hits From Summer Holiday. While the UK stereo EP used the Take 12 version, the UK mono EP of the same title used the Take 10/11 version. The USA LP used the Take 12 version for both the stereo and mono releases. For whatever the reasons the Take 12 was used, it started a long chain of variable releases and confusion over the song. This USA mixed Take 12 was also used on the 1965 UK album More Hits, the 1977 LP of the 40 Golden Greats album and several other compilations. Then for a few years the original Take 10/11 version was used again, as on the 1989 CD issue of the 40 Golden Greats album. Then when Keith Bessey did work on Cliff's catalog for the 1994 The Hit List compilation, he apparently took the USA remixed mono Take 12 and remastered it. It is this version that has appeared on all compilations and Summer Holiday releases since. As a result, the split stereo Take 10/11 mix is rare, but the true stereo mix of the Take 12 mix-- the version one that resulted because the split stereo version was unacceptable-- is now extremely rare and has never been issued on CD.

Here is a chart that shows the variations of the 1962 recording in chronological order of release. All are UK issues unless otherwise noted.

Year/Month	Format	Title	Mono/Stereo	Take
1962 November	Single	The Next Time (Mono issue)	Mono	Take 10/11
1963 January	LP album	Summer Holiday (Mono issue)	Mono	Take 10/11
1963 January	LP album	Summer Holiday (Stereo issue)	Stereo	Take 10/11
1963 January	Summer Holiday Film	Summer Holiday Film	Mono	Film Take
1963 June	EP	Hits From Summer Holiday (Mono issue)	Mono	Take 10/11
1963 June	EP	Hits From Summer Holiday (Stereo issue)	Stereo	Take 12
1963 October	LP album	Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday (Mono USA issue)	Mono	Take 12
1963 October	LP album	Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday (Stereo USA issue)	Stereo	Take 12
1965 July	LP album	More Hits - By Cliff (Mono issue)	Mono	Take 12
1965 July	LP album	More Hits - By Cliff (Stereo issue)	Stereo	Take 12
1977 October	LP album	40 Golden Greats	Stereo	Take 12
1983 April	LP album	Summer Holiday (EMI reissue)	Stereo	Take 10/11
1984 May	LP album	Cliff In The 60's	Stereo	Take 12
1988 April	LP album	Summer Holiday (MFP reissue)	Stereo	Take 10/11
1988 April	CD album	Summer Holiday (MFP reissue)	Stereo	Take 10/11
1989 June	CD album	40 Golden Greats	Stereo	Take 10/11
1994 October	CD album	The Hit List	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
1996 July	CD album	Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2000 October	CD album	The Whole Story - His Greatest Hits	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2002 August	CD album	The Singles Collection	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2003	CD album	Summer Holiday: Special Edition CD	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2003 January	CD album	Summer Holiday: Special Edition CD	Mono	Alternate Take (with false start)
2003 August	CD album	My Songs	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2005 November	CD album	Platinum Collection	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2006 April	CD album	The Collection	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2008 September	CD album	...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music}	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)
2008 November	CD album	50th Anniversary Album	Mono	Take 12 (Remaster)

Also of interest are some alternate mixes that have appeared worldwide. The 1978 Australian LP, 20 Golden Greats has another remaster of the stereo Take 12 USA mix, providing a very pronounced (although not complete) separation between tracks: Bass, drums, piano and acoustic guitar are right, Cliff's vocal is center and backing vocals and lead guitar appear on the left. The 1983 Australian 25 Years Of Gold LP has yet another remaster of the stereo Take 12 USA mix, so that it sounds much more modern, adding lots of top end and narrowing the stereo image somewhat.

Of course, the 2009 re-recording is a whole new recording and only that one version exists of that recording.

These are the known statistics for the various country's music charts. If you can fill in the missing information or know of charting information in other countries, please let me know at the email address listed at the bottom of this page.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18
UK Record Retailer Top 50 Chart Entry Date: December 6, 1962 Paired on this chart with The Next Time	18	5	2	2	1 (January 3, 1963)	1 (January 10, 1963)	1 (January 17, 1963)	2	2	2	5	9	16	19	25	35	44	41
UK New Musical Express Top 30 Chart Entry Date: December 5, 1962	13	13	13	9	5	4	3 (January 16, 1963)	3 (January 23, 1963)	4	6	9	16	22	23	26
USA Billboard Hot 100 Chart Entry Date: August 1, 1964 Only one week on chart	99 (August 1, 1964)
Australia Chart Entry Date: January 26, 1963	34	22	20	19	19	12	10 (March 9, 1963)	10 (March 16, 1963)	21	20	26	39
Canada CHUM Chart Entry Date: April 1, 1963	41	18	11	6	2 (April 29, 1963)	3	2 (May 13, 1963) Cliff was held off from taking the #1 spot with this song by his own Summer Holiday single which was at #1 itself.	3	4	7	11	13	16	43
Norway Top 10 Chart Entry Date: January 28, 1963	8 (January 28, 1963)	10

Here are all the known UK releases of the song:

Bachelor Boy (Standard Release)

• Running Time: 2:02
• Released On:
  
  • The Next Time/Bachelor Boy 7" single (1962 November 30 — UK — Columbia 45-DB 4950) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday LP album (1963 January 18 — UK — Columbia 33SX 1472) [mono]
  • Hits From Summer Holiday EP (1963 June — UK — Columbia SEG 8250) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday reel-to-reel album (1963 — UK — Columbia TA-33SX 1472) [mono]
  • Cliff 7" singles box set (1982 February 19 — UK — EMI CRBOX ONLY 1) [mono]
  • The Next Time/Bachelor Boy 7" single (1982 February 19 — UK — EMI DB 4950) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday LP album (1963 January 18 — UK — Columbia SCX 3462) [split stereo]
  • Summer Holiday LP album (1983 April 11 — UK — EMI EMS 1009/OC 048-06 965) [split stereo]
  • Summer Holiday cassette album (1983 April 11 — UK — EMI TC-EMS 1009/OC 248-06 965) [split stereo]
  • Summer Holiday LP album (1988 April 5 — UK — Music For Pleasure MFP 5824/41 5824 1/5 099941 582411) [split stereo]
  • Summer Holiday cassette album (1988 April 5 — UK — Music For Pleasure TC-MFP 5824/41 5824 4/5 099941 582442) [split stereo]
  • Summer Holiday CD album (1988 April 5 — UK — Music For Pleasure CD-MFP 6021/CDB 7 52058 2/0 77775 20582 4) [split stereo]
  • 40 Golden Greats CD album (1989 June 12 — UK — EMI CZD 202/CDS 7924252/0 077779 242528) [split stereo]
  • The Definitive Film And Musical Album CD album (1989 — Holland — EVA 7919612) [split stereo]
  • Cliff Songs Written And Co-Written By Cliff CD album (1991 — Australia — EMI 7980882) [split stereo]
  • Do You Want To Dance With Cliff Richard CD album (2000 June — France — Magic Records 5270942/0 724352 709427) [split stereo]
  • 40 Golden Greats digital album (2003 March 3 — UK — EMI 077779 242559) [split stereo]
  
  
• Cover Versions:
  
  • The Toy Dolls on their One More Megabyte album (with altered lyrics) (1997)
  • Darren Day on his Summer Holiday single (2004)
  
  
• Used in the Film or TV Program: Summer Holiday (1963)

Bachelor Boy (USA Remix Version)

• Running Time: 2:02
• Released On:
  
  • More Hits - By Cliff LP album (1965 July — UK — Columbia 33SX 1737) [mono]
  • More Hits - By Cliff reel-to-reel album (1965 — UK — Columbia TA-33SX 1737) [mono]
  • More Hits - By Cliff cassette album (1965 — UK — Columbia TC SCX 3555/1E 244 o 04112) [mono]
  • Die Story LP album box set (1988 — Germany — EMI 60 391 0) [mono]
  • Die Story cassette album box set (1988 — Germany — EMI 61 201 0) [mono]
  • Die Story CD album box set (1988 — Germany — EMI 62 291 0) [mono]
  • The Hit List CD album (1994 October 3 — UK — EMI CDEMTVD 84/8 30917 2/7243 8 30917 2 0) [mono]
  • The Hit List cassette album (1994 October 3 — UK — EMI TCEMTVD8 4/8 30917 4/7243 8 30917 4 4) [mono]
  • Move It CD album (1996 — UK — Fastforward Music FFCD 851) [mono]
  • Move It cassette album (1996 — UK — Fastforward Music FFMC 851) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 cassette album (1996 July 29 — UK — EMI TCEMD 1096/8 52790 4/7243 8 52790 4 1) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 CD album (1996 July 29 — UK — EMI CD EMD 1096/8 52790 2/7243 8 52790 2 7) [mono]
  • 40th Anniversary Complete CD album box set (1998 January — Australia — EMI Records Australia 4934052/7243 4 93405 2 7)
    [40th Anniversary Complete – Volume 2 1962–64 CD (EMI Records Australia 4934072/7243 4 93407 2 5)] [mono]
  • 40 Years Of Hits In Holland CD album (1998 April 6 — Holland — EMI 7243 4 93830 2 9) [mono]
  • 1960s CD album (1998 October 12 — UK — EMI 497 1332/7243 4 97133 2 1) [mono]
  • 1960s 1970s 1980s CD album box set (1998 October — UK — EMI 498 2642/7243 4 98264 2 7) [mono]
  • The Complete Collection CD album (1998 — South Africa — EMI CDEMCJD (WLMD) 5751) [mono]
  • The Best Of Cliff Richard And The Shadows CD album box set (1999 — UK — Readers Digest B 99 001 BB 3) [mono]
  • The Whole Story - His Greatest Hits CD album (2000 October 9 — UK — EMI 529 3222/7243 5 29322 2 1) [mono]
  • The Whole Story - His Greatest Hits cassette album (2000 October 9 — UK — EMI 529 3224/7243 5 29322 4 5) [mono]
  • The Singles Collection CD album box set (2002 August 12 — UK — EMI 537 5512/7243 5 37551 2 6) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday CD album with 7" presentation (2003 January 20 — UK — EMI 543 9992/7243-543999 2 3) [mono]
  • 1960s digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 4 97133 5 2) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43999 5 4) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43995 5 8) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 digital album (2003 March 3 — UK — EMI 7243 8 52790 5 8) [mono]
  • The Singles Collection digital album box set (2003 March 3 — UK — EMI 7243 5 37551 5 7) [mono]
  • My Songs CD album (2003 August 18 — UK — EMI 590 9652/7243 5 90965 2 0) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday CD album (2003 September 15 — UK — EMI 543995 2/07243 543995 2 7) [mono]
  • Platinum Collection CD album (2005 November 14 — UK — EMI 333 8032/0946 3 33803 2 5) [mono]
  • Platinum Collection digital album (2005 November 14 — UK — EMI 0946 3 33803 5 6) [mono]
  • My Songs digital album (2006 March 24 — UK — EMI 7243 5 90965 5 1) [mono]
  • The Collection CD album (2006 April — UK — Marks & Spencer MS2037/M 7634 567 S) [mono]
  • Complete Hits CD album (2007 September 21 — Thailand — EMI 00946 3 83989 2 9) [mono]
  • ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} CD album box set (2008 September 15 — UK — EMI 216 5922/5099921659225)
    [The Hits: Number Ones Around The World CD (EMI 216 5972/5099921659720)] [mono]
  • 50th Anniversary Album CD album (2008 November 3 — UK — EMI 242 3892/50999 2 42389 2 2) [mono]
  • The Fiftieth Anniversary Album digital album (2008 November 3 — UK — EMI 50999 2 42389 5 3) [mono]
  • The Collection CD album (2011 — UK — Reader's Digest RDCD7221-4/3 801410 000003) [mono]
  • 75 At 75 CD album (2015 September 18 — UK — Rhino 0825646048892) [mono]
  • 75 At 75 digital album (2015 September 18 — UK — Rhino 825646048885) [mono]
  • The Best Of The Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers LP album (2019 November 29 — UK — Parlophone 0190295367008) [mono]
  • The Best Of The Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers CD album (2019 November 29 — UK — Parlophone 0190295367022) [mono]
  • The Best Of The Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers digital album (2019 November 29 — UK — Parlophone 190295355319) [mono]
  • Hits From Summer Holiday EP (1963 June — UK — Columbia ESG 7896) [stereo]
  • More Hits - By Cliff LP album (1965 July — UK — Columbia SCX 3555) [stereo]
  • More Hits - By Cliff 8-track album (1965 July — UK — Columbia 8X-SCX 3555) [stereo]
  • The Cliff Richard Story LP album box set (1974 February — UK — World Records SM 255/256/257/258/259/260) [stereo]
  • The Cliff Richard Story cassette album box set (1974 February — UK — World Records TC–CSM 255/256/257/258/259/260) [stereo]
  • 40 Golden Greats LP album (1977 September 30 — UK — EMI EMTVS 6/OC 156-06 508/9) [stereo]
  • 40 Golden Greats 8-track album (1977 September 30 — UK — EMI 8X-EMTVS 6/OC 386–06 508/9) [stereo]
  • 40 Golden Greats cassette album (1977 September 30 — UK — EMI TC-EMTVS 6/OC 286-06 508/9) [stereo]
  • Cliff In The 60's LP album (1984 May 8 — UK — Music For Pleasure MFP 41 5656 1/5 099941 565612) [stereo]
  • Cliff In The 60's cassette album (1984 May 8 — UK — Music For Pleasure MFP 41 5656 4/5 099941 565643) [stereo]
  • From The Heart LP album (1985 September — UK — Tellydisc TELLY 28) [stereo]
  • From The Heart cassette album (1985 September — UK — Tellydisc MC TEL 28) [stereo]
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Alternate Take With False Start)

• Running Time: 2:36
• Released On:
  
  • Summer Holiday CD album with 7" presentation (2003 January 20 — UK — EMI 543 9992/7243-543999 2 3) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43999 5 4) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43995 5 8) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday CD album (2003 September 15 — UK — EMI 543995 2/07243 543995 2 7) [mono]
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Movie Version)

• Running Time: 1:58
• Record Date: 1962
• Record Location: Elstree Studios
• Produced By: Norrie Paramor
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals, piano), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Locking (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On:
  
  • Summer Holiday VHS videotape (1983 — UK — Thorn EMI TVJ 90 2205 2/5 099990 220524) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday Betamax videotape (1983 — UK — Thorn EMI TXJ 90 2205 4) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday VHS videotape (1988 — UK — Warner Home Video PES 38073/5 014783 807324) [mono]
  • The Young Ones/Summer Holiday VHS videotape (1996 — UK — Warner Home Video S038696/5 014780 386969) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 cassette album (1996 July 29 — UK — EMI TCEMD 1096/8 52790 4/7243 8 52790 4 1) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 CD album (1996 July 29 — UK — EMI CD EMD 1096/8 52790 2/7243 8 52790 2 7) [mono]
  • The Cliff Richard DVD Collection DVD (2002 August 5 — UK — Warner Home Video D038471/Z138471/7 321900 384711) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday CD album with 7" presentation (2003 January 20 — UK — EMI 543 9992/7243-543999 2 3) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43999 5 4) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday digital album (2003 March 1 — UK — EMI 7243 5 43995 5 8) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 digital album (2003 March 3 — UK — EMI 7243 8 52790 5 8) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday CD album (2003 September 15 — UK — EMI 543995 2/07243 543995 2 7) [mono]
  • Sing-A-Long Collection DVD (2006 October 30 — UK — Optimum Classic OPTD0623/5 060034 576761) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday DVD (2007 February 26 — UK — Optimum Classic OPTD0624/5 060034 576778) [mono]
  • Cliff Richard – The Classic Collection DVD box set (2008 — UK — Optimum Releasing Ltd GRD1719/5 060144 217196) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday DVD (2019 August 26 — UK — Studio Canal OPTD4299/5 055201 843005) [mono]
  • Summer Holiday Blu-ray (2019 August 26 — UK — Studio Canal OPTBD4299/5 055201 843012) [mono]
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased December 25, 1962 TV Performance)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: December 25, 1962 (broadcast date)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Locking (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On: Unreleased

Bachelor Boy (The Ed Sullivan Show - April 14, 1963)

• Running Time: 1:53
• Record Date: April 14, 1963
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Brian Locking (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On: The Hit List VHS videotape (1994 October 3 — UK — PMI MVD 4913453/4913453/7243 4913453 9)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased April 28, 1963 TV Performance)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: April 28, 1963 (broadcast date)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Brian Locking (bass), Brian Bennett (drums), other artists and instruments unknown

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Liθge, Belgium - May 8, 1964)

• Running Time: 2:26
• Record Date: May 8, 1964
• Record Location: Liθge, Belgium
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), John Rostill (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On: Cliff Richard YouTube Channel (2019 November 19 — Worldwide — YouTube BGEvwi759s0) [mono]

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased September 29, 1965 TV Performance)

• Running Time: 2:03
• Record Date: September 29, 1965 (broadcast date)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), John Rostill (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased April 5, 1966 TV Performance)

• Running Time: 2:25
• Record Date: April 5, 1966 (broadcast date)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), John Rostill (bass), Brian Bennett (drums)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - October 18, 1967)

• Running Time: 2:05
• Record Date: October 18, 1967
• Record Location: Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan
• Produced By: Norrie Paramor
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), The Norrie Paramor Orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramor (orchestra and all other instruments)

• Released On:
  
  • Cliff In Japan LP album (1968 January — Japan — Odeon OP 9701) [stereo]
  • Cliff In Japan CD album (2007 March 12 — UK — EMI 381 9622/0946 3 81962 2 8) [stereo]
  • Cliff In Japan digital album (2007 March 12 — UK — EMI 0946 3 81962 5 9) [stereo]
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased June 11, 1968 TV Performance)

• Running Time: 0:59
• Record Date: June 11, 1968 (broadcast date)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), John Rostill (bass), Tony Meehan (drums)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged from After Ten, Fellas... Ten! TV special)S Cliff Richard Go Where I Send Thee (Unreleased June 11, 1968 TV Performance)S Cliff Richard Go Where I Send Thee (Unreleased June 11, 1968 TV Performance)

Shadows Medley: The Young Ones/Living Doll/In The Country/Bachelor Boy (Korea - October 1969)

• Running Time: 7:57
• Record Date: October 16, 1969
• Record Location: Citizen Hall, Seoul, Korea
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Brian Bennett (drums), John Rostill (guitar), Alan Hawkshaw (keyboards), Unknown 7 Korean men (brass)

• Released On: Cliff Live In Korea LP album (1970 March — Korea — Universal K-APPLE 7117) [mono]

Hits Medley: Dancing Shoes/Bachelor Boy/Living Doll/Do You Want To Dance (It's Cliff Richard - March 28, 1970)

• Running Time: 4:34
• Record Date: March 26, 1970 (recorded); March 28, 1970 (broadcast)
• Record Location: BBC Studios, London
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), The Breakaways [Vicki Haseman, Margo Quantrell, and Jean Ryder] (backing vocals), BBC Orchestra (orchestra and all other instruments), Norrie Paramor (musical director)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Cliff Pε Skansen - July 1970)

• Running Time: 2:27
• Record Date: July 1970 (performed); April 11, 1971 (broadcast)
• Record Location: Skansen, Sweden
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Unknown Orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramor (orchestra), The Breakaways [Vicki Haseman, Margo Quantrell, and Jean Ryder] (backing vocals)
• Released On: Unreleased (Cliff Pε Skansen TV show performance) (bootlegged)S Cliff Richard When I'm Sixty-Four (Cliff Pε Skansen - July 1970)S Cliff Richard When I'm Sixty-Four (Cliff Pε Skansen - July 1970)

Bachelor Boy (It's Cliff Richard - February 5, 1972)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: February 5, 1972
• Record Location: BBC Studios, London
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), other artists and instruments unknown

• Released On: Unreleased (It's Cliff Richard TV show performance)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - September 1972)

• Running Time: 1:53
• Record Date: September 22/23 1972
• Record Location: Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo Japan
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), John Farrar (bass), Brian Bennett (drums), Alan Hawkshaw (piano), Olivia Newton-John (backing vocals), Pat Carroll (backing vocals), Trevor Spencer (percussion), Alan Tarney (bass)

• Released On:
  
  • Cliff "Live" In Japan '72 LP album (1973 February — Japan — Odeon EOP-93077B)
  • Cliff Goes East LP album (1973 — Singapore — EMI/Columbia S-LEAC-1041/2)
  • Cliff Richard Live LP album (1976 October 1 — UK — Music For Pleasure MFP 50307)
  • Cliff Richard Live cassette album (1976 October 1 — UK — Music For Pleasure TC MFP 50307)
  • ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} CD album box set (2008 September 15 — UK — EMI 216 5922/5099921659225)
    [Cliff "Live" In Japan '72 CD (EMI 216 5992/5099921659928)]
  • Cliff "Live" In Japan '72 CD album (2010 April 12 — UK — EMI 216 5992/5099921659928)
  • Cliff "Live" In Japan '72 digital album (2010 April 12 — UK — EMI 5099960820754)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (It's Cliff Richard - August 24, 1974)

• Running Time: 0:50 (approximate)
• Record Date: August 24, 1974 (broadcast)
• Record Location: Unknown
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra (orchestra), other artists and instruments unknown

• Released On: Unreleased (It's Cliff Richard TV show performance) (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - October 1974)

• Running Time: 2:16
• Record Date: October 7 & 8, 1974
• Record Location: Shinjuku Koseinenkin, Tokyo, Japan
• Produced By: Unknown
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Brian Lewis (guitar, backing vocals), Kevin Peek (classical guitar), Alan Tarney (bass, backing vocals), Trevor Spencer (drums), Cliff Hall (piano), Bruce Welch (guitar, vocals), Barrie Guard (piano), The Barrie Guard Orchestra/Shambles Symphonet conducted by Barrie Guard (orchestra)

• Released On:
  
  • Japan Tour '74 LP album (1975 July 5 — Japan — EMI EMS-67037 38)
  • Japan Tour '74 CD album (2009 April 6 — UK — EMI 268 4372/5099926843728)
  • Japan Tour '74 digital album (2009 April 6 — UK — EMI 5099926843759)
  
  

40 Golden Greats Sampler #2

• Running Time: 5:24
• Record Date: August 11, 1961 [The Young Ones], December 19, 1961 [Do You Want To Dance], December 11, 1961 [I'm Lookin' Out The Window], May 17, 1962 [It'll Be Me], November 16, 1962 [Bachelor Boy], May 10, 1962 [The Next Time], May 5, 1962 and November 19, 1962 [Summer Holiday], March 8, 1963 [Lucky Lips], December 28, 1962 [It's All In The Game], October 13, 1963 [Don't Talk To Him]
• Record Location: Abbey Road Studios, London
• Produced By: Norrie Paramor
• Engineered By: Malcolm Addey [all songs], David Lloyd [The Young Ones]
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), [all songs], Hank Marvin (guitar) [The Young Ones, Do You Want To Dance, It'll Be Me, Bachelor Boy, The Next Time, Summer Holiday, Lucky Lips, Don't Talk To Him], Bruce Welch (guitar) [The Young Ones, Do You Want To Dance, It'll Be Me, Bachelor Boy, The Next Time, Summer Holiday, Lucky Lips, Don't Talk To Him], Jet Harris (bass) [The Young Ones, Do You Want To Dance], Tony Meehan (drums) [The Young Ones, Do You Want To Dance], Norrie Paramor Orchestra (orchestra) [I'm Lookin' Out The Window, The Next Time, Summer Holiday, It's All In The Game], Brian Locking (bass) [It'll Be Me, Bachelor Boy, The Next Time, Summer Holiday, Lucky Lips, Don't Talk To Him], Brian Bennett (drums) [It'll Be Me, Bachelor Boy, The Next Time, Summer Holiday, Lucky Lips, Don't Talk To Him], Unknown (piano) [It'll Be Me], The Mike Sammes Singers (backing vocals) [It's All In The Game]

• Released On: 40 Golden Greats promo double EP (1977 October — UK — EMI PSR 414/PSR 415)

Bachelor Boy (London Palladium - March 4, 1978)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: March 4, 1978
• Record Location: London Palladium, London
• Produced By: Bruce Welch
• Engineered By: Tony Clark
• Remixed by: Peter Vince
• Remix Location: Abbey Road, London
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Alan Jones (bass), Brian Bennett (drums), Cliff Hall (keyboards)

• Released On: Unreleased

Bachelor Boy (NEC Birmingham - July 1984)

• Running Time: 2:12
• Record Date: July 7, 9, 10 and/or 11, 1984; possibly July 10
• Record Location: NEC Birmingham
• Produced By: Bruce Welch
• Engineered By: Colin Norfield, John James, Brian Hatt, Leslie (Fred) Officier (assisting), Dave Hodgkinson (assisting); Keith Bessey & Mick McKenna; Recorded by Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Bennett (drums), Alan Jones (bass), Cliff Hall (keyboards), Alan Park (keyboards)

• Released On:
  
  • Together - Cliff & The Shadows 1984 VHS videotape (1984 — UK — Picture Music MVP 99 1008 2/5 099999 100827)
  • Together - Cliff & The Shadows 1984 laserdisc (1985 — Japan — Picture Music SM068-0092)
  • Together - Cliff & The Shadows 1984 VHS videotape (1993 October 11 — UK — VCI/Music Club MC 2124/5 014138 521240)
  • Cliff Richard Box Set VHS videotape box set (1998 — UK — PMI/VCI VC6714/5 014138 067144)
  • Cliff Richard YouTube Channel (2020 October 15 — Worldwide — YouTube zNRXFFfBUko)
  
  

The Best Of Cliff Richard And The Shadows Mix

• Running Time: 5:01
• Record Date: November 16, 1962 [Bachelor Boy]; July 24, 1958 [Move It]; April 28, 1959 [Living Doll]; March 25, 1960 [Please Don't Tease]; May 17, 1962 [It'll Be Me]; August 11, 1961 [The Young Ones]; May 5, 1962 (backing and vocals) [Summer Holiday]; November 19, 1962 (orchestra) [Summer Holiday]; November 16, 1966 [In The Country]; June 1, 1967 [The Day I Met Marie]; October 5, 1967 [All My Love]; February 3, 1968 [Congratulations]; December 28, 1972 [Power To All Our Friends]; June 17, 1960 [Apache]; Unknown [Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper]; September 8 & 9, 1975 [Devil Woman]; September 9, 1975 (backing track) & September 11, 1975 (vocals) [Miss You Nights]; May 29, 1979 [We Don't Talk Anymore]; January 7-12, 1979 (backing tracks) & February 2, 1979 (vocal) [Carrie]; November 17, 1965 [Visions]
• Record Location: Abbey Road Studios, London [Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, The Day I Met Marie, All My Love, Congratulations, Power To All Our Friends, Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper, Devil Woman, Miss You Nights, Visions]; R.G. Jones Recording Studios, Wimbledon [We Don't Talk Anymore]; Pathe Marconi, Paris, France (backing tracks) & Abbey Road, London (vocals) [Carrie]
• Produced By: Norrie Paramor [Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, The Day I Met Marie, All My Love, Congratulations, Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper, Visions]; David MacKay [Power To All Our Friends]; Bruce Welch [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights]; Alan Tarney [We Don't Talk Anymore]; Cliff Richard & Terry Britten [Carrie]
• Engineered By: Malcolm Addey [Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, Summer Holiday, Visions]; Malcolm Addey & David Lloyd [The Young Ones]; Peter Vince & Richard Lush [In The Country]; Peter Vince [The Day I Met Marie, All My Love, Congratulations, Power To All Our Friends, Miss You Nights]; Unknown [Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper]; Tony Clark & John Barrett [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights]; Tony Clark [We Don't Talk Anymore]; Tony Clark & Haydn Bendall [Carrie]
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, Chinese drum) [Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, The Day I Met Marie, All My Love, Congratulations, Power To All Our Friends, Apache, Devil Woman, Miss You Nights, We Don't Talk Anymore, Carrie, Visions], Hank Marvin (guitar, piano, backing vocals) [Bachelor Boy, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper], Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals) [Bachelor Boy, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper], Brian Locking (bass) [Bachelor Boy, It'll Be Me, Summer Holiday], Brian Bennett (drums) [Bachelor Boy, It'll Be Me, Summer Holiday, In The Country], Ernie Shear (guitar) [Move It], Ian Ralph Samwell (guitar) [Move It], Frank Clarke (bass) [Move It], Terry Smart (drums) [Move It], Jet Harris (bass) [Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, The Young Ones, Apache], Tony Meehan (bass) [Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, The Young Ones, Apache], The Norrie Paramor Strings (orchestra) [Summer Holiday], John Rostill (bass) [In The Country], The Mike Leander Orchestra conducted by Mike Leander (orchestra) [The Day I Met Marie], The Bernard Ebbinghouse Orchestra (orchestra) [All My Love, Visions], The Mike Sammes Singers (backing vocals) [All My Love, Visions], The Norrie Paramor Orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramor (orchestra) [Congratulations], John Paul Jones (bass) [Congratulations], The Breakaways [Vicki Haseman, Margo Quantrell, and Jean Ryder] (backing vocals) [Congratulations], Terry Britten (guitar, backing vocals) [Power To All Our Friends, Devil Woman, Carrie], Kevin Peek (guitar) [Power To All Our Friends], Alan Tarney (bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) [Power To All Our Friends, Devil Woman, Miss You Nights, We Don't Talk Anymore], Trevor Spencer (drums) [Power To All Our Friends, We Don't Talk Anymore], Barrie Guard (percussion) [Power To All Our Friends], Clem Cattini (drums) [Devil Woman], Graham Todd (keyboards) [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights], Tony Rivers (backing vocals) [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights], John Perry (backing vocals) [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights], Ken Gold (backing vocals) [Devil Woman, Miss You Nights], Herbie Flowers (bass) [Carrie], Graham Jarvis (drums) [Carrie], Bill Livesy (keyboards) [Carrie], Tristan Fry (percussion) [Carrie], Mel Collins (saxophone) [Carrie]

• Released On: The Best Of Cliff Richard And The Shadows Flexi-single (1984 — UK — Lyntone LYN 14745)

Bachelor Boy (Sydney, Australia - November 1984)

• Running Time: 2:06
• Record Date: November 9 or 10, 1984
• Record Location: Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Colin Norfield (sound director), John James (stage sound engineer)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Graham Jarvis (drums), Alan Park (keyboards), Dave Cooke (keyboards), John Clark (guitar), Mart Jenner (guitar), Mark Griffiths (bass), Tony Rivers (backing vocals), John Perry (backing vocals), Stuart Calver (backing vocals)

• Released On:
  
  • Rock In Australia VHS videotape (1986 — UK — PMI MVN 99 1130 2/5 099999 113025)
  • Rock In Australia VHS videotape (1991 — UK — VCI/Music Club MC2056/5 014138 520564)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Wembley Stadium, London - June 16 & 17, 1989)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: June 16 & 17, 1989
• Record Location: Wembley Stadium, London
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Keith Bessey & Mick McKenna; Recorded by Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Mark Griffiths (bass), Brian Bennett (drums), Cliff Hall (keyboards), Ray Beavis (saxophone)

• Released On: Unreleased

Bachelor Boy (Knebworth - June 30, 1990)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: June 30, 1990
• Record Location: Knebworth, England
• Produced By: Chris Kimsey & Steve Smith
• Engineered By: Chris Kimsey & Mike Fraser
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Mark Griffiths (bass), Brian Bennett (drums), Cliff Hall (keyboards), Paul Moessl (keyboards), Ray Beavis (brass), Dick Hanson (brass), Chris Gower (brass), John Earle (brass), Mick Mullins (backing vocals), Pete Howarth (backing vocals), Keith Murrell (backing vocals)

• Released On: Unreleased

Bachelor Boy (From A Distance - The Tour 1991 - December 1, 1991)

• Running Time: 2:47
• Record Date: December 1, 1991
• Record Location: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Colin Norfield (sound); John James (monitor)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar), John Clark (guitar)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged from From A Distance - The Tour 1991 TV broadcast)

Bachelor Boy (Lech, Austria - 1993)

• Running Time: 0:35
• Record Date: 1993
• Record Location: Lech, Austria
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: UnknownTT
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar), Mike Read (guitar, backing vocals)

• Released On: The Story So Far VHS videotape (1993 November 15 — UK — PMI MVD 4911883/4911883/7243 4 91188 3 6)

Bachelor Boy (Sheffield Arena - December 15, 1994)

• Running Time: 2:17
• Record Date: December 15, 1994
• Record Location: Sheffield Arena
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Colin Norfield (sound engineer), John James (monitor engineer)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Paul Moessl (keyboards), Bob Noble (keyboards), John Clark (guitar), Steve Stroud (bass), Pete May (drums), Keith Murrell (backing vocals), Pete Howarth (backing vocals), Pete Lincoln (backing vocals)

• Released On: The Hit List Live VHS videotape (1995 October 16 — UK — PMI MVD 4914673/4914673/7243 4914673 0)

Bachelor Boy (Ray Martin Presents - February 21, 1995)

• Running Time: 1:27
• Record Date: February 21, 1995
• Record Location: Australia
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged from Ray Martin Presents TV broadcast)

Bachelor Boy (Live In South Africa - The Platinum Hit List Tour - April 17, 1995)

• Running Time: 2:26
• Record Date: April 17, 1995
• Record Location: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), John Clark (guitar), Steve Stroud (guitar), Peter May (drums), Peter Howarth (vocals), Mick Wilson (vocals), Pete Lincoln (vocals), Bob Noble (keyboards), Paul Moessl (keyboards), Mike Haughton (brass) and Raul D'Olivera (brass)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged from Live In South Africa - The Platinum Hit List Tour TV broadcast)

Bachelor Boy (Wimbledon - July 3, 1996)

• Running Time: 2:07
• Record Date: July 3, 1996
• Record Location: Center court at Wimbledon, London, UK (The Championships, Wimbledon)
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Unknown (original BBC Radio recording) & Keith Bessey (digital enhancements)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals)

• Released On:
  
  • Be With Me Always CD single (1997 January 13 — UK — EMI CDEM 453/8 83472 2/7243 8 83472 2 8)
  • Unforgettable VHS videotape (2001 November 12 — UK — VCI VC6875/5 014138 068752)
  • Unforgettable DVD (2001 November 12 — UK — VCI VCD0187/5 014138 068875)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (An Audience With Cliff Richard - November 13, 1999)

• Running Time: 1:11
• Record Date: November 13, 1999
• Record Location: ITV studio, London
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Audience (backing vocals)

• Released On:
  
  • An Audience With Cliff Richard VHS videotape (2000 March 20 — UK — VCI GV0194/5 014138 501945)
  • An Audience With Cliff Richard DVD (2005 November 14 — UK — Network 7952365/5 027626 236540)
  • An Audience With Cliff Richard DVD (2006 — UK — DD Home Entertainment D23341/5 019322 233411)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Live And Kicking Tour - April/May 2004)

• Running Time: Unknown
• Record Date: April 4 to 24 2004
• Record Location: Royal Albert Hall, London
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Keith Bessey (recording engineer), Mike Warren (sound engineer), John James (monitor engineer)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Alan Park (keyboards), Keith Hayman (keyboards), Mick Mullins (backing vocals), Peter Howarth (backing vocals, guitar), Keith Murrell (backing vocals), Peter May (drums), John Clark (guitar), Steve Stroud (bass), Mike Haughton (brassy instruments)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy (Leeds Castle - July 25, 2004)

• Running Time: 3:06
• Record Date: July 25, 2004
• Record Location: Leeds Castle, Kent
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Keith Bessey (recording engineer), Mike Warren (sound engineer), John James (monitor engineer)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar), Alan Park (keyboards), Keith Hayman (keyboards), Peter May (drums), John Clark (guitar), Steve Stroud (bass)

• Released On:
  
  • Cliff Richard Live - Castles In The Air VHS videotape (2004 October 11 — UK — Universal 8230575/5 050582 305753)
  • Cliff Richard Live - Castles In The Air DVD (2004 October 11 — UK — Universal 8230576/8230576–11/8230576–11/RO/5 050582 305760)
  • Cliff Richard Live 2004-2006 DVD box set (2007 November 26 — UK — Universal 8253049/8253049-11/5 050582 530490)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Albufeira Rehearsal - August 2004)

• Running Time: 0:33
• Record Date: August, 2004
• Record Location: Albufeira, Portugal (in Cliff's Portugal home)
• Produced By: No One
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar), Mick Mullins (backing vocals), Peter Howarth (backing vocals), Keith Murrell (backing vocals), Peter May (hand claps)

• Released On:
  
  • On The Beach VHS videotape (2005 March 21 — UK — DD Home Entertainment DD 21479/5 019322 214793)
  • On The Beach DVD (2005 March 21 — UK — DD Home Entertainment DD 21478/5 019322 214786)
  • On The Beach DVD (2006 July 3 — UK — Universal 8253049A/8253049A-11/8253049A–11-RO)
  • Cliff Richard Live 2004-2006 DVD box set (2007 November 26 — UK — Universal 8253049/8253049-11/5 050582 530490)
  • The Cliff Richard Collection DVD box set (2007 — UK — DD Home Entertainment 125849/5 019322 258490)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Albufeira, Portugal - August 20, 2004)

• Running Time: 2:59
• Record Date: August 20, 2004
• Record Location: Albufeira, Portugal (on the beach)
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Unknown
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Keith Hayman (keyboards), Mick Mullins (backing vocals), Peter Howarth (backing vocals, guitar), Keith Murrell (backing vocals), Peter May (drums), John Clark (guitar), Steve Stroud (bass), Mike Haughton (saxophone)

• Released On: Unreleased (bootlegged)

Bachelor Boy/The Next Time (Wembley Arena - November 14, 2008)

• Running Time: 4:49
• Record Date: November 14, 2008
• Record Location: Wembley Arena, London
• Produced By: Cliff Richard
• Engineered By: Keith Bessey, Mike Warren (sound engineer) & John James (monitor engineer)
• Mixed By: Keith Bessey
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Keith Hayman (musical director, keyboards), Phil Dennis (keyboards), John Clark (guitar), Mark Griffiths (bass guitar), Pete May (drums), Peter Howarth (backing vocals), Keith Murrell (backing vocals), Abbie Osman (backing vocals), Sara-Jane Skeete (backing vocals)

• Released On:
  
  • Time Machine Tour - 50th Anniversary DVD (2008 December 1 — UK — Universal 8259 44 1/825 944 1–11/825 944 1–11/RO/5 050582 594416)
  • Time Machine Tour - 50th Anniversary Special Limited Edition DVD (2008 December 1 — UK — Universal 825 944 2/825 944 2–11/825 944 2–11/RO/5 050582 594423)
  • Cliff Richard – The Concert Collection DVD box set (2014 November 17 — UK — Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 8301157/8301157–11/5 053083 011574)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (Reunited Version)

• Running Time: 2:08
• Record Date: 2009
• Record Location: Middle Ear Studios, Miami, Florida (Cliff vocals), Nivram Studios, Perth, Australia (Hank guitar, vocals), Honeyhill Studios, Hertfordshire (everything else)
• Produced By: Warren & Brian Bennett
• Engineered By: Ethan Carlson (Cliff's vocals), Les Williams (Hank's guitar and vocals), James Collins (everything else)
• Mixed By: Keith Bessey
• Mix Location: Concept Mastering
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, backing vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Bennett (drums), Mark Griffiths (bass), Warren Bennett (keyboards)

• Released On:
  
  • Reunited CD album (2009 September 21 — UK — EMI 6878832/50999 687883 2 2)
  • Reunited Special Edition CD album (2009 September 21 — UK — EMI 6878752/50999 687875 2 3)
    [Reunited CD (EMI 6878832/50999 687883 2 2)]
  • Reunited digital album (2009 September 21 — UK — EMI 50999 687880 5 6)
  
  

Bachelor Boy (O2 Arena - September 2009)

• Running Time: 2:33
• Record Date: September 25 and/or 26, 2009
• Record Location: O2 Arena, London
• Produced By: Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• Engineered By: Mike Warren (recording); Keith Bessey (mixing)
• Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar, backing vocals), Bruce Welch (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Bennett (drums), Warren Bennett (keyboards), Mark Griffiths (bass), Keith Hayman (keyboards)

• Released On:
  
  • The Final Reunion DVD (2009 November 9 — UK — 2 Entertain 2EDVD0462/5 014138 604622)
  • The Final Reunion Special Edition DVD (2009 November 9 — UK — 2 Entertain 2EDVD0487/5 014138 604875)
  • The Final Reunion Blu-ray (2012 December 3 — UK — 2 Entertain 2EBD0105/5 051561 001055)
  
  

Information on Cliff's performance of Bachelor Boy on tour and various live performances will be determined at a future date.

UK vinyl single * Columbia * 45-DB 4950		UK mono vinyl LP * Columbia * 33SX 1472 Image used with kind permission of John Panteny	UK stereo vinyl LP * Columbia * SCX 3462 Image used with kind permission of John Panteny	UK mono vinyl EP * Columbia * SEG 8250
UK stereo vinyl EP * Columbia * ESG 7896	UK 1981 reissue vinyl single * Columbia * 45-DB 4950	USA 7-inch single * Epic * 5-9691	USA Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday mono LP (Epic LN 24063)	USA Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday stereo LP (Epic ?)
USA reissue vinyl single * Capitol * URC 1108	Canada vinyl single * Capitol * 22001	Japan vinyl single * Columbia * 45-DB 4950	UK Reunited CD (EMI 50999 687883 2 2)

Cover Versions

• Ray Pilgrim on his Baby Take A Bow/Bachelor Boy single (1962)
• The Bachelors on their The Bachelors album (1963)
• Claude Franηois on his Dis-Lui EP under the title Moi, Je Voudrais Bien Me Marier (1963)
• Jimmy Griffin on his Summer Holiday album (1963)
• The Toy Dolls on their One More Megabyte album (with altered lyrics) (1997)
• Darren Day on his Summer Holiday single (2004)

Use in movies and TV programs

• Used in the Film or TV Program: Summer Holiday (1963)

Sheet Music

       
Sheet music as published in the UK

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Quotations

Bachelor Boy (Standard Release) The mono and stereo recordings are the same take and edit, but different mixes. The original single/LP version of Bachelor Boy is an edit of takes 10 and 11. The mono and stereo recordings are the same take and edit, but different mixes. The original single/LP version of Bachelor Boy is an edit of takes 10 and 11. "Bachelor Boy, a bright and breezy opus which Cliff performed in the film with The Shadows, climbed high into the Top Ten..." James Wynn (June 1963 - Hits From Summer Holiday EP) "EMI issue souvenir 'Golden Discs' to all artists who sell one million copies of one number. If all are called, few are chosen. Cliff has four of these—for Living Doll, Bachelor Boy, The Young Ones and Lucky Lips. They also issue souvenir 'Silver Discs' for sales of 250,000 and over, and Cliff has some seventeen of these, for such numbers as Living Doll, Travelling Light [sic], Voice in the Wilderness [sic], Fall in Love with Me [sic], Please don't Tease, Nine Times out of Ten, I Love You, Theme for a Dream, Girl in your Arms [sic], Looking out the Window [sic], It'll be Me, Lucky Lips, Don't Talk to Him, All in the Game [sic], as well as the four million-sellers." Bob Ferrier (1964 - The Wonderful World of Cliff Richard) "Two of Cliff's biggest hits-- Bachelor Boy and Summer Holiday-- were at least partly Bruce Welch's work... [...] In May of that year [1963] records by Cliff Richard were numbers one, two and three in the Canadian hit parade-- Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday and Dancing Shoes. [...] [The Summer Holiday film] has two of Cliff's most popular songs-- Bachelor Boy and Summer Holiday." David Winter (1967 - New Singer, New Song) "[The] Next Time and Bachelor Boy came out as sort of a double A-side and people were allowed to pick the one they liked best. And I've got a feeling, it was round about Christmas time that I got the message that they-- both of them reached #1 together. And I remember thinking what a fantastic Christmas present, y'know, to wake up to a phone call saying you're #1 with two records. I must admit, though, that although The Next Time is the sort of the heading title on the album, whenever you see it, it's always got The Next Time-- stroke-- Bachelor Boy and I think on the gold disc it has that too, it... For me anyway, the more popular song is Bachelor Boy because that's the one I always got requested to do on stage. And it's the one I've performed most." Cliff Richard (1974 - The Music And Life Of Cliff Richard collection) "[I helped The Shadows write] Bachelor Boy and On The Beach and all the sort of earliest kind of hits." Cliff Richard (August 1980 - The Cliff Richard Special on 2HCR FM in Australia) "When Summer Holiday was completed, it was found to under-run by several minutes and when the phone rang in Norrie Paramor's office in Upper Harley Street, Bruce heard a panic-stricken voice on the other end saying another song would be required - but pretty quickly." Bruce Welch (1983 - The Story Of The Shadows) "Bruce (him from Shadows) and I wrote [Bachelor Boy] in Athens during the filming of Summer Holiday. It'll always remind me of sun and sea even though the sequence was filmed in a studio in Elstree." Cliff Richard (1985 - liner notes for From The Heart album) "There was a famous publishing house called Harms Witmark, who were responsible for publishing film scores. The music for many new British film releases was handled through this company. When we made The Young Ones with Cliff Richard in 1961, we discovered that all the material we had written for the film had to be placed with Harms Witmark, so we lost out again. The following year, when Summer Holiday was made, Leslie Grade formed Elstree Music for exactly the same purpose, and all music written for the film was channelled through this company. Like Paul McCartney, I still don't own my three biggest copyrights-- Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday and Foot Tapper. They are the property of Elstree Music, now a division of EMI Music. [...] I can remember thinking, if only we owned 100 percent of Bachelor Boy-- it sold a million. [...] I wrote the main title theme [to Summer Holiday] to Cliff's movie with Brian Bennett in exactly twenty minutes, after reading through the provisional script. It became one of my most successful copyrights, along with Bachelor Boy, and both topped the British charts and sold a million copies each. Bachelor Boy was written to order, several weeks after the movie had been completed and the crew and cast disbanded. The film was being edited at Elstree Studios at the time, when the producer discovered, to his dismay, that it was too short and under-ran by several minutes. The easiest solution to the problem-- and the cheapest-- was to include another song on the soundtrack, and Norrie Paramor was contacted. Fortunately, Cliff and I were sitting in his office when a frantic call came through from the producer. We started work immediately and the song was completed in less than two hours. Then we had to troop back to Elstree to film an extra sequence on the studio lot that doubled as Greece. Bachelor Boy and The Next Time were the biggest hits in the film, along with Foot Tapper and Dancing Shoes. [...] With Cliff we also reached No. 1 with The Next Time, and Bachelor Boy, followed immediately by Summer Holiday, and we consolidated that success by scoring with Lucky Lips (No. 4), It's All In The Game (No. 2) and Don't Talk To Him (No. 2)." Bruce Welch (1989 - Rock 'n' Roll - I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) "Bachelor Boy was written to order, several weeks after the movie had been completed and the crew and cast disbanded. The film was being edited at Elstree Studios at the time, when the producer discovered, to his dismay, that it was too short and under-ran by several minutes. The easiest solution to the problem - and the cheapest - was to include another song on the soundtrack, and Norrie Paramor was contacted. Fortunately, Cliff and I were sitting in his office when a frantic call came through from the producer. We started work immediately and the song was completed in less than two hours. The we had to troop back to Elstree to film an extra sequence on the studio lot that doubled up as Greece." Bruce Welch (1989 - Rock'n'Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life - A Life In The Shadows) "I co-wrote Don't Talk To Him, On The Beach and Bachelor Boy, and a couple of other sort of album tracks." Cliff Richard (early 1991 - CBC radio interview by Richard Patterson) "Well Bruce wrote most of .... Bachelor Boy was his musical thing. I did lyrical content and Don't Talk To Him I did lyrics on that too. So I was the lyricist on both those occasions." Cliff Richard (June 3, 1991 - The Cliff Richard Collection interview CD) "Cliff was there with me, so we just sat down for a couple of hours and by tea-time we'd written Bachelor Boy." Cliff Richard (June 3, 1991 - The Cliff Richard Collection interview CD) "A double A-side of The Next Time and Bachelor Boy, the latter co-written by Cliff, gave him his sixth number one." Mike Read (February 23, 1992 - Wired For Sound: The Cliff Richard Story BBC Radio 2 programme) "The years 1962 and 1963 were particularly successful, with When The Girl In Your Arms [sic], The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, The Next Time and Bachelor Boy, all lifted from the movie soundtracks." Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (1994 - liner notes for The Hit List) "The Next Time/Bachelor Boy did even better with both sides reaching the No.1 spot... [...] Work began in April [1962], and continued at a series of recording dates through the year to November, producing such classics as Summer Holiday, The Next Time, Bachelor Boy and Dancing Shoes. Some mystery surrounds the song Bachelor Boy, however. The version that was originally recorded for the [Summer Holiday] film is slightly different to the version that was eventually released and, according to one tape box, there is also a special version for the USA, which seems likely to be a remix of the record version. [...] November 16, 1962: Bachelor Boy is an edit of takes 10 and 11. [...] December 7, 1962: The Columbia label releases Cliff's 19th single The Next Time backed with Bachelor Boy. It's another chart topping smash for Cliff, and stays in the best seller lists for eighteen weeks. [...] December 1962: The Next Time/Bachelor Boy sells 250,000 copies in one week. [...] January 3, 1963: The first Number One of the New Year is The Next Time/Bachelor Boy, which stays on top until deposed by Dance On from the Shadows! [...] January 4, 1963: Pop singer Kenny Lynch reveals that his favourite single is Bachelor Boy. [...] January 11, 1963: As the NME chart listed Bachelor Boy and The Next Time as entirely separate chart entries, Radio Luxembourg ran a competition on its Friday Spectacular inviting listeners to guess which side would go higher in the charts. There were 4000 entries. [...] February 20, 1963: Cliff has four titles in the Top 30: 9 Summer Holiday 16 Bachelor Boy 18 The Next Time 25 Dancing Shoes He becomes the first artist to get four songs from one film (Summer Holiday) into the chart. [...] March 15, 1963: Cliff features in the charts of eight countries simultaneously: The Next Time Number 2 in Israel The Next Time Number 6 in France The Next Time Number 10 in Norway The Next Time/Bachelor Boy Number 1 in South Africa Bachelor Boy Number 1 in Holland Bachelor Boy Number 3 in Sweden Bachelor Boy Number 5 in Hong Kong Bachelor Boy Number 26 in Britain Summer Holiday Number 1 in Britain [...] March 22, 1963: ...it is estimated that Cliff may well earn £6,000 composer's royalties for Bachelor Boy which is to be included in a forthcoming Bachelors LP. [...] April 13, 1963: Bachelor Boy enters the Australian charts. [...] May 18, 1963: In the Hong Kong charts Cliff's Summer Holiday is No. 2 and Bachelor Boy is No. 6. In Norway Summer Holiday is No. 1, while in South Africa he has three in the Top Ten-- Bachelor Boy at No. 3, Dancing Shoes at No. 4 and Summer Holiday in the No. 10 spot. [...] July 29, 1963: In a letter to the music papers, Ron Dennison writes from Ottawa, Canada: 'Cliff Richard has at last broken through in Canada! Bachelor Boy was No. 1 in most Canadian cities, including five unchallenged weeks here in Ottawa... [...] August 10, 1963: During the 100th edition of ABC TV's Thank Your Lucky Stars, Cliff receives a gold disc for a million sales of Bachelor Boy/The Next Time. [...] Radio Luxembourg Top 20 Show DJ, Barry Alldis, selects his favourite twenty records of 1963. Top of the list is Cliff's Bachelor Boy." Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle) "Bachelor Boy and Dancing Shoes [achieved] number 3 and 25 respectively." Author Unknown (August 1996 - liner notes for Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974) "If ever a song from the dawn of one's career was the haunt anyone it was surely Bachelor Boy, back in 1962, for Cliff." David Winter (2001 August 25 - Winter's Tale: An Autobiography Living Through an Age of Change in Church and Media) "Maybe it was [Cliff's] uncomplicated image that cause a last-minute song for the [Summer Holiday] movie to be written, recorded and filmed long after filming had been completed. But like most songs in a musical of this nature, it also served to advance the plot and throw light on the characters. Considering it was almost an afterthought, Bachelor Boy, written by Cliff and Shadows frontman Bruce Welch, became Cliff's twentieth single consecutive hit, and coupled with The Next Time was the lead single from the film then 'coming soon to a theatre near you.'" Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2003 - liner notes for Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD) "This [16 November 1962] session was held after filming and both tracks [Bachelor Boy and Big News] were late additions to the movie. Big News was written a couple of weeks before shooting ended while Bachelor Boy was written to order after it was discovered, during editing of the movie at Elstree, that it was under-running by a few minutes. The song was written in a couple of hours after which they had to return to Elstree to film, and presumably record, the new sequence. The soundtrack recording commenced at 7:00pm with Bachelor Boy being the first track laid down. Several attempts were made, including a rehearsal and several false starts, before 9 was finally as the master for record release. It is interesting to note that this track also features piano and close examination of the session tapes seem to reveal that it may be Hank playing. There is further evidence at the voice of Norrie Paramor, who would normally have taken on this role, can be heard directing the session from the control room. This is obviously speculation as paperwork does not indicate who is responsible, in fact no information exists of a piano being featured on the session, although there clearly is! Mono and stereo mixes of both Bachelor Boyand Big News were done on Monday 19th November as was a stereo remix of All At Once. Released in November 1962 this was the first single to feature material from the [Summer Holiday] film which was still two months away from general release. It entered the charts on 6 December and during a chart run of 18 weeks would reach #1 where it would remain for 3 weeks. It replaced another film soundtrack song at the top of the charts, Elvis Presley's Return To Sender and was knocked off the top spot by his backing group The Shadows with their fourth number one Dance On. Although classed as a double A-side Bachelor Boy was only listed on the charts from 10 January 1963." Author Unknown (January 2003 - liner notes for Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD) "When you go right back to [Christmas] 1962 when I was #1 with Bachelor Boy and The Next time, so it wasn't even [a] Christmas [song]." Cliff Richard (2003 October 28 - interview on Radio 96.4, The Eagle) "Yes, [The Next Time] was [a Christmas #1] with Bachelor Boy on the B-side." Cliff Richard (2005 March 27 - interview on 107.7 Splash FM with Dave Hunt) "The [Summer Holiday] film is considered by many to be the best of Cliff Richard's trio of musicals and launched such successful singles as Bachelor Boy and Foot Tapper." Rebecca Gough (2007 May 31 - Evening News) "Summer Holiday, The Next Time and Bachelor Boy were all lifted from Cliff's movie soundtracks of the day, when Cliff was the #1 box office film star in the UK and elsewhere, at one time being more popular than Sean Connery's James Bond." Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for The Hits: Number Ones Around The World album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set) "[In the Summer Holiday film, Lauri Peters] played the part of a genderless-looking stowaway who eventually melts Cliff's heart despite having been told by him, 'Girls are all very well but date them once and then run. Date them twice and they get serious... Next thing you know, you're hooked and wondering what's hit you. No. No girls is going to own me.' This was remarkably close to Cliff's code of caution, a code reinforced by a song that he had written with Bruce Welch which was added [to the film] after the location filming had been completed. Just as Tepper and Bennett's song The Young Ones forever associated Cliff with youth, so Bachelor Boy connected him with a permanent state of singleness." Steve Turner (2008 January - Cliff Richard - The Biography (revised edition)) "With 16 songs from the [Summer Holiday] film, the album also provided three hit singles including Bachelor Boy..." Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2010 - liner notes for The Collection album) "In On The Beach, I helped write [the] melody, Bachelor Boy was lyric. You know, [Bachelor Boy is] a very simple verse-chorus, verse-chorus, verse-chorus, verse-chorus. And Bruce had written a verse and the chorus and between us we wrote the other verses." Cliff Richard (September 8, 2012 - Wired For Sound Radio) "[The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook] was followed by the equally big-selling 3-disc compilation album 75 At 75, which stretched from early rockers like Move It and High Class Baby through Summer Holiday and Bachelor Boy to Daddy's Home and Mistletoe And Wine." Douglas McPherson (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition) "With Columbia hedging their bets with the radio stations, Bachelor Boy was released as the B-side to The Next Time, but both songs were actually promoted equally (even if the concept of a double A-side single wouldn't be properly acknowledged until three years later in 1965, when The Beatles famously invented the format with Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out). Both songs were taken from the Summer Holiday soundtrack, and-- as befitting songs from the biggest movie of the year-- each became a #1 hit in its own right. Bachelor Boy was one of Cliff's first hits where he gained credit as a co-writer, and he now claims he never expected the title to become prophetic." Ian Wade (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition) "In the wake of box office triumph, Cliff and The Shadows had gone superstellar. Less than half a year after the film's release they scored no less than three major #1 hits: The Next Time, Bachelor Boy and Summer Holiday (and The Shadows' instrumental Foot Tapper also made the summit). [...] Elsewhere [on Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974], Summer Holiday mainstays Bachelor Boy, The Next Time and that ever-hummable theme song all appear." Rik Flynn (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition) "First of all, his songs have a musicality about them. I gave up writing songs years and years ago. People like Alan Tarney, Terry Britton, Chris Eaton, they seem to still have the pulse beneath their finger; they can still write. Though I co-wrote On The Beach and Bachelor Boy and things like that, it was easier for me to be 'the star'. You know, The Shadows said to me once... there was a press conference in Birmingham. We were all supposed to go, and they said [affects plummy voice], 'You go. You’re the star!' So I said, 'Oh... ok, yeah, I’m the star!' And by the time I came back, they’d written a song, and gave it to me." Cliff Richard (2018 - Record Collector) "The Beatles didn’t just change music, they changed society. They were party to the drug culture, and Cliff, Hank and myself didn’t even smoke cigarettes. I didn’t have a drink till I was 21, and I had been in the business for five years. We were writing songs like Bachelor Boy and Summer Holiday. Music was really simple then, there were no big messages about changing the world." Bruce Welch (May 1, 2020 - The Telegraph)

Bachelor Boy (USA Remix Version) The mono and stereo recordings are the same take and edit, but different mixes. This version of Bachelor Boy is the version before Cliff's new vocals were edited on for the originally released single/album version. It is thought that the split stereo of the original version was not satisfactory for the USA market, but no suitable stereo version existed of that edited version existed. Therefore the engineers were forced to go back to the unedited version to create the USA mix. It was is referred to as the "Take 12" mix by engineers that prepared the song in 1963. This version is most notable on the last chorus, when Cliff shouts "Yeah! I'll be your bachelor boy" instead of the more subdued "But until then I'll be your bachelor boy". This version has been released on various LP and CD collections over the years, leading to much confusion over which is the original. Although it was prepared for the US market and saw release there in October 1963 on the album Hits From The Original Sound Track Of Summer Holiday, it's first release was actually in stereo in the UK on the Hits From Summer Holiday EP in June 1963. It's unclear why they chose to use the remix stereo version of the LP's split stereo version for this EP. "The version [of Bachelor Boy] that was originally recorded for the [Summer Holiday] film is slightly different to the version that was eventually released and, according to one tape box, there is also a special version for the USA, which seems likely to be a remix of the record version." Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle) "Almost two months after the films [sic] release, on 25th March 1963, Malcolm Addey remixed a special version of Bachelor Boy for the US market although it is not known if this ever saw the light of day!" Author Unknown (January 2003 - liner notes for Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD) The mono and stereo recordings are the same take and edit, but different mixes. This version of Bachelor Boy is the version before Cliff's new vocals were edited on for the originally released single/album version. It is thought that the split stereo of the original version was not satisfactory for the USA market, but no suitable stereo version existed of that edited version existed. Therefore the engineers were forced to go back to the unedited version to create the USA mix. It was is referred to as the "Take 12" mix by engineers that prepared the song in 1963. This version is most notable on the last chorus, when Cliff shouts "Yeah! I'll be your bachelor boy" instead of the more subdued "But until then I'll be your bachelor boy". This version has been released on various LP and CD collections over the years, leading to much confusion over which is the original.

Bachelor Boy (Alternate Take With False Start)
This track has only ever been released in mono format.

The differences between this and the standard single and Summer Holiday album version is that it's clearly a different take with slight variations in the delivery, in particular in the line "but I remembered" just before the second chorus, where Cliff's voice noticeably goes up in pitch. Significantly, the lyrics near the end of the song are all different. In the standard version, just before the last chorus, Cliff sings: "Then I'll get married, have a wife and a child, and they'll be my turtle dove." On this alternate take, he sings: "And we'll get maried, have a wife and a child, and she'll be my turtle dove." The final chorus is also very different with several different ad-libs, including the unique line: "That's what my daddy did say." Also, this version is missing all backing vocals and includes the count-in and a false start. On the false start, Cliff flubs the opening line: "When I was..." and is heard asking to restart, then a new count-in is heard. On the Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD, this song is subtitled as "Previously Unreleased Alternate Take Including False Start."

"This [16 November 1962] session was held after filming and both tracks [Bachelor Boy and Big News] were late additions to the movie. Big News was written a couple of weeks before shooting ended while Bachelor Boy was written to order after it was discovered, during editing of the movie at Elstree, that it was under-running by a few minutes. The song was written in a couple of hours after which they had to return to Elstree to film, and presumably record, the new sequence. The soundtrack recording commenced at 7:00pm with Bachelor Boy being the first track laid down. Several attempts were made, including a rehearsal and several false starts, before 9 was finally as the master for record release. It is interesting to note that this track also features piano and close examination of the session tapes seem to reveal that it may be Hank playing. There is further evidence at the voice of Norrie Paramor, who would normally have taken on this role, can be heard directing the session from the control room. This is obviously speculation as paperwork does not indicate who is responsible, in fact no information exists of a piano being featured on the session, although there clearly is! The early rehearsal and false start are also included giving an insight into the recording process."
Author Unknown (January 2003 - liner notes for Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD)

Bachelor Boy (Movie Version)
This track has only ever been released in mono format.

This version is a different take altogether from the Summer Holiday album version, although it doesn't vary much at all. The backing vocals are a bit more prominent. This song is listed on both the Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974 and Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD sets at Bachelor Boy (Film Version).

"The version [of Bachelor Boy] that was originally recorded for the [Summer Holiday] film is slightly different to the version that was eventually released and, according to one tape box, there is also a special version for the USA, which seems likely to be a remix of the record version."
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)

"From Summer Holiday, we have Bachelor Boy with its alternate vocal..."
Author Unknown (August 1996 - liner notes for Cliff Richard At The Movies 1959-1974)

"The film versions, recorded earlier at Elstree, are also featured on this special release."
Author Unknown (January 2003 - liner notes for Summer Holiday - Special Edition CD)

"They got me to dye my hair blonde because they said in American films the sidekick is always blonde. It took five hours to do it and it had be be done every 10 days. When we finished on Summer Holiday and all the rushes were cleared I went out immediately and had it all cut off and the rest of it coloured to take it back to my natural colour. Then I had a phone call saying, 'We're putting a new song in. It's called Bachelor Boy.' There was no Bachelor Boy in the film as we'd shot it. They put us in a studio in front of another bus and I've got a blonde wig! There's a line in it where you see my lips move and say, 'Bachelor Boy?' This was revoiced because the actual line was 'Talk about American dollies!' When the film came out, they had this enormous picture of me wearing this wig outside."
Melvyn Hayes (2008 May - The Bachelor Boy)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased December 25, 1962 TV Performance)

Bachelor Boy (The Ed Sullivan Show - April 14, 1963)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased April 28, 1963 TV Performance)

Bachelor Boy (Liθge, Belgium - May 8, 1964)

SEE IT ON .

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased September 29, 1965 TV Performance)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased April 5, 1966 TV Performance)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - October 18, 1967) "Bachelor Boy and It's All In The Game were two extra tracks released only on the Japanese issue of the [Cliff In Japan] album." Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle) "What is intriguing, however, is why two of Cliff's biggest hits-- Bachelor Boy and It's All In The Game-- were included on the Japanese version but omitted from the British release. For the first time, these two songs are now included." Peter Lewry and Nigel Goodall (March 2007 - liner notes for Cliff In Japan Remaster CD)

Bachelor Boy (Unreleased June 11, 1968 TV Performance)

Shadows Medley: The Young Ones/Living Doll/In The Country/Bachelor Boy (Korea - October 1969) This song, as it appears on the Cliff Live In Korea LP is a bit of an oddity. First, they list each song separately, instead of as a medley. That's not too unusual. But very oddly, the first three parts end side 2 of the LP, with Bachelor Boy removed from the other songs in the medley and included alone at the beginning of side 3.

Hits Medley: Dancing Shoes/Bachelor Boy/Living Doll/Do You Want To Dance (It's Cliff Richard - March 28, 1970)

Bachelor Boy (Cliff Pε Skansen - July 1970)

Bachelor Boy (It's Cliff Richard - February 5, 1972)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - September 1972) "Having treated the audience to many of his recent hits, it was time to go back to some of the songs that had made him a top recording star. Living Doll, Bachelor Boy and The Young Ones take the audience back to the early 1960s and bring back memories of seeing him on the silver screen." Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for Cliff "Live" In Japan '72 album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)

Bachelor Boy (It's Cliff Richard - August 24, 1974)

Bachelor Boy (Tokyo, Japan - October 1974) Bruce Welch sings lead vocal on the second verse on this performance.

40 Golden Greats Sampler #2
The B-side of the first disc of the 40 Golden Greats promo only double EP set (EMI PSR 414) includes excerpts from the songs:

• The Young Ones
• Do You Want To Dance
• I'm Lookin' Out The Window
• It'll Be Me
• Bachelor Boy
• The Next Time
• Summer Holiday
• Lucky Lips
• It's All In The Game
• Don't Talk To Him

Each track plays approximately the first 30 seconds of the song before it fades and the next track begins.

Bachelor Boy (London Palladium - March 4, 1978) "There are several songs that still remain unreleased and unmixed, including... from Cliff and his own band Every Face Tells A Story, Up In The World, Melting Into One, The Minute You're Gone and Bachelor Boy." Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2004 - liner notes for Thank You Very Much remaster album)

The Best Of Cliff Richard And The Shadows Mix
This is available only on a promo flexi-disc, meant to promote the Reader's Digest compilation called The Best Of Cliff Richard And The Shadows. It includes a medley of Cliff and The Shadows songs, interspersed with Alan Freeman talking about them. The songs, in order of appearance, are: Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, It'll Be Me, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, In The Country, The Day I Met Marie, All My Love, Congratulations, Power To All Our Friends, Apache, Wonderful Land, Dance On!, Foot Tapper, Devil Woman, Miss You Nights, We Don't Talk Anymore, Carrie and finally Visions.

Bachelor Boy (NEC Birmingham - July 1984) SEE IT ON .

Bachelor Boy (Sydney, Australia - November 1984)

Bachelor Boy (Wembley Stadium, London - June 16 & 17, 1989)
"The Shadows played a handful of songs [at The Event] including Bachelor Boy and In The Country."
Ian Wade (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition)

Bachelor Boy (Knebworth - June 30, 1990)
"...Cliff, who, supported by his trusty comrades The Shadows, played a set predicated on nostalgia, with The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Bachelor Boy being highlights [of the Knebworth concert]."
David Burke (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition)

Bachelor Boy (From A Distance - The Tour 1991 - December 1, 1991)

Bachelor Boy (Lech, Austria - 1993)
This is an acoustic performance with Cliff on acoustic guitar, accompanied by Mike Read on acoustic guitar and backing vocals. It is incomplete (the end of the song only) and was released only on the 1993 The Story So Far documentary videotape.

Bachelor Boy (Sheffield Arena - December 15, 1994)

Bachelor Boy (Ray Martin Presents - February 21, 1995)

Bachelor Boy (Live In South Africa - The Platinum Hit List Tour - April 17, 1995)

Bachelor Boy (Wimbledon - July 3, 1996)
"I happened to be present when [Cliff] serenaded Wimbledon's Centre Court during an extended rain break, singing acapella versions of Summer Holiday, Bachelor Boy, All Shook Up, Living Doll and others from the royal box with support from friends Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, Conchita Martinez, Pam Shriver and Gigi Fernandez: the Rackettes, you might say."
Richard Williams (September 2008 - liner notes for 50th Anniversary Album album)

Bachelor Boy (An Audience With Cliff Richard - November 13, 1999)

Bachelor Boy (Live And Kicking Tour - April/May 2004)

Bachelor Boy (Leeds Castle - July 25, 2004)
"He sings theme songs from his two big movies, The Young Ones and Summer Holiday, obscure album tracks such as Baby It's You, Without You and Baby I Could Be So Good At Loving You and top ten hits like Please Don't Tease, Bachelor Boy and On The Beach."
Steve Turner (2008 January - Cliff Richard - The Biography (revised edition))

Bachelor Boy (Albufeira Rehearsal - August 2004)
This is only a short rehearsal bit, with drummer Peter May providing hand clap percussion. It ends rather comically when, during the instrumental break, Peter breaks into a wild and unexpected rhythm that ends with everyone laughing at it.

Bachelor Boy (Albufeira, Portugal - August 20, 2004)

Bachelor Boy/The Next Time (Wembley Arena - November 14, 2008)

Bachelor Boy (Reunited Version) "Out of the group's evergreen '60s catalogue came relatively straight versions of Summer Holiday, On The Beach, Please Don't Tease, The Next Time, Nine Times Out Of Ten and Lucky Lips, which Bachelor Boy was injected with a fuller production." Rik Flynn (2018 - Vintage Rock Presents Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Edition)

Bachelor Boy (O2 Arena - September 2009)

Robert Porter
November 2022