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Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb 14/10/40 in Lucknow, India) moved as an 8-year-old to the UK, where it would be 10 more years before he and his group The Drifters emerged in the UK charts for the first time with ‘Move It’. Cliff was heavily influenced by Elvis, imitating him shamelessly during the first couple of years of his career. Something which he openly admits, and fully acknowledges that without Elvis, he and many others would never have happened. ‘Move It’ was a classic British Rock ‘n’ Roll song, peaked at number two, and was followed by a long string of hits like ‘Living Doll’ and ‘Please Don’t Tease’. By then The Drifters turned into The Shadows. After ‘A Girl Like You’ from 1961, the bond between Cliff and The Shadows loosened a bit, and solo singles of Cliff like ‘When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart’ started to appear alongside Cliff & The Shadows singles like ‘Do You Wanna Dance’.

‘Congratulations’ was a global hit as it became a much bigger hit than ‘La, La, La’, which beat Cliff in the 1968 Eurovision song contest. Shortly after ‘Congratulations’, which was one of his solo efforts, Cliff recorded his last single with The Shadows. Again in 1973, with ‘Power to All Our Friends’, he entered the Eurovision song contest—this time reaching 3rd place.

The most sold artist in British Pop history - with over 40 top hits.

Worked with Stock Aitken Waterman in 1989 and the single “I Just Don’t Have The Heart”.

Sixty appearances at Wembley, plus sellout tour to celebrate 50 years in the business.

First hit: Move It, 1958, first no. 1: Living Doll

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Alicia_Quays_ wrote:
8 days ago

People go on about Simon Cowell ruining christmas charts , no this guy did way before Cowell was even famous , this guy is so cringe worthy .

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aineb wrote:
9 days ago

Mistletoe And Wine <3

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domeofstars wrote:
25 days ago

Christmas time, mistletoe and wine. Children sing in Christian rhyme! lol <3

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nDroae wrote:
29 days ago

Cliff is pure unadulterated awesome

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lolspud wrote:
December 2009

Cliff is pure unadulterated evil.

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VEO15 wrote:
December 2009

He's the work of the devil

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thailandsongs wrote:
December 2009

Cliff Richard is the best one of the songs artists of the world that I like.

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NilsHolgersson wrote:
November 2009

He was.. until the Beatles showed up.

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Iselore wrote:
November 2009

Hmmm, what's with the play count being so low. Isn't he the King of Pop in the UK?

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nessieness wrote:
November 2009

I LOVE YOU, CLIFF!!!!!!!! <333

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johnny7gun wrote:
October 2009

Alphavillain........no it doesnt!

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nessieness wrote:
October 2009

Happy birthday, Cliff! <3 I have a birthday today too.

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nataliesse wrote:
October 2009

Happy Birtday!

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B3NSCT wrote:
October 2009

Damn, I wouldn't admit to that

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Vehiculos wrote:
September 2009

i'm 16 and i'm loving this stuff. seriously our parents had much better tastes than us. the stuff we hear on the radio is complete rubbish these days.

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Lowbacca wrote:
September 2009

http://www.lastfm.de/music/Cliff+Richard/+images/35539693

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Alphavillain wrote:
September 2009

Great voice, great looks...and very uncool. But doesn't give a shit that he's uncool...which makes him, perversely, really cool.

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feliciaraj wrote:
September 2009

He is forever young...great voice

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DrWorm42 wrote:
September 2009

OH FOR CLIFF'S SAKE!!

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ParaWayne wrote:
August 2009

Most people under the age of 20 are completely oblivious to this era of music. If it isn't mainstream or fun to get high too it's a non-listen. I think I was one of the very few 15 year old kids listening to this stuff back in the day.

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