Cliff Richard released ‘Time Drags by’

I had been booked to play harmonica on a session at EMI Studio Number Two and discovered that it was for Cliff Richard. The song had been written by the Shadows guitarists Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, who were there with drummer Brian Bennett and Cliff. They were super gracious and encouraging and it was a pleasure to have worked with some of the UK music aristocracy.

This song was later to feature in the film Finders Keepers.

In 1959 I played one support spot whilst in Neil Christian and the Crusaders for Cliff and the Shadows at Edmonton Odeon. I was still at school and I couldn’t really talk to the other kids about this so I kept it to myself.

In 1981, in the same studio on the same day, I was overdubbing the orchestra on the Death Wish II project.