Cliff Richard

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Born: October 14, 1940
From: Lucknow, India
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Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, he dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song. In the early 1960s, he had a prosperous screen career with films including The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Wonderful Life and his own television show at the BBC. Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music. In a career spanning nearly 65 years, Richard has amassed several gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums, and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. Richard has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist (behind Presley). He holds the record, with Presley, as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles, and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas No. 1 singles, two of which were as a solo artist; "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day". Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, the late 1970s and early 1980s, with some releases certified gold and platinum. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality at home in the UK as well as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries. When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal. In 2019, he relocated to New York. Cliff Richard was born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940 at King George's Hospital (now KGMU Hospital), Victoria Street, in Lucknow, which was then part of British India. His parents were Rodger Oscar Webb, a manager for a catering contractor that serviced the Indian Railways, and the former Dorothy Marie Dazely. His parents also spent some years in Howrah, West Bengal. After the violence of Direct Action Day, they decided to relocate to England permanently. Richard is primarily of English heritage, but he had one great-grandmother who was of half Welsh and half Spanish descent, born of a Spanish great-great-grandmother named Emiline Joseph Rebeiro.

Works

72 films

Live Aid

19857.9

If These Walls Could Sing

20226.5

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music

2026

Queen: Champions of the World

19958.3

The Grand Knockout Tournament

19876.8

Our Cilla

20156.5

Summer Holiday

19635.9

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5

2011

Expresso Bongo

19595.3

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

20128.2

Thunderbirds Are GO

19666.4

Heathcliff

19997.3

The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth

20107.5

It Started with Swap Shop

2006

The Shadows At Sixty

2020

... Sings Dylan II

20157.8

Bottom Mindless Violence

200410.0

Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice

199110.0

Run For Your Wife

20124.4

Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue

2011

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace

20026.4

Wonderful to Be Young!

19616.1

Take Me High

19734.8

Live Aid

20049.2

The BRITs at 40

2020

Doctor Who: Origins

20068.5

Wonderful Life

19644.9

An Audience with Des O'Connor

20019.0

Congratulations: 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest (1956 - 1980)

2026

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey

1998

Rhythm 'n' Greens

196410.0

Finders Keepers

19666.8

The Downing Street Patient

2004

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

20065.6

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

1992

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

19807.6

Serious Charge

19596.2

Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story

2006

Blue Suede Shoes

19806.5

Two a Penny

19673.5

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?

1973

Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park

1990

The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song

20116.0

An Audience with Cliff Richard

19999.0

Året var 1961

20115.0

Tour d'Eurovision

20059.0

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

2013

The Case

19727.0

Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air

2004

Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10

20126.5

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

2013

Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall

20218.0

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits

2004

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion

20097.5

Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Concert

20187.0

His Land

1970

Eurovision Songfestival Hits

2003

Cliff Richard: The Hitlist Live

1994

A Matter of Diamonds

1968

Farewell, FAB 208

1992

Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live

2004

Cliff at Christmas

2022

Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets

20197.2

Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House

20138.0

Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event

2009

Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion

20099.7

The Accused: National Treasures on Trial

2022

Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert

20035.5

Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023

2023

Cliff Richard: 75th Birthday Concert

2015

Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC

20207.0

Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass

20109.0