| rdfs:comment | - Cliff Richard (1940) is a British pop singer. He was the first British rock 'n roll idol, when he made his debut in the 1950s. Despite his long career he is seen as part of the establishment, singing clean and safe pop songs, often about his Christian faith. He is also well known for being a bachelor for his entire life. His sexuality has often been a matter of dispute. File:The real Cliff Richard.png
- Sir Cliff Richard (Harry Webb nacido en Lucknow, India, el 14 de octubre de 1940) es el nombre artístico de uno de los cantantes británicos más populares.
- Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Roger Webb) is a British singer, actor and philanthropist. He is one of the United Kingdom's most legendary and much-loved artists, selling over 250 million albums worldwide. He participated in Eurovision twice for his country, the first being in 1968 on home ground in London with the song Congratulations. He gave a very confident performance, but finished second by 1 vote behind Spain. His second appearance was at the 1973 contest in Luxembourg, performing the song Power To All Our Friends. He led for some part of the voting, but eventually faded to third place.
- Sir Clifford Richard, more commonly known as Baron Cliff Richard or the Peter Sutcliffe of Pop, or God's 'other' Son Born around the Roman Empire, is a blatant British carbon copy of the American rock'n'roller Elvis Presley who has sold 250 squillion records in his homeland of Great Britain. He is the only rock star of genuine geological significance, having been hewn from the famous White Cliffs of Dover, hence his first name. Despite his basic chalk/limestone composition, he still manages to sing reasonably in tune, jiggle about on stage, and sign autographs for fans. He is also currently married to former Prime Minister Sue Barker.
- Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom's history, with total sales of over 21 million singles in the UK and has reportedly sold an estimated 250 million records worldwide.
- Cliff Richard (1940- ) was born Harry Webb in Lucknow, India. He has had an entertainment career that has spanned seven decades and racked up colossal sales, both as a solo artist and with his original backing band, the Shadows. He has gone from being a rock'n'roll contender to family entertainer and never compromised his clean-cut image in the process. In tandem with his music career, Richard is a committed Christian who evangelises constantly and has released several LPs with a Biblical basis (although these have admittedly sold poorly in comparison to his pop material): he classes the majority of his music as 'rockspell.' He seems to be permanently either in the UK top ten or at number 1 for Christmas (although only Mistletoe And Wine and Saviour's Day actually managed to perform the la
- Harry Rodger Webb was born in India at the King George Hospital, Victoria Street, in Lucknow, which was then part of British India (or the British Raj). His parents were Rodger Oscar Webb, a manager for a catering contractor that serviced the Indian Railways, and his wife Dorothy Marie Dazely. Richard was baptised Harry Rodger Webb on 2 November 1940 at St Thomas's Church, Dehradun, India.[citation needed] Harry Webb became interested in skiffle. His father bought him a guitar at 16 and he formed the Quintones vocal group in 1957, before singing in the Dick Teague Skiffle Group.
- With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard[4] and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single, "Move It", is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music."[5][6] Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music.
- Sir Cliff Richard (oik. Harry Rodger Webb, s. 14.10.1940 Lucknow, Intia) on yksi menestyneimpiä Eurovision laulukilpailuissa esiintyneitä solisteja. Hän oli supertähti jo edustaessaan kotimaataan Isoa-Britanniaa ensimmäisen kerran vuonna 1968 ja ura on jatkunut vahvana myös toisen edustuskeikan jälkeen aina tähän päivään asti. Hän on ainoa taiteilija, jonka singlet ovat sijoittuneet Britannian listoille kuudella eri vuosikymmenellä (1950-2000-luvuilla). Lisäksi hänellä on enemmän top-20-hittejä Briteissä, kuin kenellekään muulla. Jopa The Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson ja Madonna jäävät toiseksi. Maailmanlaajuisesti Cliff Richard on myynyt yli 250 miljoonaa levyä.
- ir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom's history, with total sales of over 21 million units in the UK and has reportedly sold an estimated 250 million records worldwide.
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| abstract | - Cliff Richard (1940) is a British pop singer. He was the first British rock 'n roll idol, when he made his debut in the 1950s. Despite his long career he is seen as part of the establishment, singing clean and safe pop songs, often about his Christian faith. He is also well known for being a bachelor for his entire life. His sexuality has often been a matter of dispute. File:The real Cliff Richard.png
- Harry Rodger Webb was born in India at the King George Hospital, Victoria Street, in Lucknow, which was then part of British India (or the British Raj). His parents were Rodger Oscar Webb, a manager for a catering contractor that serviced the Indian Railways, and his wife Dorothy Marie Dazely. Richard was baptised Harry Rodger Webb on 2 November 1940 at St Thomas's Church, Dehradun, India.[citation needed] The Webb family lived in a modest home with other Anglo-Indians at Maqbara, near the main shopping centre of Hazratganj. The Anglo-Indians living at Maqbara were often employed as musicians; a band played at the Royal Cafe Restaurant, Lucknow, and another at the Mohmmad Bagh club, which was the officers' club serving the garrison at Lucknow. Dorothy's mother served as the dormitory matron at the La Martiniere Girls' School. Anglo-Indians did not enjoy any great social status in India and were looked down upon by the British. Richard has three sisters. In around 1945, his family moved to Howrah, near Calcutta, where he started his schooling in St. Thomas' Church School, Howrah. In 1948, following Indian independence the family embarked on a three-week sea voyage to Tilbury, Essex, England aboard the . The Webbs moved from comparative wealth in India, where they had servants and lived in a company-supplied flat at Howrah near Calcutta, to a semi-detached house in Carshalton, Surrey (which was also the location of the school he attended, Stanley Park Juniors). In 1949 his father obtained employment in the credit control office of Thorn Electrical Industries and the family moved in with other relatives in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, where he attended Kings Road Junior Mixed Infants School until a three-bedroom council house in Cheshunt was allocated to them in 1950. Harry Webb then attended Cheshunt Secondary Modern School, later renamed Riversmead School (later rebuilt and renamed Bishopslea School) from 1952 to 1957. As a member of the top stream, he stayed on beyond the minimum leaving age to take GCE Ordinary Level examinations and gained a pass in English literature. He then started work as a filing clerk for a company called Atlas Lamps. A development of retirement flats, Cliff Richard Court, has been named after him in Cheshunt. Harry Webb became interested in skiffle. His father bought him a guitar at 16 and he formed the Quintones vocal group in 1957, before singing in the Dick Teague Skiffle Group.
- Sir Cliff Richard (Harry Webb nacido en Lucknow, India, el 14 de octubre de 1940) es el nombre artístico de uno de los cantantes británicos más populares.
- Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Roger Webb) is a British singer, actor and philanthropist. He is one of the United Kingdom's most legendary and much-loved artists, selling over 250 million albums worldwide. He participated in Eurovision twice for his country, the first being in 1968 on home ground in London with the song Congratulations. He gave a very confident performance, but finished second by 1 vote behind Spain. His second appearance was at the 1973 contest in Luxembourg, performing the song Power To All Our Friends. He led for some part of the voting, but eventually faded to third place.
- Sir Clifford Richard, more commonly known as Baron Cliff Richard or the Peter Sutcliffe of Pop, or God's 'other' Son Born around the Roman Empire, is a blatant British carbon copy of the American rock'n'roller Elvis Presley who has sold 250 squillion records in his homeland of Great Britain. He is the only rock star of genuine geological significance, having been hewn from the famous White Cliffs of Dover, hence his first name. Despite his basic chalk/limestone composition, he still manages to sing reasonably in tune, jiggle about on stage, and sign autographs for fans. He is also currently married to former Prime Minister Sue Barker. He had continual number ones in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s but sadly not the '00s (yet). It is rumoured that this is entirely due to his hatred of the term "Noughties", which suggests lewd activities that are not condoned by his religion. Cliff however, does not, has not and will not ever indulge in lewd activities of any kind, although he once appeared in a film called Swingers' Paradise. Cliff's main fanbase consists of middle aged women, an overweight Iranian man named Jerimabad and occasionally by men called Chris and girls called Nikki! Cliff Richard has now been linked to Jimmy Savile scandal. They appeared together on TV shows like Top of the Poppets and Songs of Billy Graham. It was enough for the BBC to send a helicopter to film the South Yorkshire police raiding Cliff's home.
- Sir Cliff Richard (oik. Harry Rodger Webb, s. 14.10.1940 Lucknow, Intia) on yksi menestyneimpiä Eurovision laulukilpailuissa esiintyneitä solisteja. Hän oli supertähti jo edustaessaan kotimaataan Isoa-Britanniaa ensimmäisen kerran vuonna 1968 ja ura on jatkunut vahvana myös toisen edustuskeikan jälkeen aina tähän päivään asti. Hän on ainoa taiteilija, jonka singlet ovat sijoittuneet Britannian listoille kuudella eri vuosikymmenellä (1950-2000-luvuilla). Lisäksi hänellä on enemmän top-20-hittejä Briteissä, kuin kenellekään muulla. Jopa The Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson ja Madonna jäävät toiseksi. Maailmanlaajuisesti Cliff Richard on myynyt yli 250 miljoonaa levyä. Cliff Richard syntyi Britti-hallinnon alaisessa Intiassa englantilaiseen Webbin perheeseen. Intian itsenäistyessä vuonna 1947 perhe muutti Britanniaan. Cliff Richard solmi ensimmäisen levytyssopimuksensa 18-vuotiaana. Sitä ennen hän oli jo esiintynyt Cliff Richard & The Drifters yhtyeen solistina. The Drifters jatkoi Cliffin taustayhtyeenä, vaikka hän esiintyi ja levyttikin sooloartistina. Heti ensimmäisestä levystä ”Move it” tuli hitti ja se nousi Brittilistan kakkoseksi. The Drifters muutti pian nimensä muotoon The Shadows, koska Yhdysvalloissa toimi jo menestyksekäs samanniminen yhtye. The Shadows teki myös levytyksiä ilman Cliffiä ja ennen pitkää Cliff Richardin ja The Shadowsin tiet erkanivat. Aivan uran alkuvuosina Cliff Richardia markkinoitiin ”Ison-Britannian Elviksenä” ja hänet puettiin ja kammattiin samantyylisesti. Vaikka Cliff levytti ajan hengen mukaisia rock’n’roll –kappaleita, tyyliksi vakiintui nopeasti pehmeämpi pop. Vuonna 1964 Cliff Richard tuli uskoon ja sekin osaltaan vaikutti siihen, että miehen tyyli oli konservatiivisempi ja kiltimpi, kuin muilla rock-tähdillä. Musiikin lisäksi Cliff Richard esiintyi Elviksen tapaan myös kepeiden nuorisoelokuvien tähtenä. Vuodesta lähtien 1964 lähtien Ison-Britannian viisukarsinnoissa oli vakiintunut käytännöksi, että kaikki ehdokkaat esittää yksi nimekäs kutsuartisti. Cliff Richard sai ensimmäisen kutsun vuonna 1968 ja edusti maataan kotikisoissa kappaleella ”Congratulations” sijoittuen täpärästi toiseksi, varman voittajan asemastaan huolimatta. Vuosina 1970-1972 Cliff Richard isännöi Britannian viisukarsintaa, joka jatkui saman kaavan mukaisesti myös vuonna 1973, jolloin isäntä itse sai toisen kutsun edustustehtäviin. Helmikuun lopulla pidetyssä karsinnassa Cliff Richard esitti kuusi sävelmää, joista kansa valitsi edustajan postikorttiäänestyksellä. ”Power to all our friends” oli ylivoimainen suosikki, sillä kappale sai peräti 125 505 ääntä toiseksi tulleen ”Come back Billie Joe” –kappaleen saadessa vain hieman reilut 34 000 ääntä. Cliff Richard lähti toistamiseen ennakkosuosikkina kansainväliseen finaaliin Luxemburgiin, mutta voitto jäi tälläkin kertaa muutaman pisteen päähän. Iso-Britannia oli lopputuloksissa kolmas isäntämaan viedessä toisen peräkkäisen voittonsa. Ikimuistoiselle koreografialla ryyditetty ”Power to all our friends” sai 123 pistettä, toiseksi tuli Espanjan ”Eres tu” 125:llä pisteellä ja voittoisa ”Tu te reconnaîtras” sai 129 pistettä. Muutaman 1970-luvun alun rauhallisemman vuoden jälkeen Cliff Richard sai viisustaan jälleen uuden hitin ja nosteen uralleen. ”Power to all our friends”-single nousi listaykköseksi yhdeksässä maassa ja Britanniassa sijalle neljä. Maailmanlaajuisesti levyä myytiin yli miljoona kappaletta. Luokka:Artistit
- Cliff Richard (1940- ) was born Harry Webb in Lucknow, India. He has had an entertainment career that has spanned seven decades and racked up colossal sales, both as a solo artist and with his original backing band, the Shadows. He has gone from being a rock'n'roll contender to family entertainer and never compromised his clean-cut image in the process. In tandem with his music career, Richard is a committed Christian who evangelises constantly and has released several LPs with a Biblical basis (although these have admittedly sold poorly in comparison to his pop material): he classes the majority of his music as 'rockspell.' He seems to be permanently either in the UK top ten or at number 1 for Christmas (although only Mistletoe And Wine and Saviour's Day actually managed to perform the latter feat), and has worked with a wide variety of artists, even spending a while being produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Peel appears to have been simultaneously enamoured of his early rock'n'roll style while being scathingly critical of Richard's more populist ventures, such as singing his Eurovision Song Contest entry "Congratulations" for the Queen Mother at VE Day , and regularly mentioned that contact between the two of them seemed to be waning. For example, he mentioned in 1976 that Richard had not sent him a Christmas card (although when he did, they were printed); and JP disappeared from his mailing lists altogether in 1985. Although he saw Richard live in 1987, he had to leave early: "if I stayed any longer I should have some kind of rather exciting seizure." (He also admitted doing this during the gig he reviewed in the article at the head of this page.) However, John appeared to retain an enduring affection, judging by the longevity of it in his playlists, for We Say Yeah, recorded with the Shadows and included in the wholesome cinema fare The Young Ones in 1962: in retrospect, it seems to retain traces of Richard's roots in skiffle, which would go some way to explaining JP's interest in it. He thought highly enough of the recording to include it in the Peelenium 1962, alongside Cliff's inspiration Elvis Presley. Bizarrely, Ken Garner also lists a 1976 play for the Bee Gees-influenced 'I Can't Ask For Any More Than You', which tends to go along with Peel's soul leanings at the time. In 1999, Cliff was forced to release Millenium Prayer, a mash-up of the Lord's Prayer and Auld Lang Syne, on his own label after EMI refused to issue it themselves. Although it predictably got to number 1 (but ceded the Yuletide spot to Westlife), Peel called it "one of the most execrable records I've ever heard in all of my life, I think." and "absolutely beyond parody by a considerable distance." Despite the fact that Richard's celibate, eternally youthful, God-fearing persona continues to divide his critics, it seems that he will continue performing into his eighth decade regardless.
- Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom's history, with total sales of over 21 million singles in the UK and has reportedly sold an estimated 250 million records worldwide. With his backing group the Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennononce claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music." Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, sometimes venturing into contemporary Christian music. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs make the UK Top 20, more than any other artist and holds the record (with Elvis 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 (or 18, depending on the counting methodology) and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in 5 consecutive decades: the 1950s through to the 1990s. Richard has never achieved the same impact in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore", the latter becoming the first to reach the Billboard Hot 100's top 40 in the 1980s by a singer who had been in the top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In Canada, Richard achieved moderate success in the 1980s with several albums reaching platinum status. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and he retains a following in other countries.
- ir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom's history, with total sales of over 21 million units in the UK and has reportedly sold an estimated 250 million records worldwide. With his backing group the Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennononce claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music." Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, sometimes venturing into contemporary Christian music. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs make the UK Top 20, more than any other artist and holds the record (with Elvis 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 (or 18, depending on the counting methodology) and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in 5 consecutive decades: the 1950s through to the 1990s. In 2008, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in music by releasing a greatest hits album, featuring the new track "Thank You for a Lifetime", which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart. In November 2013, Richard released his latest album, The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook, which became the 100th album of his career. Richard has never achieved the same impact in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore", the latter becoming the first to reach the Billboard Hot 100's top 40 in the 1980s by a singer who had been in the top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In Canada, Richard achieved moderate success in the 1980s with several albums reaching platinum status. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and he retains a following in other countries.
- With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard[4] and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single, "Move It", is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music."[5][6] Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male twice and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and two Ivor Novello Awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs make the UK Top 20, more than any other artist[7] and holds the record (with Elvis 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,[8] and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in five consecutive decades: the 1950s through to the 1990s. In 2008, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in music by releasing a greatest hits album, featuring the new track "Thank You for a Lifetime", which reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart. In November 2013, Richard released The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook, which became the 100th album of his career.[9] Richard has never achieved the same impact in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore," the latter becoming the first to reach the Billboard Hot 100's top 40 in the 1980s by a singer who had been in the Billboard top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In Canada, Richard achieved comparatively more success, with a successful period in the early 1960s, and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s with some singles and albums reaching gold and platinum status.[10] He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and he retains a following in other countries. Richard has been a resident in the United Kingdom for most of his life, but in 2010, he confirmed that he had become a citizen of Barbados.[11] He divides his time between living in Barbados and Portugal. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 1940–58: Childhood and adolescence 1.2 1958–63: Success and stardom 1.3 1964–75: Changing circumstances 1.4 1976–94: Comeback 1.5 1995–2007: Knighthood 1.6 2008–present: 50th anniversary and Shadows reunion 2 Lack of commercial support and music industry criticism 3 Personal life 3.1 Nationwide Festival of Light 3.2 Philanthropy 3.3 Scottish independence referendum 4 Controversies 4.1 Copyright 4.2 2014 property search and sexual assault investigation 5 Discography 6 Tours and concerts 7 Filmography 8 Television appearances 9 Theatre work 10 Awards 11 See also 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links
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