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"Move It" is a song written by Ian Samwell and recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (the English band that would later become the Shadows). Originally intended as the B-side to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single on 29 August 1958 and became his first hit record, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Richard's debut single "Move It", recorded with his equally successful backing band the Drifters (later renamed the Shadows) was written by original guitarist Ian Samwell. It was released in August 1958, and was the first British rock and roll hit to make the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number two and spending 17 weeks on the chart.
Cliff Richard's 1958 hit "Move It" is widely regarded as the first authentic British rock and roll record, and "laid the foundations" for the Beatles and Merseybeat music. [173] John Lennon reportedly said of Richard that before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.
A limited edition 2-LP box set of Silver was also released in the UK. The second LP, entitled Rock 'n' Roll Silver contained 9 new recordings of rock and roll classics, including Richard's debut single "Move It", and one new song "Makin' History". [4] The album reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart and earned Gold certification. [5] [1]
The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Cliff Richard, released in 2000. It includes 46 of Richard's biggest hits, from his first single "Move It" to his then most recent single, "The Millennium Prayer". The album reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart. [2]
The set includes eight CDs, a reproduction of Cliff's first single (a 10-inch 78rpm vinyl record of Move It/Schoolboy Crush), a 52-page photo book of Cliff's fifty years in music, and a gold-plated coin bearing the 'Cliff's 50 Anniversary' graphic. [1] [2] [3]
Cliff (left), Tyler and the KIDZ BOP Live 2024 tour comes to PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on Aug. 25. "It's such a fun thing to do, and I love doing it," he said.
Cliff is the 1959 debut album of British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters (later known as the Shadows). [1] [2]The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of Richard's and the Shadows' early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans.