When in Spain

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When in Spain
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Studio album by
Released6 September 1963 [1]
Recorded28 April - 1 May 1963, Barcelona [2]
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Producer Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard chronology
Cliff's Hit Album
(1963)
When in Spain
(1963)
Wonderful Life
(1964)
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When in Spain is a foreign language studio album by Cliff Richard and The Shadows released in 1963. [2] It is Richard's sixth studio album and tenth album overall. The album of Spanish standards reached number 8 on the UK Album Charts. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

Taken from the sleeve notes: [6] [7]

  1. "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez)
  2. "Amor Amor Amor" (Ricardo Lopez Mendez, Gabriel Ruíz) with The Norrie Paramor Strings
  3. "Frenesí" (Alberto Domínguez)
  4. "Solamente una vez" ("You Belong to My Heart") (Agustín Lara)
  5. "Vaya Con Dios" ("May God Be With You") (Larry Russell, Inez James, and Buddy Pepper) with The Norrie Paramor Strings
  6. "Me Lo Dijo Adela" ("Sweet and Gentle") (Otilio Portal)
  7. "Maria No Mas" ("Maria Ninguém") (Carlos Lyra, M. Salina)
  8. "Tus Besos" ("Kiss") (Lionel Newman) with The Norrie Paramor Strings
  9. "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" ("Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps") (Osvaldo Farrés)
  10. "Te Quiero, Dijiste" ("Magic is the Moonlight") (María Grever, Charles Pasquale)
  11. "Canción de Orfeo" ("Carnival") (Antônio Maria, Luiz Bonfá) with The Norrie Paramor Strings
  12. "Quién será" ("Sway") (Pablo Beltrán Ruiz)

Personnel

Taken from the sleeve notes and other references: [6] [7] [2]

The Shadows:

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. pp. 53–54, 168. ISBN   0-7137-2242-8.
  3. Watson, Jimmy (21 September 1963). "Cliff Richard, The Shadows: When In Spain" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 132. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. "Cliff Richard UK Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company.
  5. Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton Rock Stars Encyclopedia 0789446138 1999 p.836 "When In Spain, recorded in Spanish in Barcelona, hits UK #8."
  6. 1 2 Cliff Richard and the Shadows (1963). When in Spain (LP).
  7. 1 2 Cliff Richard and the Shadows (1963). Cliff Canta En Españo (LP).