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This is a cover of the Larry Norman song, first appearing on his 1973 So Long Ago The Garden album.
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\"And Suddenly was... Apparently her co-star [in Xanadu] couldn't or didn't sing. Probably could sing. Most people say they can't sing but in fact they can. But obviously he's not a singer. And then John Farrar rang me up and said, 'look we've got this wonderful ballad and we'd like you to sing it.' So I went across there and... Y'know, earlier talking about people recording in their bedrooms, we recorded that in a garage. John's engineer works in it from a garage and we just have to stop if a car went by. Or a lorry, really. You couldn't hear the cars so much, but you hear the lorries going by. But that was recorded in someone's garage. But that was a great treat and I love the song, it's a fantastic song. It wasn't as big a hit as the other ones, but then it was the fifth single from the album and the album had already been... I don't know if the album had been number one, but it was already into the multi-millions.\"
Cliff Richard (June 3, 1991 - Cliff Richard - The Interview Australian CD)
\"All the singles that were released in 1980 reached the top twenty, with Carrie achieving the most impressive chart placing at No.4, followed by Dreamin' at No.8, and Suddenly, a duet with Olivia Newton-John from the film soundtrack of Xanadu, peaked at No.15. For whatever reason, the session that produced the Suddenly track, duetted with Olivia Newton-John, appears to have been recorded in a garage located in Los Angeles. Obviously the acoustics in the improvised studio presented serious problems with traffic noise levels outside. Compounding the technical problems was the recording method used of Cliff and Olivia taping their VCL simultaneously onto a pre-recorded backing track. It is thought that Olivia returned at a later date to re-record her vocal due to her track containing the noise levels as mentioned. The track was produced by John Farrar who played on the backing along with other musicians David McDaniel, Ed Greene, Michael Boddicker and Richard Hewson. October 1980: EMI Records release Cliff Richard's 79th single, Suddenly, on which he sings with Olivia Newton-John. The 'B' side is performed by Olivia alone: You Made Me Love You. The song eventually reaches the No.15 position, spending a total of seven weeks in the British charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"'When John [Farrar] wrote the duet for the [Xanadu] movie, we wanted someone to sing it with me,' says Olivia. 'Someone who was a well-known singer. Cliff had just had his first big hit in the States and I thought-- it would be great to have him because he gave me my first break in England. To have him sing with me now would be great!' 'I find it absolutely a pleasure to sing with Livvy,' said Cliff of the venture. 'To record Suddenly with her was a fantastic thrill! It doesn't matter that it didn't go top five in the charts, because sometimes you have to do things that you know are artistically the right thing to do.'\"
Darren Mason (1999 - Olivia: One Woman's Journey)
\"[Cliff] was also enjoying a new run of success in America. Dreamin', A Little In Love, both from the [I'm No Hero] album... and Suddenly, Cliff's duet with Olivia Newton-John from her own Xanadu film soundtrack, had given Cliff three records at one time in the Billboard Hot 100, something he had not previously achieved.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
\"With the exception of his duet with Olivia Newton-John on Suddenly for the film and album soundtrack of Olivia's Xanadu in 1980, in between touring and recording, Cliff more or less turned his attention [away from film music and] back to live theatre.\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for Stage And Screen album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"January 1981: A Little In Love is in the American charts, peaking at No.17. January 12 1981: Cliff in New York. At home his 80th single, A Little In Love/Keep On Looking, is released. January 27 1981: Cliff films a video for A Little In Love at Farningham in Kent with producer David Mallett.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"[Cliff] was also enjoying a new run of success in America. Dreamin', A Little In Love, both from the [I'm No Hero] album... and Suddenly, Cliff's duet with Olivia Newton-John from her own Xanadu film soundtrack, had given Cliff three records at one time in the Billboard Hot 100, something he had not previously achieved. Released in January 1981 it entered the chart on 24 January 1981 and reached #15 during a run of 8 weeks.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
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\"May 1981: Give A Little Bit More is released as a single in America and reaches number 39 in the charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"All the singles that were released in 1980 reached the top twenty, with Carrie achieving the most impressive chart placing at No.4, followed by Dreamin' at No.8, and Suddenly, a duet with Olivia Newton-John from the film soundtrack of Xanadu, peaked at No.15. August 1980: Dreamin'/Dynamite becomes Cliff's 78th single. September 1980: Dreamin' climbs into the British Top 10, peaking at number 8 to become Cliff's 44th single to make the British Top 10.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"[Cliff] was also enjoying a new run of success in America. Dreamin', A Little In Love, both from the [I'm No Hero] album... and Suddenly, Cliff's duet with Olivia Newton-John from her own Xanadu film soundtrack, had given Cliff three records at one time in the Billboard Hot 100, something he had not previously achieved. Released in August 1980 this single made its chart debut on 16 August 1980 and climbed to #8 during a run of 10 weeks. In the United States it made it's [sic] debut on 27 September 1980 peaking at #10 with a run of 13 weeks. The single qualified for a silver disc from BPI.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
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\"August 1980: Dreamin'/Dynamite becomes Cliff's 78th single. The 'B' side is a new version of the 21-year-old 'B' side to Travelin' Light [sic], which became a hit in it's own right. As the [June/July 1984] sessions had not produced enough material for an album, it was decided to add... Dynamite [to the The Rock Connection album].\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Cliff's covers of Little Richard's Lucille, Gene Vincent's Be Bop A Lula and Marty Wilde's Donna were included [on the The Rock Connection album] from Rock 'N' Roll Silver, alongside Dynamite, the 1980 remake of Cliff's own 1958 original Travellin' Light b-side.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for The Rock Connection remaster album)
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\"January 12 1981: Cliff in New York. At home his 80th single, A Little In Love/Keep On Looking, is released.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"August 17 1981: Cliff's 81st single, Wired For Sound/Hold On is released and becomes the 6th single to peak a number 4 in the charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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About midway through Daddy's Home, Cliff can be heard saying \"thank you\". He was accepting a rose from a female audience member and thanking her for the gift.
Daddy's Home was written in 1959 by James Sheppard as a sequel to his song A Thousand Miles Away with which he had a hit in 1956 with his band at the time, The Heartbeats. James' girlfriend had moved from New York to Texas which inspired James to write this song, which goes something like \"You're a thousand miles away, oh but I need your love to remember you by, oh my darling, dry your eyes, Daddy's coming home soon\". In the middle of the song he sings \"It may be on a Sunday morning. It may be on a Tuesday afternoon. But no matter what the day is....\". The song was a smash hit for The Heartbeats in 1956. Three years later James put another group together called Shep & the Limelites and then wrote the sequel called Daddy's Home, which, of course, ends with the words \"I'm not a thousand miles away\". The melody of Daddy's Home is pretty much exactly like the tune of A Thousand Miles Away, with which Shep & the Limelites had a top ten hit in 1959.
\"For 1981 plans had been made to shoot a four-part documentary television series. The project was given the working and final title of Cliff. For inclusion, the BBC simultaneously filmed and taped concerts at the Manchester Apollo and the Hammersmith Odeon. Cliff had some new songs in his repertoire, and of these Daddy's Home, Shakin' All Over and Stood Up were licensed for record release, but only the first two titles were issued. The live single Daddy's Home became the biggest hit of the year [1981] reaching the No.2 spot, and was a cover of an original by Shep and the Limelights, featuring in Cliff's jukebox at his home. October 20 1981: The video for Daddy's Home is shot at Ewarts Studio in Wandsworth. Cliff's brief is to look unshaven and wear tight jeans, a white T-shirt and black leather jacket. November 28 1981: Cliff's 82nd single, Daddy's Home, is a song which has long been one of his favourites-- the original by Shep and the Limelites featuring on Cliff's Bell-Ami jukebox at his home. The 'B' side is the old Johnny Kidd song Shakin' All Over. Daddy's Home becomes Cliff's 9th single to come to rest at the number 2 spot in the charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Bear in mind, too, how while on tour in America the British boy picked up on the 1961 release Daddy's Home by Shep and the Limelites, parallelling the US Number 2 peak of the original with his UK Number 2 in 1981.\"
Paul Gambaccini (1997 - liner notes for The Rock 'N' Roll Years 1958-1963 album)
\"Released in November 1981 this single entered the charts at #37 on 21 November 1981 and climbed to #2 during a run of 12 weeks. It spent 3 weeks stuck at #2 behind Don't You Want Me Baby by the Human League. In the United States it made its debut on 6 February 1982 peaking at #23 with a run of 8 weeks. The single qualified for a gold disc from the BPI.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for Wired For Sound remaster album)
\"[Cliff] never forgot his roots: it's hard to imagine someone who wasn't around at the time producing such a beautiful interpretation of Shep and the Limelites' Daddy's Home, a doo-wop classic from the year of The Young Ones.\"
Richard Williams (September 2008 - liner notes for 50th Anniversary Album album)
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\"For 1981 plans had been made to shoot a four-part documentary television series. The project was given the working and final title of Cliff. For inclusion, the BBC simultaneously filmed and taped concerts at the Manchester Apollo and the Hammersmith Odeon. Cliff had some new songs in his repertoire, and of these Daddy's Home, Shakin' All Over and Stood Up were licensed for record release, but only the first two titles were issued.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"For 1981 plans had been made to shoot a four-part documentary television series. The project was given the working and final title of Cliff. For inclusion, the BBC simultaneously filmed and taped concerts at the Manchester Apollo and the Hammersmith Odeon. Cliff had some new songs in his repertoire, and of these Daddy's Home, Shakin' All Over and Stood Up were licensed for record release, but only the first two titles were issued. November 28 1981: Cliff's 82nd single, Daddy's Home, is a song which has long been one of his favourites-- the original by Shep and the Limelites featuring on Cliff's Bell-Ami jukebox at his home. The 'B' side is the old Johnny Kidd song Shakin' All Over.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"...In September 1994 [Cliff] teamed up with Phil Everly for a reprise of two Everly Brothers hits, When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream. September 7 1994: Re-mixing at R G Jones Studio for When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream. September 15 1994: Mastering When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream at Metropolis Studios. October 5 1994: At R G Jones the applause is removed from All I Have To Do Is Dream. November 28 1994: All I Have To Do Is Dream-- a duet with Phil Everly-- is released. Miss You Nights is on the 'b' side. December 21 1994: Cliff's lastest released All I Have To Do Is Dream, a duet with Phil Everly, is heard playing in the background of Cliff's favourite television programme, the long-running soap opera set in the north of England, Coronation Street.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"...In September 1994 [Cliff] teamed up with Phil Everly for a reprise of two Everly Brothers hits, When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream. September 7 1994: Re-mixing at R G Jones Studio for When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream. September 15 1994: Mastering When Will I Be Loved and All I Have To Do Is Dream at Metropolis Studios.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"July 23 1981: The Wired For Sound video is shot in Milton Keynes. August 17 1981: Cliff's 81st single, Wired For Sound/Hold On is released and becomes the 6th single to peak a number 4 in the charts. September 14 1981: Wired For Sound/Hold On is released in America, but doesn't get higher than No.77.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"[Wired For Sound was] the first track to be recorded for the [Wired For Sound] album, and one that historians would today call the most contemporary sounding single of his I'm Nearly Famous renaissance. With lyrics written by B.A. Robertson, who had previous penned the words to half the songs on Cliff's Rock 'N' Roll Juvenile, the song was quite evidently a departure from his usual romantic subject outing. Even though it was a love song, it was far more an expression of Cliff's love for the personal stereo craze that swept the country at the time. Even the promotional video first seen on Top Of The Pops that went along with the single blazed much the same message. Although it was the first time Robertson had worked with Tarney, it was one he remembers well. 'He called me up one night and asked me if I'd like to write a song with him. Mickey Dolenz, who used to be in the Monkees, was coming for a meal that night so I stayed in for the starters and then drove down to Hammersmith to listen to the backing track during the main course and then arrived back home with a cassette in time for dessert. I got up the next morning, put the kettle on, put the cassette in and the title came to me straight away as I listened to it. A couple of hours later, I had written the whole song and I just read the lyrics to him down the phone.' Enough no doubt to convince Tarney that his search for the album's leading hit song had just ended there and then. Released in August 1981 this single climbed to #4 during a run of 9 weeks. In the United States it became Cliff's third chart success when it made its debut on 14 August 1976 peaking at #6 with a run of 12 weeks. The single qualified for a silver disc from the BPI.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
Editor's Note: This is incorrect. The Wired For Sound single debuted in the US in 1981 (not 1976) and peaked at #77 (not #6). Those statistics are for Devil Woman.
\"Tin Pan Alley has produced some tin-eared phrases for Cliff's records, including the assurance on Wired For Sound that he liked tall speakers and small speakers...\"
Siobhan Synnot (September 1, 2003 - The Scotsman)
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\"Better Than I Know Myself, written by David Cooke and his songwriting partner Judy McKenzie-- on on the pioneer Christian folk singers of the late sixties-- was actually a gospel song disguised as a love song.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
\"Like I'm Nearly Famous, the 1981 album Wired For Sound was not a gospel album although the Dave Cooke/Judy Mackenzie track Better Than I Know Myself fits well as a gospel song disguised as a love song. Cooke and Mackenzie were two pioneering Christian folk singers of the 1970s, and Cliff would record more of their songs over the following years.\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for faith and inspiration album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"[Better Than I Know Myself] was actually a gospel song disguised as a love song. Much the same could be said of songwriter and musician Chris Eaton's songs Lost In A Lonely World and Summer Rain, chosen from five of Eaton's songs submitted on a cassette to Cliff eighteen months earlier.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
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\"[Better Than I Know Myself] was actually a gospel song disguised as a love song. Much the same could be said of songwriter and musician Chris Eaton's songs Lost In A Lonely World and Summer Rain, chosen from five of Eaton's songs submitted on a cassette to Cliff eighteen months earlier.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2001 - liner notes for I'm No Hero remaster album)
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\"Written in 1981 this was never released outside South Africa. It was written in Umhlanga Rocks, Durban. Produced by Tom Blades, backing vocals by Cliff Richard, Paul Field, Mo McCafferty and Annie McCaig.\"
Garth Hewitt (2007 - liner notes for Africa - Wings Of Love Over Africa CD)
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This is a live performance from an unidentified Gospel TV show of Cliff duetting with Garth on a song that appeared on Garth's Under The Influence album. The album version has no Cliff Richard involvement.
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\"The Only Way Out, released in 1982, only peaked at No. 10 in spite of the heavy airplay it was guaranteed as a follow-up to Daddy's Home. July 5 1982: EMI release Cliff's 83rd single, The Only Way Out/Under The Influence which reaches No.10 in the charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Released in July 1982 The Only Way Out entered the UK chart on 17 July 1982 and reached #10 during a 9 week chart run.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"Where Do We Go From Here failed to appeal to a mass audience... September 6 1982: Cliff's 84th single Where Do We Go From Here/Discovering, is released but only reaches No. 60-- Cliff's lowest ever chart placing. September 8 1982: [The] Where Do We Go From Here video is shot in London.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Released in September 1982 Where Do We Go From Here entered the UK chart on 25 September 1982 and during a 3 week run only reached #60.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"With a new line up of musicians and crew since recording Green Light three years earlier, the first recordings for the [Now You See Me... Now You Don't] album were done over two sessions at Abbey Road in the early and latter stages of September 1981. It was where rhythm GTRist Mart Jenner, bassist Paul Westwood, synthesizer Dave Cooke and drummer Graham Jarvis, along with Craig Pruess playing keyboards and taking care of electronic percussion and sequencers, took over Studio 3 for three days with engineers John Walker and Tony Richards. It was also where the first track Son Of Thunder was completed, and a listed unissued track called Take Me To The Leader was laid down.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"Little Town became a Christmas hit just outside the top ten. The reworking of Little Town Of Bethlehem as Little Town featured one of the most outstanding arrangements. November 15 1982: EMI release Cliff's 85th single, Little Town/Love And A Helping Hand/You, Me And Jesus. December 1982: Little Town peaks at the No.11 position in the charts, and spends a total of seven weeks in the Top Twenty. November 28 1988: Cliff's new single-- Mistletoe And Wine is released, with Marmaduke on the 'B' side and Little Town being the bonus track on the 12-inch.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Unlike the September Abbey Road sessions, Tony Rivers and Nigel Perrin (on Little Town)... were not recruited to team up with Cliff on backing VCL. Released in November 1982 this 3-track single entere the chart on 4 December 1982.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
\"Two 12-inch singles [of Mistletoe And Wine] were issued (12EM78 and 12EMX78). Both featured the additional track Little Town while the latter included an advent calendar. The CD single (CDEM78) featured Little Town and also La Gonave and included a Christmas card.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Stronger remaster album)
\"Three tracks from the [Now You See Me... Now You Don't] album are featured here [on the faith and inspiration album]: Discovering, Be In My Heart and Little Town. Chris Eaton was also responsible for the outstanding arrangement on Little Town, a reworking of the traditional Christmas carol O Little Town Of Bethlehem, a song that became a festive hit, stopping just short of the Top Ten. The single featured one of Cliff's own compositions Love And A Helping Hand, on its reverse.\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for faith and inspiration album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"Singing what you feel comes easy with songs like [The Water Is Wide].\"
Cliff Richard (1985 - liner notes for From The Heart album)
\"[Later in September 1981,] Cliff and Craig returned with a set of different musicians aside from Jenner to Studio 2 to tape The Water Is Wise. Mo Foster was now on bass and Peter Skellern who'd had a top ten hit of his own with You're A Lady in 1972, was on keyboards.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"Unlike the September Abbey Road sessions... Cliff's former vocal backing group from the sixties, the Mike Sammes Singers (on Be In My Heart) were not recruited to team up with Cliff on backing VCL.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
\"Three tracks from the [Now You See Me... Now You Don't] album are featured here [on the faith and inspiration album]: Discovering, Be In My Heart and Little Town.\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for faith and inspiration album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"September 6 1982: Cliff's 84th single Where Do We Go From Here/Discovering, is released but only reaches No. 60-- Cliff's lowest ever chart placing.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Three tracks from the [Now You See Me... Now You Don't] album are featured here [on the faith and inspiration album]: Discovering, Be In My Heart and Little Town. The first of these was written by Chris Eaton who grew up in the West Midlands and was influenced by a wide range of music from Deep Purple to Cliff Richard...\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for faith and inspiration album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"July 5 1982: EMI release Cliff's 83rd single, The Only Way Out/Under The Influence which reaches No.10 in the charts.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Under The Influence appeared as the non-album b-side of The Only Way Out.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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The single states that this song is \"from the Tear Fund film Cliff In Kenya.\"
\"November 15 1982: EMI release Cliff's 85th single, Little Town/Love And A Helping Hand/You, Me And Jesus.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"...both Love And A Helping Hand and You, Me And Jesus were featured as the others to Cliff's first three-track maxi-single Little Town.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
\"The [Little Town] single featured one of Cliff's own compositions Love And A Helping Hand, on its reverse.\"
Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (2008 - liner notes for faith and inspiration album in the ...And They Said It Wouldn't Last! {My 50 Years In Music} set)
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\"November 15 1982: EMI release Cliff's 85th single, Little Town/Love And A Helping Hand/You, Me And Jesus.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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This version of Little Town found on the 1991 Together With Cliff Richard album is remixed, with all of the piano parts replaced with a new gentler sounding keyboard played by Paul Moessl; it is most noticeable on the song's intro and in the song's bridge.
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This version is edited from the Now You See Me... Now You Don't album, simply fading 12 seconds earlier.
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This version is the same as on the Now You See Me... Now You Don't but it fades 16 seconds early, cutting much of the twinkling keyboard sounds at the song's end.
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\"With a new line up of musicians and crew since recording Green Light three years earlier, the first recordings for the [Now You See Me... Now You Don't] album were done over two sessions at Abbey Road in the early and latter stages of September 1981. It was where rhythm GTRist Mart Jenner, bassist Paul Westwood, synthesizer Dave Cooke and drummer Graham Jarvis, along with Craig Pruess playing keyboards and taking care of electronic percussion and sequencers, took over Studio 3 for three days with engineers John Walker and Tony Richards. It was also where the first track Son Of Thunder was completed, and a listed unissued track called Take Me To The Leader was laid down.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"It is not known if the four unreleased tracks from these [Strawberry Studios Now You See Me... Now You Don't] sessions are incomplete or finished takes. With BBC's live recordings of Cliff's gospel concert at the Manchester Apollo filmed the previous February, it was where Cliff would perform some of the songs that he would later record for Now You See Me... Now You Don't. Including some of those that to this day remain unreleased, whether complete or incomplete takes. [They include:] The Rock That Doesn't Roll, Closer To You, Now That You Know Me, and Take Me Where I Wanna Go.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"It is not known if the four unreleased tracks from these [Strawberry Studios Now You See Me... Now You Don't] sessions are incomplete or finished takes. With BBC's live recordings of Cliff's gospel concert at the Manchester Apollo filmed the previous February, it was where Cliff would perform some of the songs that he would later record for Now You See Me... Now You Don't. Including some of those that to this day remain unreleased, whether complete or incomplete takes. [They include:] The Rock That Doesn't Roll, Closer To You, Now That You Know Me, and Take Me Where I Wanna Go.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"It is not known if the four unreleased tracks from these [Strawberry Studios Now You See Me... Now You Don't] sessions are incomplete or finished takes. With BBC's live recordings of Cliff's gospel concert at the Manchester Apollo filmed the previous February, it was where Cliff would perform some of the songs that he would later record for Now You See Me... Now You Don't. Including some of those that to this day remain unreleased, whether complete or incomplete takes. [They include:] The Rock That Doesn't Roll, Closer To You, Now That You Know Me, and Take Me Where I Wanna Go.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"It is not known if the four unreleased tracks from these [Strawberry Studios Now You See Me... Now You Don't] sessions are incomplete or finished takes. With BBC's live recordings of Cliff's gospel concert at the Manchester Apollo filmed the previous February, it was where Cliff would perform some of the songs that he would later record for Now You See Me... Now You Don't. Including some of those that to this day remain unreleased, whether complete or incomplete takes. [They include:] The Rock That Doesn't Roll, Closer To You, Now That You Know Me, and Take Me Where I Wanna Go.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Now You See Me... Now You Don't remaster album)
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\"The first single of 1983, She Means Nothing To Me, was a breathtaking rock performance with Phil Everly that caught listeners' imaginations and eventually peaked at No.9. From a rock point of view, the highlight session of this period was the recording of She Means Nothing To Me, taped at Eden Studios in October 1982 during a Phil Everly session. The track featured musicians who had not worked with Cliff before, people like Stuart Colman, Mickey Gee and Mark Knopfler. This was the kind of material that made Cliff, Phil and the band rock the plaster off the ceiling, and it seems a shame that the song never became a regular item in Cliff's live repertoire. February 19 1983: Cliff's 86th single She Means Nothing To Me, on which Cliff duets with Phil Everly, is released. The 'B' side, A Man And A Woman, features Phil Everly only. The single is produced by Stuart Colman. March 1983: She Means Nothing To Me peaks at No.9. As the [June/July 1984] sessions had not produced enough material for an album, it was decided to add the Phil Everly duet remixed... [to the The Rock Connection album].\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"Of the new songs, one of the highlights says Cliff, was working with Phil Everly on She Means Nothing To Me. 'I couldn't believe my luck! I didn't think he would even be interested, but he came over and did a live gig with me some time before; then he called to say he was doing an album and had this track. When I heard the song, I thought it was fantastic.' Recorded at Eden Studios under the production guidance of rock 'n' roll genius Stuart Colman, and Dire Straits' GTRist Mark Knopfler guesting, 'Phil and I actually sang together, although he did his own thing. When I went into the studio, he gave me priority to get my part right so we sang together until we were happy with my part. Then I left and he re-did his part. He wasn't concentrating on his part, more on mine.' Released in January 1983 this duet with Phil Everly entered the charts on 19 February 1983 and a 9 week spell on the charts saw it reach #9.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for The Rock Connection remaster album)
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\"Another duet I'll Mend Your Broken Heart was also taped, which was later released on the album Phil Everly.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"With the exception of I'll Mend Your Broken Heart, only previously available on the Phil Everly album, released in May 1983, the bonus material [on the The Rock Connection remaster CD] is made up of all the tracks from Rock 'N' Roll Silver that have, for the most part, been previously unavailable on CD.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for The Rock Connection remaster album)
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This version differs from the original Phil Everly version in that the VCL are mixed louder and the GTRs are mixed differently. More notable, though, is that the song does not fade, but instead has a true end.
\"The version of She Means Nothing To Me [on the The Rock Connection remaster CD] is the original Rock Connection [sic] album version, and not the single mix that was issued on Private Collection. The track was remixed, with louder VCL, after the single had been released in January 1983.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for The Rock Connection remaster album)
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\"The [rocking] track [She Means Nothing To Me] had a lot of people sit up straight expecting more of the same. Unfortunately for those people, the next single was a ballad, but a superior one from the catalogue of Buddy Holly. True Love Ways did even better than the previous single, reaching No.8. April 1983: EMI release Cliff's 87th single, True Love Ways/Galadriel. True Love Ways had previously been a hit for Buddy Holly in 1960 and for Peter and Gordon in 1965.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"True Love Ways from the Buddy Holly catalogue, was one from Holly's last recording session prior to his untimely death in a plane crash in February 1959. To this day, Cliff has never recorded the track in a studio and it was this version, coupled with another live selection from this recording, Galadriel, that was released as the only single from the [Dressed For The Occasion] in April of the following year. Released in April 1983 True Love Ways entered the UK charts on 16 April 1983 and reached #8 during its 8 week spell on the chart.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
\"And additional 7-inch single (EMS78) [of Mistletoe And Wine] with True Love Ways as a bonus, was also issued.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Stronger remaster album)
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\"Another track never laid down in a studio session was Cliff's version of Softly As I Leave You, the 1962 Top Ten hit for Matt Monro and, over a decade later, a Presley concert favourite during Elvis's [sic] final years of touring. As Elvis would explain to his audiences: 'This song is the story of a man who is dying in hospital, and his wife has been sitting by his bedside for three days and three nights. Some time after midnight on the third day she lies on the side of the bed and goes to sleep. He is aware that she is asleep and, knowing that the end is near but not wanting her to see him die, he took his notebook from the side of the bed, and he wrote, Softly as I leave you'.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"Five songs in all were left off the original [Dressed For The Occasion] album. Although You Me And Jesus, Discovering and Daddy's Home were mixed and prepared for inclusion, in the end they had to be left off. But today Cliff can't remember leaving anything out, he agrees that any ommission would have been due to timing restrictions. 'Daddy's Home was such a big hit but we would have to choose between that and Treasure Of Love, which was also a kind of doo-wop song, originally recorded by Clyde PcPhatter of the Drifters and a top thirty hit in 1956. We would have said, if we can't fit them both in, let's put the new one on. That's usually how it works.'\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"The other two songs [not on the original issue of Dressed For The Occasion], The Golden Days Are Over, (only recently discovered on an original concert set list in Cliff's office and subsequently on a multi-track tape logged at Abbey Road), and at the time of the concert was still to be cut at the Silver album sessions the following May to June, and Little Town, previously known to exist, have been specially remixed for this special anniversary edition of the original album...\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"April 1983: EMI release Cliff's 87th single, True Love Ways/Galadriel.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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\"Five songs in all were left off the original [Dressed For The Occasion] album. Although You Me And Jesus, Discovering and Daddy's Home were mixed and prepared for inclusion, in the end they had to be left off.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"Five songs in all were left off the original [Dressed For The Occasion] album. Although You Me And Jesus, Discovering and Daddy's Home were mixed and prepared for inclusion, in the end they had to be left off.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"Five songs in all were left off the original [Dressed For The Occasion] album. Although You Me And Jesus, Discovering and Daddy's Home were mixed and prepared for inclusion, in the end they had to be left off. But today Cliff can't remember leaving anything out, he agrees that any ommission would have been due to timing restrictions. 'Daddy's Home was such a big hit but we would have to choose between that and Treasure Of Love, which was also a kind of doo-wop song, originally recorded by Clyde PcPhatter of the Drifters and a top thirty hit in 1956. We would have said, if we can't fit them both in, let's put the new one on. That's usually how it works.'\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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\"The other two songs [not on the original issue of Dressed For The Occasion], The Golden Days Are Over... and Little Town, previously known to exist, have been specially remixed for this special anniversary edition of the original album...\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for Dressed For The Occasion remaster album)
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This performance is from an as-yet-unidentified Noel Edmonds TV show where he lends an acoustic guitar to Cliff and he sings a quick, acoustic version of Living Doll. This performance was included on Cliff 1983 videotape release called The Video Connection.
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\"May 1983: Cliff's 88th single is released. The A-side, Drifting, is a duet with Sheila Walsh. The B-side is by Sheila Walsh only.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
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The correct title of this song is Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) with the subtitle, although sometimes it is referred to as just Never Say Die without the subtitle and on a few occasions, as Give A Little Bit More, which is completely incorrect. The latter causes confusion with the song Give A Little Bit More on the I'm No Hero album which is a completely different song than Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) on the Silver album.
\"July 19 1983: Cliff records the video for Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More). August 22 1983: Cliff's 89th single, Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) is released. The 'B' side is Cliff's version of the Little Richard/Everly Brothers classic Lucille.\"
Mike Read, Nigel Goodall & Peter Lewry (1995 - The Complete Chronicle)
\"[There was another Silver session] at Mayfair Studios in May to tape the lead single from the album, Never Say Die, with a change of producer, now Terry Britten, then Cliff's major songwriter. Released in August 1983 Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) entered the UK charts on 3 September 1983 and reached #15 during its 7 week spell on the chart\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (July 2002 - liner notes for Silver remaster album)
\"Released in August 1983 Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) entered the UK charts on 3 September 1983 and reached #15 during its 7 week spell on the chart.\"
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall (January 2004 - liner notes for The Rock Connection remaster album)
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