Catch Me (Jeri Lynne Fraser song)

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"Catch Me"
Cliff Richard Catch Me.jpg
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
from the album 21 Today
B-side "'D' in Love" (US)
"Tough Enough" (Australia)
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (US)
April 1962 (Australia)
Recorded9 September 1960 [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop
Length2:22
Label ABC-Paramount
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"I Love You"
(1960)
"Catch Me"
(1961)
"Theme for a Dream"
(1961)

"Catch Me" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and was first recorded in 1960 by American teenage singer Jeri Lynne Fraser and released as the B-side of her single "Poor Begonia (Caught Pneumonia)" in August 1960.

Contents

Cliff Richard and the Shadows version

Recording and release

In September 1960, Cliff Richard and the Shadows recorded a version of "Catch Me" for Richard's album 21 Today , released in October 1961. Writers Tepper and Bennet had also written the group's previous single "The Young Ones" and went on to write a total of 21 songs for Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows also recorded a cover of another song originally by Fraser, "Lessons in Love" in August 1961 for their album The Young Ones. [2]

"Catch Me" was first released as a single in the US and Canada in January 1961 under the title "Catch Me, I'm Falling". The B-side was "'D' in Love", which was the B-side of the group previous single "I Love You". The following year, "Catch Me" was released as a single in Australia in April 1962 with the B-side "Tough Enough", written by Johnny Otis and Morris Riden and first released by Otis as a single in 1957. [3] [4] An EP titled Forty Days was released in the UK in March 1962 which included "Catch Me" and "Tough Enough" as well as two other songs from 21 Today: a cover of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days", titled "Forty Days", and "How Wonderful to Know", a cover of the Italian song "Anema e core". [5]

Track listing

7": ABC-Paramount / 45-10175 (US)

  1. "Catch Me, I'm Falling" – 2:27
  2. "'D' in Love" – 2:24

7": Columbia / DO-4274 (Australia)

  1. "Catch Me" – 2:22
  2. "Tough Enough" – 2:09

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 22

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References

  1. "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (Catch Me)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  2. "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (Lessons In Love)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. Cliff Richard And The Shadows – Catch Me (1962, Vinyl) , retrieved 2021-10-01
  4. Johnny Otis And His Orchestra – Tough Enough / The Blooper (1957, Vinyl) , retrieved 2021-10-01
  5. Cliff Richard With The Shadows - Forty Days (To Come Back Home) , retrieved 2021-10-01
  6. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-44439-5.