"Catch Me" is a song written by

Sid Tepper Sid Tepper (June 25, 1918 – April 24, 2015) was an American songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Roy C. Bennett, which spawned several hits for Elvis Presley. Between 1945 and 1970, Tepper and Bennett published over 300 son ...

and

Roy C. Bennett Roy C. Bennett (August 12, 1918 – July 2, 2015) was an American songwriter known for the songs he wrote with Sid Tepper, which spawned several hits for Elvis Presley. Between 1945 and 1970, Tepper and Bennett published over 300 songs. Biograp ...

and was first recorded in 1960 by American teenage singer

Jeri Lynne Fraser Jeri Lynne Fraser (born June 6, 1946) is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her starring role in the 1962 film ''Two Tickets to Paris'', directed by Greg Garrison. Early life Born in Manchester, Connecticut, Fraser started he ...

and released as the B-side of her single "Poor Begonia (Caught Pneumonia)" in August 1960.

Cliff Richard and the Shadows version

Recording and release

In September 1960,

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

and

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

recorded a version of "Catch Me" for Richard's album ''

21 Today ''21 Today'' is the fourth studio album by UK singer Cliff Richard and fifth album overall. The Album feature The Shadows on every track. It was released through EMI Columbia Records on 14 October 1961, the exact date of Cliff Richard's 21s ...

'', released in October 1961''.'' Writers Tepper and Bennet also wrote the group's single " The Young Ones" and went on to write a total of 21 songs for Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows also recorded a cover of another song originally by Fraser, " Lessons in Love" in August 1961 for their album ''The Young Ones''. "Catch Me" was first released as a single in the US and Canada in January 1961 under the title "Catch Me, I'm Falling". The B-side was "'D' in Love", which was the B-side of the group previous single "

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". The following year, "Catch Me" was released as a single in Australia in April 1962 with the B-side "Tough Enough", written by

Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, and talent scout. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He ...

and Morris Riden and first released by Otis as a single in 1957. An EP titled ''Forty Days'' was released in the UK in March 1962 which included "Catch Me" and "Tough Enough" as well as two other songs from ''21 Today'': a cover of Chuck Berry's " Thirty Days", titled "Forty Days", and "How Wonderful to Know", a cover of the Italian song " Anema e core".

Track listing

7": ABC-Paramount / 45-10175 (US) # "Catch Me, I'm Falling" – 2:27 # "'D' in Love" – 2:24 7": Columbia / DO-4274 (Australia) # "Catch Me" – 2:22 # "Tough Enough" – 2:09

Personnel

– vocals *

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the ba ...

– lead guitar *

Bruce Welch Bruce Welch (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Biography Welch's parents (Stan Cripps and Grace Welch) moved him to 15 B ...

– rhythm guitar *

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– bass guitar *

Tony Meehan Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005), professionally known as Tony Meehan, was a founder member of the British group the Drifters, with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which would evolve into the Shadows. ...

– drums

Charts

References

{{authority control Cliff Richard songs 1962 singles Songs written by Roy C. Bennett Songs written by Sid Tepper Columbia Graphophone Company singles Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor 1960 songs