Summer Holiday (album)

Summer Holiday is a soundtrack album by Cliff Richard and The Shadows to the film of the same name. It is their second film soundtrack album and Richard's eighth album overall. The album topped the UK Albums Chart for 14 weeks. Three singles from the album were released. Before the album release both "The Next Time" and "Bachelor Boy" (A- and B-side respectively) had already been hits. This was followed by "Summer Holiday" and lastly "Foot Tapper" (by the Shadows). All three singles topped the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]

Summer Holiday
Soundtrack album by
Released18 January 1963
RecordedMay – November 1962
GenrePop · film score
Length43:33
LabelColumbia (EMI) 33SX1472 (mono), SCX3462 (stereo)
ProducerNorrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and The Shadows chronology
32 Minutes and 17 Seconds
(1962)
Summer Holiday
(1963)
Cliff's Hit Album
(1963)
Singles from Summer Holiday
  1. "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy"
    Released: 30 November 1962
  2. "Summer Holiday""
    Released: 8 February 1963
  3. "Foot Tapper"
    Released: 22 February 1963
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Record Mirror[1]

Rare Release

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A "special edition" double-album (limited to 80 copies) was given to the cast and crew of the movie and has since become very collectible, with an original selling for £498 in 2010.[4]

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "Seven Days to a Holiday" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra, The Michael Sammes Singers) – 3:13
  2. "Summer Holiday" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Norrie Paramor Strings) – 2:10
  3. "Let Us Take You for a Ride" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra, The Michael Sammes Singers) – 4:39
  4. "Les Girls" (The Shadows) – 2:00
  5. "Round and Round" (The Shadows) – 2:05
  6. "Foot Tapper" (The Shadows) – 2:27
  7. "Stranger in Town" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra) – 2:35
  8. "Orlando's Mime" (A.B.S. Orchestra) – 2:18

Side two

  1. "Bachelor Boy" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Michael Sammes Singers) – 2:02
  2. "A Swingin' Affair" (Cliff Richard, Grazina Frame, A.B.S. Orchestra) – 4:18
  3. "Really Waltzing" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra, The Michael Sammes Singers) – 1:57
  4. "All At Once" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra) – 3:52
  5. "Dancing Shoes" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows) – 2:11
  6. "Yugoslav Wedding" (A.B.S. Orchestra) – 3:00
  7. "The Next Time" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Norrie Paramor Strings) – 2:58
  8. "Big News" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows) – 1:54

Personnel

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Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Chart performance

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Chart (1963) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 1
Canada Albums (CHUM)[6][7][8][9][10] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 1

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Jimmy (2 March 1963). "Cliff Richard, Shadows: Summer Holiday" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 103. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Cliff Richard". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Auction Details - Cliff Richard & The Shadows Summer Holiday Cast Only 2LP". popsike.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ^ "CHUM #1 Albums". chumtribute.com. The CHUM Tribute Site. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - 27 May 1963". chumtribute.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - 3 June 1963". chumtribute.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - 10 June 1963". chumtribute.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Chum Charts 1963 (Index)". chumtribute.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  11. ^ Gilde, Torre (1994). Den Store Norske Hitboka: en komplett guide til populaermuikken i norge 1958-1993 (doc). Oslo: Exlex. ISBN 82-7776-000-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)