21 Today
{{short description|1961 studio album by Cliff Richard}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = 21 Today
| type = Studio
| artist = Cliff Richard and The Shadows
| cover = 21-today-cliff-richard-new.jpg
| alt =
| released = 14 October 1961
| recorded = September 1960 – July 1961
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 40:01
| label = Columbia
1961 LP - 33SX 1368 (mono)
1961 SCX 3409 (stereo)
| producer = Norrie Paramor
| prev_title = Listen to Cliff!
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = The Young Ones
| next_year = 1962
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = New Record Mirror
| rev1Score = 5/5{{Cite magazine |last= Watson |first= Jimmy |date=21 October 1961 |title=Cliff Richard: 21 Today |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/61/Record-Mirror-1961-10-21.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=32 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224346/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/61/Record-Mirror-1961-10-21.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}
}}
21 Today is the fourth studio album by Cliff Richard and his fifth album overall. The album features The Shadows on every track. It was released through EMI Columbia Records on 14 October 1961, the exact date of Cliff Richard's 21st birthday and was his first No. 1 in the UK album chart.{{cite web|title=Cliff Richard - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19899/cliff-richard/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=24 January 2016}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| title1 = Happy Birthday to You
| writer1 = Mildred J. Hill
| length1 = 1:38
| title2 = Forty Days (To Come Back Home)
| writer2 = Chuck Berry
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = Catch Me
| writer3 = Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
| length3 = 2:31
| title4 = How Wonderful to Know
| writer4 = Salvatore D'Esposito, Kermit Goell
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = Tough Enough
| writer5 = Johnny Otis
| length5 = 2:18
| title6 = Fifty Years for Every Kiss
| writer6 = Sammy Bella
| length6 = 2:34
| title7 = The Night Is So Lonely
| writer7 = Gene Vincent, Clifton Simmons
| length7 = 2:46
| title8 = Poor Boy
| writer8 = Vern McEntire
| length8 = 2:59
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| title1 = Y'Arriva
| writer1 = Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = Outsider
| writer2 = Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
| length2 = 2:45
| title3 = Tea For Two
| writer3 = Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
| length3 = 2:19
| title4 = To Prove My Love for You
| writer4 = Don Wolf, Ben Raleigh
| length4 = 1:55
| title5 = Without You
| writer5 = Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
| length5 = 2:09
| title6 = A Mighty Lonely Man
| writer6 = Eddie Curtis
| length6 = 2:18
| title7 = My Blue Heaven
| writer7 = George A. Whiting, Walter Donaldson
| length7 = 2:31
| title8 = Shame on You
| writer8 = Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, Kevin Jacobson
| length8 = 2:08
}}
Chart positions
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1961)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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| {{album chart|UK2|1|artist=Cliff Richard|album=21 Today|date=1961-10-29|refname=occ_21_Today|accessdate=16 April 2016}} |
Release formats
- Vinyl LP mono & stereo (1961)
- Audio CD (1998)
Personnel
;Cliff Richard and the Shadows