My song today is ‘On the Beach’. This was a 1964 hit song by ‘Cliff Richard and the Shadows’. It was taken from and released in the lead up to the release of the film ‘Wonderful Life’ and its soundtrack. It became an international hit for Cliff Richard, reaching Number 7 in the ‘UK Singles Chart’, and charting in Australia (Number 4), Ireland (Number. 6), Norway (Number 4), South Africa (Number 2), and Sweden (Number 12).
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During the time I spent in Canada between 1963-1965. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a number of beach parties. The Canadians and the American youth use their beach parties like the young in Great Britain use rave parties that go on throughout the night. Not surprisingly, there are lots of drinking, dancing, and romancing.
There were a few memorable nights I enjoyed, but none of which I wish to go into here, except to say that love in the sand dunes can be the grittiest of romantic experiences that I would invite all romantic toe suckers to avoid at all cost.
Love and peace
Bill xxx