The Next Time

Album: Summer Holiday (1962)
Charted: 1
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Songfacts®:

  • Released in November 1962, this lightly orchestrated ballad was written by Buddy Kaye and Philip Springer; it was the A-side of the uptempo "Bachelor Boy." Both songs were used in the 1963 musical Summer Holiday - a vehicle for Cliff.

    Alas, there never was a next time for Cliff, and in one sense there never was a first time, because he never married, as evinced by the B-side, which he co-wrote. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 13, 1962, Cliff Richard was a guest on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time he didn't have a record on the charts in the U.S.A. or U.K.; but just under three weeks later on December 2nd, 1962 his "The Next Time" entered the United Kingdom's Top 40 Singles chart at #18, four weeks later it would peak at #1* {for 3 weeks}..
    Cliff Richard, born Harry Rodger Webb, celebrated his 77th birthday one month ago on October 14th {2018}...
    * The two weeks prior to reaching #1 it was at #2, and then for the three weeks after falling from the top spot is was once again at #2, so for a total of eight consecutive weeks the song was either at #1 or #2.
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