Cliff Richard
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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- 2023 · Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023 as Self
- 2022 · Cliff at Christmas as Self
- 2022 · If These Walls Could Sing as Self
- 2022 · The Accused: National Treasures on Trial as Self
- 2021 · Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall as Self
- 2020 · Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The BRITs at 40 as Self
- 2019 · Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets as Self
- 2015 · Our Cilla as Self
- 2013 · Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House as Self
- 2013 · Rock 'n' Roll Britannia as Self
- 2013 · Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6 as
- 2012 · Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 as Self
- 2012 · The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 as Self - Performer
- 2012 · Run For Your Wife as Busker
- 2011 · The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song as Self
- 2011 · Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5 as Self
- 2011 · Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue as Self
- 2011 · OK! TV as Self
- 2010 · Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass as Self
- 2010 · The Best British Rock Concert of All Time, Live at Knebworth as Self
- 2009 · Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion as Self - vocals
- 2009 · Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion as Self
- 2009 · Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event as Self
- 2008 · CelebAir as Self
- 2007 · Movie Connections as Self
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Blair: The Inside Story as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · It Started with Swap Shop as Self (voice)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self
- 2006 · The Queen at 80 as Self
- 2006 · Doctor Who: Origins as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Tour d'Eurovision as Self
- 2004 · Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air as Self
- 2004 · Live Aid as Self
- 2004 · Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as Self
- 2004 · Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live as Self - Guest Appearance
- 2004 · The Downing Street Patient as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2004 · Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as Self
- 2003 · Die ultimative Chartshow as Self
- 2003 · Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace as Self - Performer 'Living Doll'
- 2001 · Jukebox Heroes as Self
- 2001 · An Audience with Des O'Connor as
- 2000 · Starnacht am Wörthersee as Self
- 1999 · An Audience with Cliff Richard as Self
- 1999 · Heathcliff as Heathcliff
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1994 · Zona+ as Próprio
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1992 · Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- 1992 · Farewell, FAB 208 as
- 1992 · Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore as Self
- 1991 · Die Mike Krüger Show as Self
- 1991 · Musik liegt in der Luft as Self - Singer
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1991 · Hallo, wie geht's as Self
- 1990 · Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park as Self
- 1988 · Flitterabend as Self - Singer
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1987 · The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as Self
- 1985 · Live Aid as Self
- 1984 · Goldener Löwe as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1981 · Astro-Show as self
- 1980 · Solid Gold as Self
- 1980 · Blue Suede Shoes as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights as Self
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1979 · The Cannon & Ball Show as Self
- 1978 · The Kenny Everett Video Show as Self
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Plattenküche as Self
- 1975 · Seaside Special as Self
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1973 · Take Me High as Tim Matthews
- 1972 · Musikladen as Self
- 1971 · Disco as Self
- 1970 · His Land as Self
- 1968 · A Matter of Diamonds as Riley Walker
- 1968 · Starparade as Self
- 1968 · Cilla as Self
- 1967 · Two A Penny as Jamie Hopkins
- 1967 · Europarty as Self
- 1966 · Thunderbirds Are GO as Cliff Richard Jr. (voice)
- 1966 · Finders Keepers as Cliff
- 1965 · Soeben eingetroffen as self
- 1964 · Der goldene Schuß as Self
- 1964 · Wonderful Life as Johnnie
- 1964 · Die Drehscheibe as Self
- 1964 · Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as
- 1963 · Summer Holiday as Don
- 1961 · The Young Ones as Nicholas 'Nicky' Black
- 1961 · Musik aus Studio B as Self
- 1959 · Expresso Bongo as Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
- 1959 · Serious Charge as Curley Thompson
- 1958 · Oh Boy! as Self
- 1956 · Eurovision Song Contest as Self - United Kingdom Entry
- 1952 · The Liberace Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Singer