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Ian Ralph "Sammy" Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut single "Move It" whilst a guitarist in Richard's backing group, the Drifters (later to become the Shadows after Samwell's departure). He also featured on the recording of this song as rhythm guitarist and played bass guitar. Samwell became the in-house record producer of the British division of Warner Bros. Records... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Ian Samwell first charted in 1958 with Move It.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.The artist scored 10 UK Top‑75 entries, including 7 Top‑10 placements.On US AC the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.

Top songs: #1: Fall in Love with You - #2: 21st Century Christmas/Move It - #3: Move It - #4: Gee Whiz, It's You - #5: High Class Baby
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  Cliff Richard
Move It
1.
09/1958

#3  Move It
Cliff Richard

from Cliff   
172 pts






2
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
[Capitol 4096]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
High Class Baby
2.
11/1958

#5  High Class Baby
Cliff Richard

101 pts






7
UK
as Cliff Richard with The Drifters
[Capitol 4096]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
Mean Streak
3.
05/1959

Mean Streak
Cliff Richard

87 pts






10
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick & Joseph Seener
Never Mind
4.
05/1959

Never Mind
Cliff Richard

50 pts






21
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
Dynamite
5.
10/1959

Dynamite
Cliff Richard

65 pts






16
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[ABC 10066]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
Fall in Love with You
6.
03/1960

#1  Fall in Love with You
Cliff Richard

181 pts






2
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[ABC 10109]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
Gee Whiz, It's You
7.
04/1961

#4  Gee Whiz, It's You
Cliff Richard

from Me and My Shadows   
140 pts






4
UK
as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Hank Marvin & Ian Ralph Samwell greentick
  Kenny Lynch
8.
06/1963

You Can Never Stop Me Loving You
Kenny Lynch

93 pts






10
UK
written by Ian Samwell greentick & Jean Slater
  Johnny Tillotson
9.
08/1963

You Can Never Stop Me Loving You
Johnny Tillotson

from You Can Never Stop Me Loving You   
89 pts
18
US
4
AC




[Cadence 1437]
written by Jean Slater & Ian Samwell greentick
  Small Faces
Whatcha Gonna Do About It?
10.
09/1965

Whatcha Gonna Do About It?
Small Faces

from Small Faces   Small Faces
66 pts






14
UK
written by Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane & Ian Samwell greentick
  Gonzalez
11.
11/1979

People's Party
Gonzalez

from Move It to the Music   
1 pts




88
dance


written by Ian Samwell greentick & Robert Ahwai
  Cliff Richard
12.
12/2006

#2  21st Century Christmas/Move It
Cliff Richard

173 pts






2
UK
Christmas
written by Hugh Murphy, Paul Brady & Ian Samwell greentick


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The Shadows


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