''Stronger Thru the Years'' is a
compilation 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 ...
, released in 2017.
Track listing
Disc 1
#"
Stronger Than That"
(Alan Tarney
Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside, Workington, Cumberland, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spence ...
)
#"
Miss You Nights
"Miss You Nights" is a song written by Dave Townsend and made famous worldwide by Cliff Richard. The song has been recorded by numerous other artists, most notably Westlife, who released it as the second track on a double A-side single in 2003 ...
"
(Dave Townsend)
#"
The Next Time
"The Next Time" backed with "Bachelor Boy" was the first of three number one hit singles from the Cliff Richard musical, '' Summer Holiday''. Both sides were marketed as songs with chart potential, and the release is viewed retroactively as a dou ...
" (with
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 ...
)
( Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer)
#"
Dreamin'"
(Leo Sayer
Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009.
Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...
, Alan Tarney)
#"Joanna"
( Chris Eaton)
#"
It's All in the Game"
(Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman)
#"
The Minute You're Gone"
(Jimmy Gateley)
#"
The Day I Met Marie
"The Day I Met Marie" is a song by Cliff Richard, released as single in August 1967. The song was written by Hank Marvin and produced by Norrie Paramor.
It reached number 10 on singles chart in both the UK and Ireland, number 5 in Australia, numbe ...
"
(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 ...
)
#"
Living Doll" (with
The Drifters
The Drifters are several American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal groups. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in ...
)
(Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's " Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical ''Oliver!'' (1960). With ''Oliver!'' and his wor ...
)
#"
Travellin' Light
"Travellin' Light" is a UK No. 1 single recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows and released in 1959. It was the follow-up single to Richard's first No. 1, " Living Doll" and remained at No. 1 for five weeks (one less than "Living Doll"). "Tra ...
" (with The Shadows)
( Roy Bennett, 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 so ...
)
#"
Please Don't Tease
"Please Don't Tease" is a 1960 song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. 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 b ...
" (with The Shadows)
(Peter Chester, 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 ...
)
#"
I Just Don't Have the Heart"
(Matt Aitken
Matthew James Aitken (born 25 August 1956) is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s and early 1990s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman ...
, Mike Stock, Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman, (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Water ...
)
#"
Fall in Love with You
"Fall in Love with You" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in March 1960. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and also received a silver disc for 250,000 sales.
Release
"Fall in Love with You" was releas ...
" (with The Shadows)
( Ian Ralph Samwell)
#"
I Love You" (with The Shadows)
(Bruce Welch)
#"Clear Blue Skies"
(Dave Cook, Chris Turner)
#"
The Young Ones" (with The Shadows)
(Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper)
#"
Summer Holiday" (with The Shadows)
( Brian Bennett, Roy Bennett, Bruce Welch)
#"Always Guaranteed"
(Alan Tarney)
#"
Don't Talk to Him
"Don't Talk to Him" is a song by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, released as a single in November 1963. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and received a silver disc for 250,000 sales.
Background and release
The music for "Don't Talk ...
" (with The Shadows)
(Cliff Richard, Bruce Welch)
Disc 2
#"
When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart"
(Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper)
#"
Constantly"
(Vincenzo D'Acquisto, Michael Julien, Saverio Seracini)
#"
Remember Me"
(Alan Tarney)
#"
The Twelfth of Never
"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year. The title is a popular expression, which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass. In the case of t ...
"
(Jerry Livingston
Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson; March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist.
Life and career
Born in Denver, Colorado, Livingston studied music at the University of Arizona. While there he com ...
, Paul Francis Webster)
#"
I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)
"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in November 1964 from their album ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp''. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and received a silve ...
" (with The Shadows)
(Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin, John Rostill, Bruce Welch)
#"
Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)"
(Bob Montgomery, John Talley)
#"
Do You Wanna Dance
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States ''Billboard'' Top 100 Sides pop chart and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. Cliff Richard ...
" (with The Shadows)
()
#"
Devil Woman"
(Terry Britten
Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...
, Christine Sparkle)
#"
All My Love (Solo Tu)
"All My Love" is a song first recorded in English by Cliff Richard and released as a single in November 1967. The song is an adaption of the Italian song "Solo Tu", written by Federico Monti Arduini and first released by Orietta Berti in April 196 ...
"
(Federico Monti Arduini, Peter Callander)
#"
We Don't Talk Anymore"
(Alan Tarney)
#"
She Means Nothing to Me" (with
Phil Everly
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 ...
)
( John David)
#"
Carrie"
(Terry Britten, BA Robertson
Brian Alexander Robertson (born 12 September 1956) is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s characterised by catchy pop tunes and jaunty humorous lyrics, including " Knocked It ...
)
#"
Suddenly"
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(John Farrar)
#"Sci-Fi"
(Terry Britten, BA Robertson)
#"All I Ask of You" (featuring Sarah Brightman
(Andrew Lloyd Webber)
#"The Best of Me (David Foster song), The Best of Me"
(David Foster
David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...
, Jeremy Lubbock, Richard Marx)
#"Monday Thru' Friday"
(Terry Britten)
#"
Daddy's Home"
(William Miller, James Sheppard)
#"Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile"
(Cliff Richard)
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
External links
''Stronger Thru the Years''at
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
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Cliff Richard compilation albums
2017 compilation albums
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