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"Move It" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
and the Drifters (the UK band that would evolve into The Shadows

The Shadows

Nick-named: the Shads, The Shadows are the most successful United Kingdom instrumental and vocal group from the 1950s to the 2000s with an aggregate total of at least 64 UK hit singles....
). Originally intended as the B-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single

Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
on August 29 1958 and became his first hit record. It is credited with being one of the first authentic rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
songs produced outside the United States

United States

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"Schoolboy Crush", written by Aaron Schroeder

Aaron Schroeder

Aaron Schroeder born on September 7, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. USA...
and Sharon Gilbert, had already been recorded in America by Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms was an United States singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957....
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"Move It" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

The Shadows

A-side and B-side

Single (music)

Rock and roll

United States

Aaron Schroeder

Aaron Schroeder born on September 7, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. USA...
and Sharon Gilbert, had already been recorded in America by Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms was an United States singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957....
. Cliff Richard and the Drifters recorded their own version, which was intended to be the A-side of their debut single. However "Move It" was heard by producer Jack Good

Jack Good (producer)

Jack Good , is a icon Painting and former television producer and record producer....
, who insisted that if Richard was to appear on his TV show Oh Boy!, he would have to sing "Move It". The planned single was flipped, and climbed to number 2 in the charts, starting Cliff Richard on a career which included British hits through six decades.

Described by Allmusic as "Presley-esque

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
" and by Richard himself as "my one outstanding rock 'n' roll classic", "Move It" was written atop a London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
double-decker bus

Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus is a bus that has two floors. While double-decker long-distance coaches are in widespread use around the world, double-decker city buses are less common....
on the way to a rehearsal at Richard's house by the Drifters guitarist Ian "Sammy" Samwell

Ian Samwell

Ian Samwell was an English people musician, songwriter and record producer, best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut hit record "Move It" and his work with the Rock music bands The Small Faces, John Mayall, America and Hummingbird ....
. A second verse was written by Samwell for the Hank Marvin

Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an England guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for singer Cliff Richard....
album Hank plays Cliff in 1995, with Cliff Richard once more providing the vocals. The new version was debuted live at a Royal Variety Performance

Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, usually the reigning monarch....
in front of Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
that year. Since then, Richard has continued to perform the song with the additional verse.

On 1 January 2009, since it was recorded 50 years ago, "Move It" entered the Public Domain

Public domain

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in the UK and Europe.

Personnel

Cliff Richard and the Drifters:

Cliff Richard – vocals
Ian Samwell
Ian Samwell

Ian Samwell was an English people musician, songwriter and record producer, best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut hit record "Move It" and his work with the Rock music bands The Small Faces, John Mayall, America and Hummingbird ....
– rhythm guitar
Guitar

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Terry Smart – drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
s

Session musicians:

Ernie Shear – lead guitar
Frank Clarke – bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
Mike Sammes Singers
Mike Sammes

Mike Sammes was a musician and human voice session musician arrangement. From 1955 to the 1970s, he was responsible for much of the backing vocalist on pop music sound recording and reproduction in the United Kingdom....
– backing vocals
Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
on "Schoolboy Crush"

Other versions

Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actress....
covered "Move It" on her 1974 album Quatro
Quatro (album)

Quatro was an album released by Suzi Quatro in 1974. It spent Number-one albums of 1974 .Released in Australia on the EMI RAK label as catalogue no 8319792....
. The following year Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust is an England pop singer and stage actor....
released a version on single.

In December 2006 the track was re-recorded by Cliff Richard along with Brian May of Queen

Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
, Brian Bennett of The Shadows

The Shadows

Mo Foster

Mo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and Rock music bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer....
, becoming Richard's Christmas release for the year, as part of the double A-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
"21st Century Christmas". It was also included on Richard's duets album Two's Company, released shortly before.