This was the first love song I ever heard Cliff Richard sing and it became a favourite. I remember we were on holiday in Margate when I heard it. It is about a guy going to see his girlfriend, but he is traveling so fast and light that he isn’t even carrying a comb or a toothbrush. His singing and music was so good. I think he appeared when Elvis went to the army, because it felt like he replaced Elvis. He had so many hits, that I have lost count.
Cliff Richard recorded this song when I was in high school, and it felt so topical, even though I had never had a girl friend up until that time. To me, this video is done really well. I “take my hat off to him” on this one! It looks like he did it about 10 years after the hit recording, but it illustrates the kind of clothing worn during the rock and roll era. The acting is done so well. “Thanks for the memories Cliff.”
I had a friend down the street by the name of Margaret Waters, and I think this was her favorite love song, because I remember her playing it at her birthday party.
When I first started singing in public, this was one of my favourite love songs, and the very first song I ever sang in a public place. My brother told me that a local hotel was having a talent contest, and everyone who entered would get a crate of cokes. So I entered. I was still at school, and that was the first thing I ever earned – a crate of cokes. I’m still hooked on coke! I didn’t win, but it was a good experience. I still remember that the master of ceremonies was Eddie Eksteen, with his band ‘The Bats.’ Years later I saw them on TV in South Africa.
Our neighbours had an LP of Cliff and the Shadows ‘live’ which was a very exciting record. The only song I can remember is Move It. Later someone lent my brother an extended play record of the Shadows ‘live’ at the Colosseum in Johannesburg. That record was so fantastic for me. Those guys played so well. When I first tried to play the guitar, I thought you just bang on it and a nice tune would come out, like The Shadows. It was very disappointing.
When I first heard the song: Please don’t tease me, I thought it was the greatest song I had heard up until that time. I loved the way that when Cliff finished his line, that the lead guitar came straight in. I was like Cliff Richard and Hank Marvin were both lead. When I was a kid, Cliff Richard and the Shadows came to Bulawayo, but we weren’t allowed to go to shows, and we didn’t have any money anyway. But I remember climbing up a fire escape at the back of a record shop, and looked in at Cliff signing records in the shop.
Many years later in South Africa, Cliff Richard shook my hand, and that was such a big thrill for me. My manager heard that he was going to sing at an Anglican Church in Durban. I was so excited. I sat in the front row. I like to be near the action! One problem was that I had never been in an Anglican church before. Being in the front row, I couldn’t see what everyone else was doing behind me. I would hear a bit of noise, and look back to see everyone was standing, so I stood. Then I would hear a noise, and look back, and everyone was sitting, with me being the only one standing. I felt such a fool and quickly sat down. Then I would hear a noise, and when I looked back everyone was kneeling, so I quickly knelt down. Then I thought I heard a noise, and peeped back to see everyone was sitting. I made such a fool of myself that day. My wife tells me now that when I go to a church I have never been in before, I must sit in the back row. I have some problems doing that too, but those are other stories. Much to my disappointment, Cliff only sang a couple of songs, but he stood at the door after the service and shook everyone’s hand. So that was a big thrill for me.
The other year I heard this song on the radio again, and sang it at an old age home for the people. It is still one of my favourite love songs. As a kid I used to think how lucky he was to have lucky lips, and have all the girls swooning over him.
When the girl in your arms – My favorite love song by Cliff Richard
Last night as I lay in bed I had a song running through my head, and found it was this one. It is so beautiful. Many years ago we were sitting round the fire in our yard in Germiston, and my brother-in-law requested for me to sing this song.
I saw this show on TV in Canada, and it was fantastic. This is the last song, where he sings the Lord’s prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. Such a big crowd. It must be strange to be so popular.
On the You Tube I read one of the comments on one of Cliff’s songs, where the writer says: “This guy has sold over a hundred million records, and I have never even heard of him before.” I remember when we were on a bus in Israel in 1979, they had his songs playing over their speakers.
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