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Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Cliff Richard OBE, Harry Rodger Webb
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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. ... Source: Article "Cliff Richard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1940-10-14
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.3
- info Birth Place Lucknow, India
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Cliff Richard
5.5
Finders Keepers
1966-12-08
0
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004-12-12
0
Tour d'Eurovision
2005-05-14
0
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
2004-10-27
5.8
Summer Holiday
1963-02-18
5.4
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002-06-03
7.9
Live Aid
1985-07-13
7.3
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time, Live at Knebworth
2010-06-20
0
Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event
2009-03-11
8
Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall
2021-11-27
9.7
Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion
2009-11-09
9
Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass
2010-10-11
0
The BRITs at 40
2020-02-11
8.2
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012-06-03
5
Blue Suede Shoes
1980-09-08
5.4
Expresso Bongo
1959-12-01
6.5
The Young Ones
1961-12-19
0
Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live
2004-04-19
0
It Started with Swap Shop
2006-12-28
4.2
Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
6.4
Serious Charge
1959-04-30
4.9
Take Me High
1973-12-07
1.5
Two A Penny
1967-12-31
5.4
Wonderful Life
1964-06-03
8
Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House
2013-11-11
7.5
Heathcliff
1999-10-01
0
An Audience with Cliff Richard
1999-11-13
0
Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023
2023-11-25
5.5
Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert
2003-03-24
0
The Accused: National Treasures on Trial
2022-08-24
0
His Land
1970-08-31
0
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992-01-01
7.2
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
2019-07-19
0
Cliff at Christmas
2022-12-17
6.6
If These Walls Could Sing
2022-09-03
7
Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC
2020-10-16
0
A Matter of Diamonds
1968-04-01
6.5
Our Cilla
2015-12-25
6
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987-06-19
0
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013-01-01
5
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980-04-13
0
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990-11-15
0
Doctor Who: Origins
2006-01-30
6.3
Thunderbirds Are GO
1966-12-15
9.1
Live Aid
2004-11-16
0
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
2013-05-17
0
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
2011-10-14
6.5
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
2012-11-16
6
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
2011-12-09
0
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011-04-16
7.5
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion
2009-04-06
7.5
Top Gear
2002-10-20
4.7
The One Show
2006-08-14
6.7
Top of the Pops
1964-01-01
7.8
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978-07-03
0
Europarty
1967-06-04
5
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003-06-02
6
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002-06-08
4.7
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004-10-11
6
Solid Gold
1980-09-13
0
Oh Boy!
1958-09-13
4
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986-04-25
0
CelebAir
2008-09-02
7.5
The Frank Skinner Show
1995-09-10
0
Movie Connections
2007-09-10
3.7
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007-09-03
2
Seaside Special
1975-07-05
0
The Queen at 80
2006-04-09
5
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006-07-22
0
The Liberace Show
1952-05-16
4
OK! TV
2011-02-14
0
Jukebox Heroes
2001-07-17
0
Zona+
1994-09-19
0
Blair: The Inside Story
2007-03-16
7
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982-02-25
10
Cilla
1968-01-30
5.5
Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14
0
Disco
1971-02-13
0
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979-07-28
5
The Dame Edna Experience
1987-09-12
4.7
The One Show
2006-08-14
0
Hallo, wie geht's
1991-01-01
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
5
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992-10-09
7
Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25
0
Die Mike Krüger Show
1991-09-26
0
Flitterabend
1988-12-01
6.7
Top of the Pops
1964-01-01
6
Going Live!
1987-09-26
0
Musikladen
1972-12-13
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31
0
Musik aus Studio B
1961-10-22
0
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991-02-02
0
Starparade
1968-03-14
0
Goldener Löwe
1984-01-01
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
8
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003-05-21
4
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004-01-31
6
Der goldene Schuß
1964-11-26
0
Système 2
1975-01-19
7.8
Classic Albums
1997-04-14
6.5
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
6.9
Eurovision Song Contest
1956-05-24
4.8
DAS!
1991-01-02
0
Starnacht am Wörthersee
2000-08-25
3.5
Plattenküche
1976-02-23
6
Die Drehscheibe
1964-04-01
6
Astro-Show
1981-02-07
0
Soeben eingetroffen
1965-01-23
5.3
Brisant
1994-01-03
