RARE 1960 #1 CLIFF RICHARD 78 " I LOVE YOU / D IN LOVE " SA COL DSA 378 WOL EX-
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Jun 11, 2015 Sold Date
Jun 8, 2015 Start Date
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AN ULTRA RARE 1960 CLIFF RICHARD 78 of HIS UK  No. 1 HIT

"I LOVE YOU"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuD3N1K_Rjg

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


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

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

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

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

Richard's fifth single "Living Doll" triggered a softer, more relaxed, sound. Subsequent hits, the No. 1s "Travellin' Light" and "I Love You" and also "A Voice in the Wilderness" and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop entertainer along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early sixties his hits were consistently in the top five

I LOVE YOU

(Bruce Welch)

Your love means more to me than
All the apples hanging on a tree and
Like those apples, our love will grow because I -
I love you.

Your love means more to me than
All the fishes swimming in the sea and
Like those fishes, my heart begins to swim because I -
I love you.

I love you, I want you for my own.
I need you near to me
More than anyone could ever know.

Your love means more to me than
All the loves I've ever had before, so,
Please believe what I say because I -
I love you

(Instrumental break)
I love you

I love you, I want you for my own.
I need you so much more -
More than anyone could ever know.

Everyone knows one and one makes two,
I'm the one and the other one's you, so,
Let's get together and you will see how much I -
I love you
Let's get together and you will see how much I -
I love you!

DISC DETAILS:

A SIDE:-  I LOVE YOU

B SIDE:-  "D" IN LOVE

SOUTH AFRICAN COLUMBIA DSA 378    10" 78rpm 

CONDITION - PLAYING SURFACE IS  Vg/EX    ACTUALLY THE PLAYING SURFACE IDS GENERALLY GOOD WITH A LOT OF SHINE  BUT AT THE START OF SIDE A THERE IS A SERIES OF SMALL SCRATCHES AROUND THE EDGE MAKING BACKGROUND POPS AND SIZZLE AT THE START OF THE SONG.

ENTERED THE UK CHARTS 1 DEC 1960  REACHED No 1 AND STAYED IN THE CHARTS A TOTAL OF 16 WEEKS

 

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