What was the number one song in the UK on 3rd January 1963?
Cliff and his mates are back again with the double AA side The Next Time & Bachelor Boy, which was at the top of the charts for 3 weeks.
The Next Time: a slow, rolling number where I am sure Cliff’s voice sent all the ladies a bit faint at the knees.
Bachelor Boy: one of Cliff’s most famous songs, it’s incredibly catchy and I can see it’s appeal back in the 60s. However, it’s a tad dated now. Just don’t tell my mum I said that.
Lyrics
The Next Time: They say I’ll love again someday
A true love will come my way the next time
But after you there’ll be never be a next time
For me
They say that I’ll find happiness in someone
Else warm caress the next time
I’ll soon forget your kiss
And heartaches such as this will
Just be ancient history
They say that I’m a fool to weep, that
I won’t go on losing sleep the next time
And someone else will mend the heart you’ve
Broken in two
But how can I fall in love the next time
When I’m still so much in love
With you
When I’m still so much in love
With you
Bachelor Boy: When I was young my father said
‘Son I have something to say’
And what he told me I’ll never forget
Until my dying days
‘Son I have something to say’
And what he told me I’ll never forget
Until my dying days
He said son you are a bachelor boy
And that’s the way to stay
Son you’ll be a bachelor boy
Until your dying days
And that’s the way to stay
Son you’ll be a bachelor boy
Until your dying days
When I was 16 I fell in love
With a girl as sweet as can be
But I remembered just in time
What my daddy said to me
With a girl as sweet as can be
But I remembered just in time
What my daddy said to me
He said son you are a bachelor boy
And that’s the way to stay
Son you’ll be a bachelor boy
Until your dying days
And that’s the way to stay
Son you’ll be a bachelor boy
Until your dying days
As time goes by I probably will
Meet a girl and fall in love
Then I’ll get married have a wife and a child
And they’ll be my turtle doves
Meet a girl and fall in love
Then I’ll get married have a wife and a child
And they’ll be my turtle doves
But until then I’ll be a bachelor boy
And that’s the way I’ll stay
Happy to be a bachelor boy
Until my dying days
And that’s the way I’ll stay
Happy to be a bachelor boy
Until my dying days
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