A while back I collaborated with Ian Samwell on a good start on a manuscript for a possible book about the early years of British rock and roll intended to celebrate his, and Cliff Richard's fortieth anniversary in music. It is charming, heart warming and absolutely unique . . . he was there at the beginning, and now you can be there as well.

The title of the book is - what else? - Move It, and Ian allowed me to publish the following excerpted chapters exclusively on this site. Now that he's gone, we'll never have the benefit of whatever else Ian might have said, but I hope you'll enjoy these specal insights.

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Johnny Was Cool

Skiffle and All That Jazz

Expresso and Bongos

"Let Me Tell Ya Baby, It's Called Rock 'n' Roll"
(Meeting Cliff)

Cliff Richard and the Drifters

Writing Move It (1958)

Recording Move It

The Saga of the Second Verse

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