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 Richard, Cliff
Miss You Nights. Released in February of 1976, the song only made No. 15 in the UK charts. A re-release a decade later fared little better. Despite the poor chart performance, the song is still greatly received and definitely the fan's favourite.
Big Ship. This little known song peaked at No. 8 in the charts in May of 1969. It was Cliff's best performance since "Congratulations", a year before, which reached No. 1.
Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha. Callander/Murray/Stephens song from 1970. Another top five entry, but only just at No. 5 in the charts.
Scarlet Ribbons. Found on Cliff's "Together" album, this song was never released as a single. Also on the album can be found three of Cliff's Christmas hits: "Mistletoe And Wine", "Saviour's Day" and of course "Together".
Peace In Our Time. A very religious orientated track, very much released in a time of anti-war feeling. Coming in 1992, it appealed to the public's mixed emotions over the Gulf War. As a result it was another top ten hit, at number 8.
A Little In Love. Nice song, but failed to make the top five upon release in the UK. Did make No.15 in 1981 though. It's writer Alan Tarney had already provided Cliff with the No. 1 "We Don't Talk Anymore" and helped in a couple of top five hits later in the decade.
The Young Ones. What many consider Cliff's signature tune. And of course a number from the hit motion picture of the same name. Topped the charts in January 1962 having been written by the Tepper/Bennett partnership. They also wrote "When The Girl In Your Arms".
Santa's List. Managed No.5 in the UK charts in 2003. Despite it's release a few weeks before Christmas, the sales of the song remained fairly good, with it remaining in the top ten into the New Year.
The Day I Met Marie. "I lay on my back in the hay..."
Only made No. 11 back in November 1967, the best writer Marvin managed as a solo writer.
Living Doll. 'Living Doll' was number one in 1959. The other three all hit number two, 'Move It' in 1958, 'Dynamite' in 1959 and 'Voice in the Wilderness' in 1960. 'Living Doll' made it to number one again in 1986, when Cliff was accompanied by the cast of 'The Young Ones' television show and Hank Marvin, who played guitar.
Please Don't Tease. 'Please Don't Tease' was a number one in 1960. 'Nine Times out of Ten' hit number three in the same year, and the other two reached number three in 1961.
A youth club being saved from redevelopment. Cliff played the lead role in this film, which also featured all four members of The Shadows, Robert Morley, Richard O'Sullivan and Melvyn Hayes. The holiday is the plot of 'Summer Holiday' and the teenage pregnancy is too gritty for a Cliff film. The club is saved, of course, and the wicked developer turns out to be Cliff's character's father.
Greece. The friends were travelling to Athens in a double decker bus, picking up various passengers en route. The film also featured Una Stubbs, later to appear in 'Til Death Us Do Part', and Melvyn Hayes again appeared. He was later to find television fame as Bombadier Gloria Beaumont in 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum'.
| 'Congratulations' was number one in 1968 and was the song with which Cliff represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. Where did he finish? | Cliff Richard - Number One(s)
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Second. Probably one of the most commercial entries ever for Eurovision, at least until Abba came along. A documentary in 2008 has claimed the the winners, Spain, only won because of bribery of the judging panels and that Cliff should have won. The option of 'last' would certainly be more accurate these days. With the Eastern European bloc votes, the UK is lucky to avoid the dreaded 'null points'.
Saviours Day. 'Saviours Day' was the Christmas number one in 1990 and 'Mistletoe and Wine' in 1988. 'I Love You' was a much earlier hit, in 1960 and 'Travellin' Light' wasn't a Christmas number one, having hit the top in October 1959.
| Cliff's most recent number one to date is 'The Millennium Prayer', which features 'The Lord's Prayer' set to which tune? | Cliff Richard - Number One(s)
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Auld Lang Syne. While researching the quiz, I found that a poll had voted this the worst number one ever, which is hard to believe when Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap Your Face' and 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma' are available for the position. Reaching number one in 1999, this fourteenth number one gave Cliff the amazing record of having reached number one in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. So far, he hasn't managed to have a number one in the 2000s and time is running short. Still, the record already achieved seems unlikely to ever be beaten.
Two. It seems to be forgotten that Cliff was a bit of a rocker when he started out. 'High Class Baby' was another top ten hit in the same year and Cliff was known as the UK's answer to Elvis Presley in his early days.
| In 1962, Cliff Richard reached number two with a double sided hit. 'I'm Looking Out the Window' was on one side. What was on the other? | Cliff Richard - Ten to Two
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Do You Wanna Dance. The other options all reached the top ten, but in 1964. 'On the Beach' reached number, 'Constantly' was a number four, and 'I Could Easily Fall' made number nine.
The Twelfth of Never. Cliff's version was in 1964. The song also made number one in the UK for Donny Osmond in 1973 and was a minor hit (number twenty-one) in 1995 for Elvis Presley.
| 'The Day I Met Marie' was written for Cliff Richard by which member of his backing group, 'The Shadows'? | Cliff Richard - Ten to Two
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Hank Marvin. Somewhat surprisingly, this peaked at only number ten in 1967. Evocative lyrics - 'Imagine a still summer's day. When nothing is moving, least of all me'. 'The Shadows' were extremely successful in their own right, with numerous hits - mostly instrumentals.
| Cliff Richard represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time in 1973 with which song? | Cliff Richard - Ten to Two
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Power to All our Friends. All these titles have potential as Eurovision entries, which tend to be rather bland. Cliff came only third this time, and the song only reached number four in the charts. The other three options were top twenty but not top ten entries in the early years of the seventies.
Phil Everly. Phil & Cliff reached number nine with this in 1983. Simon & Garfunkel need no introduction and Bill Medley was one of 'The Righteous Brothers'. 'All I have to Do is Dream' backed with 'Miss You Nights' also made the charts for Phil & Cliff in 1994, reaching a creditable number fourteen.
True Love Ways. The London Philharmonic Orchestra backed Cliff on this hit, and are credited on the label.
| Cliff Richard had a number three hit with Sarah Brightman in 1986 with 'All I Ask of You', which comes from which musical? | Cliff Richard - Ten to Two
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Phantom of the Opera. Sarah's former husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber, is responsible for the music to both 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Jesus Christ Superstar', with lyrics by Tim Rice. 'Les Miserables' is by Schonberg and Boublil and 'West Side Story' by Bernstein, with lyrics by Sondheim.
Roller skates. Cliff spend most of the video on roller skates with headphones on. The song is a celebration of being able to listen to music wherever you are. It reached number four in 1981.
Expresso Bongo. 'Expresso Bongo' starred Laurence Harvey as a talent agent, and Cliff's character was called 'Bert Rudge', later renamed 'Bongo Herbert' neither of which sounds much like star material. The film was set in the sleazy clubs of Soho and released in 1959. 'Finders Keepers' was from 1966, 'The Young Ones' from 1961 and 'Summer Holiday' from 1959.
Olivia Newton-John. The other singers were all around at the time, but it was Olivia who sang with Cliff on this and they also had a (minor) hit together in 1995 with 'Had to Be', reaching number 22. Olivia also had hits with John Travolta and the Electric Light Orchestra.
In Love. 'A Little Respect' was a number 4 Erasure hit in 1988 and 'A Little Bit More' reached number 2 for Dr Hook in 1992. 'A Little More Love' is our old friend Olivia Newton-John from 1978 when it reached number 4.
All I Have to Do is Dream. This reached number 14 jointly with a version of 'Miss You Nights'. The other songs are all Everly Brothers hits from the 1960's. 'All I Have to Do is Dream' was a number one hit in 1958 for Phil and brother Don.
Van Morrison. Van wrote the song and it appeared on his album 'Avalon Sunset'. The duo reached number 20 with this. I have not found any evidence of Cliff collaborations with the other three singers - at least, not yet.
Move It. "Move It" was his first UK chart hit. It entered the UK chart in September 1958 and reached number two. It never charted in the US.
"High Class Baby" entered the UK chart in November 1958 and reached number seven. "Livin' Lovin' Doll" entered the UK chart in January 1959 and reached number 20. "Mean Streak" entered the UK chart in May 1959 and reached number ten. None of these singles entered the US pop chart.
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