Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“Each to their own.
I never had any time for Cliff Richard.
In my late teens, my future wife and I were walking down Old Compton Street one evening. It was around 9.00pm and we were on our way to the launderette, we had a flat in Soho and never went out to clubs etc., that early in the evening.
As we passed the 2iis coffee bar (a place we never would be seen dead in), someone we knew was coming out. He told us he'd come out as they had a rubbish singer in there that week, but it'd be better next week as they were getting Joe Brown. He was of course talking about Cliff Richard.
So I wasn't on my own.”
After the (moderate) success of "Move It" Cliff soon changed his style to something that had much broader appeal, albeit something that is now considered naff by many. However, I do think "Move It" is a very rare example of good 1950's British rock 'n' roll.
Joe Brown's career never took off until the early sixties.
