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Cliff Richard's Move It and a raft of other early landmarks from the nascent British rock `n' roll canon fell out of copyright on January 1 with the Government and Europe still not agreeing to extend copyright term for performers beyond the current 50 years.

Cliff's first hit, released in August 1958, is probably the best known of a host of records that hit the charts at the end of Fifties which are likely to turn up on public-domain record labels this year unless term extension becomes a reality within the next few weeks. Another Cliff hit, High Class Baby, also falls out of copyright alongside tunes by Richard's then arch rival Marty Wilde, whose Endless Sleep hit number four in the charts in 1958.

Other godfathers of UK rock `n' roll from the era of the 2i's coffee bar on Soho's Old Compton Street whose records will fall into the public domain this year are Lonnie Donegan and ...

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