"Please Don't Tease" is a 1960 song recorded by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

and

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. Recorded in March and released as a single in June, the song became their third No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart spending three weeks at the summit. The song was written by the Shadows' rhythm guitarist

Bruce Welch Bruce Cripps (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as Bruce Welch, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Early life Bruce Welch was born in Bognor Regis in ...

together with Pete Chester.

Release

To decide upon the release of this track as a single, Richard's record company recruited a teenage panel to listen to and vote on a selection of his unreleased tracks. "Please Don't Tease" won the vote and was duly released, "Nine Times Out of Ten" came second and was the follow-up single.British News notes: British News notes: The single also reached number 1 in

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and

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. The single sold 1.59 million copies worldwide. "Please Don't Tease" was included on the EP '' Cliff's Silver Discs'', released December 1960. Its first inclusion on an LP was '' Cliff's Hit Album'', released in July 1963. In 1978, the song was revisited in a contemporary arrangement and added to his live repertoire. It was played without the Shadows at their reunion concerts in March 1978 (as recorded on '' Thank You Very Much''), and recorded in the studio and released as the

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of "Please Remember Me" in July 1978.

Track listing

# "Please Don't Tease" – 2:59 # "Where Is My Heart" – 2:12

Personnel

– vocals *

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows. Early life and career Marvin was born as Brian Robson Rankin at ...

– lead guitar *

– rhythm guitar *

Jet Harris Terence "Jet" Harris (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician. He was an original member of Cliff Richard's backing band the Shadows, serving as the bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, aft ...

– bass guitar *

Tony Meehan Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and ...

– drums

Chart performance

References

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