Cliff Richard - The Best of Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2012)

In the years after Elvis Presley but before the Beatles, Cliff Richard was the biggest thing in British rock & roll -- and in the years after the Beatles, he was never far from the top of the U.K. charts. Arriving in 1958, just a couple of years after skiffle swept Britain, Richard was the first English singer to approximate the hip-shaking rebellion of American rock & roll with his 1958 debut single "Move It." A smash hit right out of the gate, "Move It" kicked off an astonishing five decades' worth of hits (as of 2014, his last time in the U.K. Top 10 was in 2008, when "Thank You for a Lifetime" went to number three). The earliest recordings, most made with his backing band the Shadows, were his hardest-rocking and undoubtedly his most influential, making an impression on nearly the entire first generation of British rock & rollers. Like Presley, who was certainly Richard's key influence, Cliff's popularity wound up pushing him ever so gradually to the status of an all-around entertainer. He moved into movies quickly -- the first came just a year after "Move It" -- and the Shadows tamed their rockabilly, but the real shift into the mainstream came after the Beatles opened the flood gates for homegrown British rock & roll, banishing Richard to the status of an older generation. Cliff continued to have hits in the '60s, even after he and the Shadows disbanded in 1968, but he split his time between pop and Christian music; in the early '70s, he focused on hosting a variety show on the BBC.
Tracklist
[02:39] 01. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Living Doll
[02:24] 02. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Move It
[02:56] 03. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Apache
[02:39] 04. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Travellin' Light
[02:58] 05. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Please Don't Tease
[02:39] 06. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Willie and the Hand Jive
[02:02] 07. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Man of Mystery
[02:00] 08. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Gee Whizz It's You
[02:24] 09. Cliff Richard The Shadows - FBI
[02:24] 10. Cliff Richard The Shadows - The Frightened City
[02:08] 11. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Nine Times Out of Ten
[02:25] 12. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Quartermaster's Stores
[02:30] 13. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Fall in Love With You
[01:52] 14. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Dynamite
[01:59] 15. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Kon Tiki
[02:24] 16. Cliff Richard The Shadows - The Savage
[02:00] 17. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Mean Streak
[02:44] 18. Cliff Richard The Shadows - The Stranger
[02:12] 19. Cliff Richard The Shadows - High Class Baby
[02:27] 20. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Shadoogie
[02:49] 21. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Blue Star
[02:11] 22. Cliff Richard The Shadows - A Voice in the Wilderness
[02:52] 23. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Sleepwalk
[03:22] 24. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Nivram
[02:32] 25. Cliff Richard The Shadows - A Girl Like You
[02:36] 26. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Midnight
[01:46] 27. Cliff Richard The Shadows - 36-24-36
[02:13] 28. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Peace Pipe
[02:06] 29. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Theme for a Dream
[02:17] 30. Cliff Richard The Shadows - Shazam (Live)