As teenagers, John, Paul and George, not yet The Beatles, considered this single from 1958 as the first British recording that captured the sound of the American rock and roll artists they worshiped.
It doesn’t quite have the mysterious propulsion and suggestive undertow of the best American stuff, but it’s not bad.
Cliff was the British attempt at Elvis and not toooo far off the mark. British white trash had yet to emerge from the kitchen sink era.
Yeah — his management almost immediately toned him down to a more middle-of-the-road act, at which point he lost credibility with the real rock fans of Britain.