Travellin' Light

"Travellin' Light" is a UK No. 1 single recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows and released in 1959.[2] It was the follow-up single to Richard's first No. 1, "Living Doll" and remained at No. 1 for five weeks (one less than "Living Doll").[1] "Travellin' Light" was also a Number 1 hit in Ireland and Norway, selling 1.59m copies worldwide.[3][4][5] It was Richard's last single of the 1950s and his first release after the Shadows had changed their name from the Drifters (so as to not conflict with the American band of the same name).

For other uses, see Travelling Light (disambiguation).
"Travellin' Light"
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
B-side"Dynamite" (Ian Samwell)
ReleasedOctober 1959
Recorded25 July 1959, EMI Studios, London; 6 September ("Dynamite")
GenrePop
Length2:31; 1:56 ("Dynamite")
LabelColumbia DB4351[1]
Songwriter(s)Sid Tepper; Roy C. Bennett[1]
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[1]
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"Living Doll"
(1959)		 "Travellin' Light"
(1959)		 "Voice in the Wilderness"
(1960)

The B-side, "Dynamite" also made the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 16.[2] It was rerecorded in 1980 as the b-side to "Dreamin'".

Chart Performance

Travellin' Light
Chart (1959) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 57
Belgium (Walloon) (Ultratop)[7] 38
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[4] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 4

Dynamite
Chart (1959) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 16
Spain (AFYVE)[10] 9

References
  1. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. The Official Charts in Ireland began on October 4, 1962. Chart positions before that are taken from the Evening Herald Chart which was a Top Ten single chart published by the Irish daily newspaper Evening Herald between February 1959 and December 1962. "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  4. "Norwegiancharts.com – Cliff Richard – Travellin' Light". VG-lista.
  5. Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1996). The Ultimate Cliff (doc) |format= requires |url= (help) (1996 Updated ed.). Simon and Schuster Ltd, London. p. 206. ISBN 0-684-81696-2.
  6. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  7. "Belgium (Walloon) singles positions". Ultratop / Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard – Travellin' Light" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help). Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  10. Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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