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“Well, you know if someone asked me if I could advise that young Cliff Richard about anything ... getting my fingers in the right positions all the time,” says Sir Cliff.

Welch was looking for songs to revitalise Cliff Richard’s flagging career. Back home he flicked over one of the cassette tapes and played a song he hadn’t heard in the Island office.