In 1958, Samwell was on his way to the home of 17-year-old Harry Webb, the singer who soon became known as Cliff Richard, when the song came to him. As the 50th-anniversary album’s liner notes recall, “his first hit was written in 20 minutes by his group’s rhythm guitarist on the top deck of a bus.”
By early 1958, the group had taken the name the Drifters, not realizing it was already in use by a famous American group. After playing around North London, they landed at the 2i’s Coffee Bar in the West End, where they met Samwell.
The young band soon caught the attention of EMI A&R man Norrie Paramor, who invited them to audition. Paramor subsequently signed Richard and booked the group for an evening recording session at EMI’s Abbey Road Studio Two on July 24, 1958.
Released on August 29, 1958, “Move It” became Richard’s debut hit, reaching No. 2 on the U.K. singles chart. The record transformed the 17-year-old into one of Britain’s first major homegrown rock ’n’ roll stars.
Rock historian Pete Frame echoed the view of rock ’n’ roll purists in The Restless Generation, writing that “even the rock’n’roll cognoscenti, those purists who refused anything non-American on principle, had to admit that this was a fantastic record.”
Freddie Mercury was reportedly inspired by Richard’s performances, while Stingpraised Richard as “one of Britain's finest singers technically and emotionally.”
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