''The Young Ones'' is a soundtrack album by

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

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to the '' film of the same name''. It is their first soundtrack album and Richard's sixth album overall. It was produced by

Norrie Paramor Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff R ...

, with music by Ronald Cass and Stanley Black. The album topped the

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for six weeks (with another eleven weeks at number two) and charted for 42 weeks in total when the chart was a top twenty. The album became the first UK soundtrack to sell more than one million copies in total, combining UK and international sales. Three singles were released from the album, the first two prior to the album release. " When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart" was released in October 1961 and reached number 3 in the

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. The Shadows' instrumental, " The Savage", was released in November and reached number 10. Lastly, " The Young Ones" was released in January 1962 and, with half a million pre-orders, debuted at number 1. It spent 6 weeks at the summit, going on to sell a million in the UK and become Richard's biggest selling single in the country. In North America, the album was released under the title ''Wonderful to Be Young'', with the addition of the " Wonderful to Be Young" track which was also released as a single, reaching number 16 on the Canadian

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Track listing

All songs by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, unless otherwise listed. #"Friday Night" (A.B.S. Orchestra, The

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Singers) #"Got a Funny Feeling" #"Peace Pipe" (

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) #"Nothing's Impossible" (Cliff Richard and Grazina Frame, A.B.S. Orchestra) #" The Young Ones" #"All for One" (Cliff Richard, The Michael Sammes Singers, A.B.S. Orchestra) #" Lessons in Love" #"No One for Me But Nicky" (

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, A.B.S. Orchestra) #"What D'You Know, We've Got a Show & Vaudeville Routine / Have a Smile for Everyone You Meet / Tinkle, Tinkle, Tinkle / Algy the Piccadilly Johnny / Captain Ginjah / Joshuah / Where Did You Get That Hat / What D'You Know, We've Got a Show / Living Doll" (Cliff Richard, The Michael Sammes Singers, A.B.S. Orchestra) #" When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (Cliff Richard, Norrie Paramor Orchestra) #"Mambo: A) Just Dance B) Mood Mambo" (The Michael Sammes Singers, A.B.S. Orchestra) #" The Savage" (The Shadows) #" We Say Yeah"

Personnel

;Cliff Richard and the Shadows *

– lead 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 Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

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 The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

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 *

- female lead role (portrayed by

Carole Gray Carole Gray (born 1938)
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in the film) * Ronald Cass - Composer * Mike Sammes Singers - backing singers

Chart performance

References

External links

*http://www.cliffandshads.co.uk/ Cliff Richard discography {{DEFAULTSORT:Young Ones, The Musical film soundtracks Cliff Richard albums The Shadows albums 1961 soundtrack albums Albums produced by Norrie Paramor EMI Columbia Records soundtracks