THERE ARE 2 KINGS OF ROCK & ROLL, ELVIS & CLIFF !
JIMAIS@MSN.COM | LOS ANGELES , CA | 11/09/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"THE WARM AND EXCITING VOICE OF CLIFF RICHARD ON BOTH ROCK & ROLL SONGS AND THE BALLADS WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY CLIFF HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR SO LONG. CLIFF CAN DO BOTH. IN " FORTY DAYS' BACK UP BY THE SHADOWS WITH THEIR HIGH REVERB FENDERS,IT IS THE BEST ADAPTATION OF THIS SONG WHICH IRIGINATED BY CHUCK BERRY. EVEN THE POPULAR BALLADS SUCH AS " TEA FOR TWO" AND "MY BLUE HEAVEN" ARE SMOOTH AND GENTLE DUE TO THE BACK UP ORCHESTRA BY NORRIE PARAMOR. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY CLIFF'S NAME ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY" THE SHADOWS", LISTEN TO THE SONGS - " CATCH ME" " Y'ARRIVA" " OUTSIDER". THEY ARE ALL COMPOSED BY THE SHADOWS. BY THE WAY ONE OF THE FEMALE BACK UP SINGERS IS THE UNKNOWN GIRL AT THAT TIME NAMED " OLIVIA NEWTON- JOHN"."