''Tracks ‘n Grooves'' is the sixteenth studio album by British singer

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 November 1970 on the EMI Columbia label. It is his thirtieth album overall. The album reached #37 in the UK Album Charts. A year earlier, the opening track " Early in the Morning" was released as a single in several countries, but not in the UK. It reached number 1 in Japan in December 1969 and was later listed in Billboard as 13th on the list of Japan's "Foreign Hits of 1970".

Vanity Fare Vanity Fare (often misspelled ''Vanity Fair'', due to the similarity of the novel and magazine title) are an English pop/rock group formed in 1966. They had the million-selling song, " Hitchin' a Ride", which became a worldwide hit in 1970. C ...

also released the song as a single around the same time, including in the UK, where their version reached the top ten).

Track listing

Side One #" Early in the Morning" (

Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gli ...

, Eddie Seago) #"As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life" ( Joe Brooks) #"Love, Truth & Emily Stone” (

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 ...

, Petrina Lordan) #"My Head Goes Around" (

Geoff Goddard Geoffrey Goddard (19 November 1937 – 15 May 2000) was an English songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. Working for Joe Meek in the early 1960s, he wrote songs for Heinz, Mike Berry, Gerry Temple, The Tornados, Kenny Hollywood, The Outlaws ...

) #"Put My Mind at Ease" ( Neil Diamond) #" Abraham, Martin & John" (

Dick Holler Richard Louis Holler (born October 16, 1934 in Indianapolis, IndianaBiography
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) #" The Girl Can’t Help It" (

Bobby Troup Robert William Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. He wrote the song " Route 66" and acted in the role of Dr. Joe Early with his wife Julie London in the television prog ...

) #" Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (

Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republica ...

) Side Two #"I’ll Make It All Up To You" ( Charlie Rich) #"I’d Just Be Fool Enough" (

Melvin Endsley Melvin Endsley (January 30, 1934 – August 16, 2004) was a musician, singer, and songwriter best known for writing the song "Singing the Blues", along with over 400 songs recorded by hundreds of artists since 1956. Some of the artists ...

) #"Don’t Let Tonight Ever End" (Sylvana Simoni, Giulio Libano, Jack Wood) #"What a Silly Thing To Do" (

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 ...

) #"Your Heart’s Not In Your Love" (

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

Carole Bayer Carole is a feminine given name (see Carl for more information) and occasionally a surname. Carole may refer to: Given name * Carole B. Balin (born 1964), American Reform rabbi, professor of Jewish history *Carole Bayer Sager (born 1947), America ...

) #" Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" ( Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin) #"Are You Only Fooling Me" (

Raymond Froggatt Raymond William Froggatt (born 13 November 1941) is an English songwriter and singer.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 159-160 Biography Froggatt (otherwise known as "Froggy") was born in Bordes ...

)

Production

*All tracks 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 ...

except Side 1 Track 3 by

Peter Vince Peter Vince (born Peter Robert Vince) was an English sound engineer, producer and operations manager at Abbey Road Studios. Biography Vince was born in Fulham, London in July 1942 and was educated at Munster School and St Clement Danes Gram ...

Album sleeve *Side 1, Tracks 1, 3 & 4 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Vickers. *Side 2, Track 7 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Vickers. *Side 1, Tracks 2, 5 & 7 Arranged and Conducted by

*Side 2, Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 4 Arranged and Conducted by

*Side 1, Track 6 & Side 2 Track 5 Arranged and Conducted by Nick Ingram *Side 1, Track 8 Arranged by Brian Bennett, Conducted by

*Side 2, Track 6 Arranged and Conducted by Bernard Ebbinghouse

References

{{Authority control 1970 albums Cliff Richard albums Albums arranged by Mike Leander Albums produced by Norrie Paramor EMI Columbia Records albums