Serious Charge (EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Serious Charge

| type = ep

| artist = Cliff Richard and The Drifters

| cover = Serious_Charge_(Cliff_Richard_EP).jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1959

| recorded = 28 April 1959

| venue =

| studio = EMI Studios, London

| genre = Rock and roll

| length =

| label = Columbia

| producer = Norrie Paramor

| chronology = Cliff Richard

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Cliff No. 1

| next_year = 1959

}}

Serious Charge is the first EP by Cliff Richard and The Drifters, released in the UK in May 1959 as the soundtrack for the 1959 film of the same name and produced by Norrie Paramor. The EP is a 7-inch 45 RPM vinyl record, released in mono with the catalogue number Columbia SEG 7895. All four tracks were recorded on 28 April 1959 at Abbey Road Studios.{{cite book |last1=Read |first1=Mike |authorlink1=Mike Read |last2=Lewry |first2=Peter |last3=Goodall |first3=Nigel |title=Cliff Richard – The Complete Chronicle |url=http://nigelgoodall.co.uk/books/cliff-richard-the-complete-chronicle/ |accessdate=1 July 2013 |year=1993 |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |isbn=0600578976 |pages=19, 300}} It was released nearly a year before the first UK EP Chart was published.