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CLIFF RICHARD "platinum collection"  cd,  2005

three cd, 73 track career spanning compilation containing 73 of his then 124 UK singles to date.

Disk 1:

31 singles spanning 1958 to 1965.
all either top10 or #1's in his homeland apart from one which peaked at #12.
BTW, nine #1's on here.
dude was the only guy who could compete with Presley in the UK, and on occasion actually outsell him.
lots of soft rock/pop on here similar to Ricky Nelson, lots of ballads/love songs also.
love probably eight or nine of these, liking the remainder.
only six of these tracks hit the US charts with Livin' Doll (the highest charting) reaching a lowly #30 over there...stupid Americans!
but i guess they had a hundred of their own artists all competing with Elvis, they didnt need a foreigner muscling in on the act neither, LOL.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

for those unfamilliar with Cliff Richard heres a few of his hits from that period:

his debut single from 1958, "move it":      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mIq3yF6Nc  tv clip                         

his first UK #1 hit from 1959, "Livin' Doll":       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyNdWyN3O4  tv clip                               

a #1 hit from 1960, "please dont tease":          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2PCAL_0g  tv clip                                

my favourite from 1961,  "when the girl in your arms":      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzqp_3g_xxI  tv clip                                        
a 1962 #1 hit,  "bachelor boy":         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_1NB8DN08   movie clip                                             

my favourite from 1963,  "dont talk to him":     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UW1U3W4uc0   audio                                   

his 1964 Johnny Mathis cover,  "the twelfth of never":      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3q4-o08ph0  visual clip                        

his #1 from 1965,  "the minute youre gone":      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVVNQ21b-zk  audio                         

and my overall favourite of his from that period 58-65:
his 1964 hit "constantly" which peaked at #4 in the UK: