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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. ...
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Filmography
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self 104
TV Shows 62
Movies 55
Narrator 1
Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023 (2023)
If These Walls Could Sing (2023)
Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC (2023)
Cliff at Christmas (2022)
The Accused: National Treasures on Trial (2022)
Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall (2021)
Cilla: The Lost Tapes (2020)
Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC (2020)
The BRITs at 40 (2020)
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets (2019)
Jill Dando - The 20 Year Mystery (2019)
Our Cilla (2015)
Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House (2013)
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia (2013)
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 (2012)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 (2012)
Run For Your Wife (2012)
The Story of Musicals (2012)
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song (2011)
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5 (2011)
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue (2011)
Choccywoccydoodah (2011)
OK! TV (2011)
Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass (2010)
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time, Live at Knebworth (2010)
Fern Britton Meets... (2009)
Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion (2009)
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion (2009)
Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event (2009)
CelebAir (2008)
Movie Connections (2007)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
Blair: The Inside Story (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
It Started with Swap Shop (2006)
The One Show (2006)
The Story of Light Entertainment (2006)
The Queen at 80 (2006)
Doctor Who: Origins (2006)
Tour d'Eurovision (2005)
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air (2004)
The Shadows - The Final Tour (2004)
Live Aid (2004)
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits (2004)
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live (2004)
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004)
The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
Die ultimative Chartshow (2003)
Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert (2003)
Helmut Lotti - My Tribute to the King (2002)
Top Gear (2002)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002)
Jukebox Heroes (2001)
Starnacht am Wörthersee (2000)
An Audience with Cliff Richard (1999)
Heathcliff (1999)
Ground Force (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
Airport (1996)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Zona+ (1994)
Terry Wogan's Friday Night (1992)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore (1992)
Die Mike Krüger Show (1991)
Musik liegt in der Luft (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Hallo, wie geht's (1991)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park (1990)
Flitterabend (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
The Dame Edna Experience (1987)
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1986)
Live Aid (1985)
Goldener Löwe (1984)
Wogan (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Astro-Show (1981)
Solid Gold (1980)
Blue Suede Shoes (1980)
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980)
Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980)
The Cannon & Ball Show (1979)
The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978)
An Audience with... (1978)
Plattenküche (1976)
Seaside Special (1975)
Système 2 (1975)
Take Me High (1973)
Musikladen (1972)
Disco (1971)
His Land (1970)
It's Cliff Richard (1970)
Starparade (1968)
Cilla (1968)
Two A Penny (1967)
Europarty (1967)
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
Finders Keepers (1966)
Soeben eingetroffen (1965)
Der goldene Schuß (1964)
Wonderful Life (1964)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
Einer wird gewinnen (1964)
Top of the Pops (1964)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Young Ones (1961)
Musik aus Studio B (1961)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
Serious Charge (1959)
Oh Boy! (1958)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956)
The Liberace Show (1952)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1940-10-14 (83 years old)
Birth NameHarry Rodger Webb
Birth PlaceLucknow, India
CitizenshipsBritish Raj, United Kingdom
Also Known AsSir Cliff Richard, Sir Cliff Richard OBE, Harry Rodger Webb
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Silver Clef Award, Knight Bachelor, Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
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