The 50th Anniversary Album
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The 50th Anniversary Album is a compilation album by Cliff Richard. The album was released by EMI on November 3, 2008 to mark Cliff's 50th Anniversary as a recording artist.

Track listing

CD1
  1. Move It
    Move It
    "Move It" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters . Originally intended as the B-side to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single on 29 August 1958 and became his first hit record. It is credited with being one of the first authentic rock and roll songs produced...

     (August 1958, #2)
  2. Living Doll
    Living Doll (song)
    "Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice; in its original version and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief....

     (July 1959, #1)
  3. Travellin' Light
    Travellin' Light
    Travellin' Light is a UK number-one single by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. It sold 1,600,000 worldwide. It was his last single of the 50's, during the 50's he sold more than 5,000,000 singles worldwide within just 18 months....

     (October 1959, #1)
  4. Please Don't Tease
    Please Don't Tease
    "Please Don't Tease" is a UK number-one single of 1960 by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. The single also reached the #1 spot in India, Holland, New Zealand, Norway and Thailand selling 1.6 million worldwide....

     (June 1960, #1)
  5. Nine Times Out of Ten (September 1960, #3)
  6. I Love You
    I Love You (Cliff Richard song)
    I Love You is the second UK number-one single of 1960's by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, written by Shadows' rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch. Released in December, it was a Christmas number 1, although it did not carry a traditional holiday theme....

     (December 1960, #1)
  7. The Young Ones
    The Young Ones
    The Young Ones may refer to:* The Young Ones , a 1961 musical starring Cliff Richard.** The Young Ones , the soundtrack to the film.*** "The Young Ones" , the film's title track....

     (January 1962, #1)
  8. I'm Looking Out The Window (May 1962, #2)
  9. Do You Wanna Dance? (May 1962, #2)
  10. It'll Be Me (August 1962, #2)
  11. The Next Time
    The Next Time
    "The Next Time" 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 retrospectively as a double A-side single...

     (November 1962, #1)
  12. Bachelor Boy
    Bachelor Boy
    "Bachelor Boy" was a double 'A' side with "The Next Time" the first of three number one hit singles from the Cliff Richard musical Summer Holiday...

     (November 1962, #1)
  13. Summer Holiday
    Summer Holiday (song)
    "Summer Holiday" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett. It went to number one in the UK. It is taken from the film of the same name and is one of Richard's best known titles...

     (February 1963, #1)
  14. Lucky Lips
    Lucky Lips
    Lucky Lips is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Ruth Brown in 1957. Her version reached # 6 on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, and # 25 on the US pop chart.-Cliff Richard version:...

     (May 1963, #4)
  15. It's All In The Game (August 1963, #2)
  16. Don't Talk to Him (November 1963, #2)
  17. Constantly (April 1964, #4)
  18. On The Beach
    On the Beach
    On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic, end-of-the-world novel written by British-Australian author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. It was published in 1957....

     (June 1964, #7)
  19. The Twelfth Of Never
    The Twelfth of Never
    "The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song recorded by Johnny Mathis and later by artists including Cliff Richard and Donny Osmond. The song's title comes from the popular expression "the 12th of Never," which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass...

     (October 1964, #8)
  20. I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You) (November 1964, #6)
  21. The Minute You're Gone
    The Minute You're Gone
    "The Minute You're Gone" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard that spent a week at number one in the UK Singles Chart in April 1965.It was produced by Billy Sherrill,rather than Richard's regular producer Norrie Paramor, and featured The Jordanaires on backing vocals...

     (March 1965, #1)
  22. Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) (October 1965, #2)
  23. In the Country (December 1966, #6)
  24. The Day I Met Marie (September 1967, #10)
  25. Congratulations
    Congratulations (song)
    "Congratulations" is a song written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter as the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 on 6 April with Cliff Richard performing....

     (February 1968, #1)
  26. Power to All Our Friends (March 1973, #4)
  27. Miss You Nights
    Miss You Nights
    In 1994, Cliff Richard released a new version of the song as a double A side single as "All I Have To Do Is Dream/Miss You Nights"."All I Have to Do Is Dream" originally by The Everly Brothers was recorded as a live duet with Phil Everly, and "Miss You Nights" as a live solo version...

     (January 1976, #15)
  28. Devil Woman
    Devil Woman
    "Devil Woman" is a 1976 hit single for Cliff Richard culled from his album I'm Nearly Famous.-Background:"Devil Woman" was written by Terry Britten and Christine Holmes and first recorded by Holmes under the name Kristine....

     (April 1976, #9)
  29. We Don't Talk Anymore
    We Don't Talk Anymore
    "We Don't Talk Anymore" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard that reached number one in the UK singles chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks...

     (July 1979, #1)


CD2
  1. Carrie
    Carrie
    Carrie may refer to:* Carrie , a given name and those with it* Carrie , a novel by Stephen King** Carrie , a 1976 film adaptation*** Carrie , a 2002 remake** Carrie , a musical adaptation...

     (January 1980, #4)
  2. Dreamin' (August 1980, #8)
  3. A Little in Love (January 1981, #15)
  4. Wired For Sound (August 1981, #4)
  5. Daddy's Home (Live) (November 1981, #2)
  6. Little Town (November 1982, #11)
  7. True Love Ways
    True Love Ways
    "True Love Ways" is a song co-written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded with the Ray Ellis orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death. It was first released on the posthumous "The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2"...

     (Live) (April 1983, #8)
  8. My Pretty One (June 1987, #6)
  9. Some People (August 1987, #3)
  10. Mistletoe and Wine (November 1988, #1)
  11. The Best of Me (May 1989, #2)
  12. Silhouettes (Live) (August 1990, #10)
  13. From a Distance (October 1990, #11)
  14. Saviour's Day (November 1990, #1)
  15. Peace in Our Time (March 1993, #8)
  16. Can't Keep This Feeling In (October 1998, #10)
  17. The Millennium Prayer
    The Millennium Prayer
    "The Millennium Prayer" is a 1999 charity single by Cliff Richard. The song features Richard singing the words of the Lord's Prayer to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne". It was not written to be entered into the charts, instead being written to form part of the Share Jesus International production,...

     (November 1999, #1)
  18. Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World
    What a Wonderful World
    "What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world . Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999...

     (December 2001, #11)
  19. 21st Century Christmas (December 2006, #2)
  20. What Car (May 2005, #12)
  21. Thank You for a Lifetime (September 2008, #3)

Chart performance

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
UK
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

IRE
Irish Albums Chart
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...

NZ
2009
  • Released: 21 September 2009
  • Label: EMI Records
    EMI Records
    EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

  • Formats: CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

    , Digital Download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

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  • UK
    British Phonographic Industry
    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

    : Gold
  • UK: 127,000
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