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

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Listen to Cliff!
Studio album by Cliff Richard
Released	April 1961
Length	39:51
Label	Columbia
Producer	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard chronology
Me and My Shadows (1960) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 21 Today (1961)

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

Re-release

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

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

Track listing

Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "What'd I Say" Ray Charles 3:03 2. "Blue Moon" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 3:32 3. "True Love Will Come to You" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:58 4. "Lover" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 1:49 5. "Unchained Melody" Alex North, Hy Zaret 3:30 6. "Idle Gossip" Floyd Huddleston, Joseph Meyer 2:54 7. "First Lesson in Love" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 1:56 8. "Almost Like Being in Love" Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe 2:05

Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum" Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II 1:59 2. "Memories Linger On" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:40 3. "Temptation" Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed 2:24 4. "I Live for You" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:15 5. "Sentimental Journey" Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer 2:09 6. "I Want You to Know" Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino 2:29 7. "We Kiss in a Shadow" Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers 3:23 8. "It's You" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 3:22

CD reissue bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 17. "True Love Will Come to You" Peter Chester, Bruce Welch 2:42 18. "I Want You to Know" Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino 2:24

Release formats

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

Personnel

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

• Cliff Richard – lead vocals
• Hank Marvin – lead guitar
• Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
• Jet Harris – bass guitar
• Tony Meehan – drums

Production

• Produced by Norrie Paramor
• Engineered by Malcolm Addey

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