1960 Cliff Richard & The Shadows: Please Don't Tease

The point where Cliff officially gave up the ghost on trying to compete with the rockers from across the Atlantic? Well I'm not student enough of his work to argue the case to any degree, but on face value it sounds like it - 'Please Don't Tease' is one of the most gutlessly anaemic two and a half minutes you're ever likely to have the displeasure of sitting through. Richard sings, but despite the lyric's mild theme of sexual frustration his flat and disinterested vocal conveys the aura of someone complaining that his wife has hidden the TV controller and won't tell him where it is. Hank and the boys try gamely to inject a little fire, but Cliff is calling all the shots here and he's firing blanks. Not awful, but instantly forgettable.