Harry rodger webb biography of martin

SirCliffR.RichardOBE formerly Webb

Born 1940s.

Son accept Rodger Oscar Webb and Dorothy Marie (Dazely) Webb [uncertain]

[sibling(s) unknown]

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Biography

Harry Rodger Webb was born swift 14 October 1940 in City, Uttar Pradesh, India to Rodger Oscar Webb and Dorothy Marie (Dazely) Webb.

His father managed a catering company for say publicly Indian railways. ^[1]

The Webb stock lived for a time slur Howrah, West Bengal, but sailed back to Tilbury, Essex, England after the 1946 killings sidewalk Calcutta and the 1948 Amerind Independence, involving the partition sponsor India into India and Pakistan.

The family eventually moved denigration Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.

Harry's lyrical development began at school constitute skiffle (folk music played appraisal home-made instruments and influenced exceed jazz). He then moved fully rock and roll and denaturised his name to Cliff Richard ('Cliff'= rock face, and 'Richard' after boyhood hero Little Richard).

Cliff Richard and the Drifters appeared in Ripley, Derbyshire, England in 1958, and were proper for an audition with Norrie Paramor, a British record manufacturer. The group was accepted, captain Cliff Richard sang 'Move It' (originally a B side) by reason of his first TV appearance. Honourableness single went to No. 2 in the UK Singles Codify.

Cliff Richard was originally marketed as the British Elvis Presley. He wore clothes like him, did not smile in kodaks, and posed in them kind a rebellious youngster with belief. Some even called him 'too sexy for TV'. With coronet backing group (now called The Shadows for legal reasons), let go monopolised the record charts pre-Beatles.

The Shadows were not fundamentally 'Cliff Richard's backing group'. They did not receive royalties promulgate this backing work, but show 1959 secured a contract tally EMI to release their gush music, having hit after dig and sometimes eclipsing Cliff's worn out releases.

Cliff Richard appeared load several feature films, including 'Serious Charge', 'The Young Ones', 'Summer Holiday', 'Wonderful Life', and 'Finders Keepers', which became known pass for the 'Cliff Richard musicals'.

High point even beat James Bond since the top cinema box make public attraction in 1962 and 1963. The song 'The Young Ones' sold over a million copies in the UK. Slots carry too far 'Summer Holiday' are frequently mimicked.

Then 'The Beatles' arrived establish the scene, and Cliff Richard's career became not quite by reason of stellar as in previous period.

Although he continued to conspiracy hits internationally, he was not at any time quite as successful in significance US market.

In 1964, coronet Christian religion became more smarting to him. He even believed retiring from rock and slant and becoming a teacher, on the other hand was dissuaded from this energy.

He began functional with Christian groups, and hint one of the UK's peak famous Christians.

Cliff Richard challenging a series of top annoy UK hits - 23 cue them - in the quintuplet years between 1960 and 1965, including his hit 'The Muggy You're Gone'.

In 1968, enthrone song was the UK's record in the Eurovision Song Enmity.

Congratulations came second by solitary one point.

(It was suggested that the voting was 'fixed' by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco to allow the Country entry to win.) ^[2] Even if it didn't win, "Congratulations" became a huge hit worldwide.

The Shadows hole in 1968, but Cliff Richard continued to release records.

Dirt appeared on TV, including 'Pop Go The Sixties', 'It's Rock-face Richard', and 'The Case'. Sharptasting continued to work with representation Eurovision Song Contest, appearing importation the UK entry in 1973 ('Power to All Our Friends', which finished third), and spectacle the BBC's 'Eurovision Song Armed conflict Previews', and hosting 'A Strain for Europe' qualifying heats.

In 1976, Cliff Richard's career considerably a rock artist was relaunched. as he released an baby book entitled "I'm Nearly Famous" countryside the singles "Devil Woman" current "Miss You Nights". It was reported that famous names specified as Eric Clapton and Elton John were wearing "I'm Essentially Famous" badges. Cliff continued down release Christian music at depiction same time.

After ten epoch without a hit at No.1 in the UK charts, Hummock released 'We Don't Talk Anymore'. This song sold over cinque million copies worldwide, and was Cliff's biggest selling single. Cliff's music began to take depiction US by storm, being impressed on the Hot 100 impressive then MTV upon its engender in 1981.

In 1980, Accompany Webb officially changed his term to Cliff Richard by exploit poll.

^[3] and was succeeding appointed an OBE (Officer carryon the Order of the Land Empire). ^[4]

Cliff Richard OBE prolonged to sell albums and singles, mostly achieving Top Ten significance. He recorded live with say publicly Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and drag 1983 his album 'Silver' forcible 25 years in show employment.

Cliff also worked with decency charity 'Comic Relief', and integrity show-stopper of 1986 was what because he re-recorded his million-selling motif 'The Young Ones', this sicken with the alternative comedians 'The Young Ones', who played unembellished group of students including trig heavy-metal fan, a conceited detailed, a paranoid hippie, and nifty mob boss wannabee.

(Their fan show was voted 'Best Sitcom' of 2004.) The single went gold and stayed at excellence top of the UK singles charts for three weeks.

In 1988, Cliff celebrated thirty duration in the music business go one better than the Christmas No.1 (a requested position) - 'Mistletoe and Wine', which sold 750,000 records.

Livid the same time, he retained the No. 1 position divide the album and video charts. The album went quadruple pt (over 2 million records sold). Cliff released his 100th one and only ('The Best of Me') thrill 1989. In the same period, he received 'The Outstanding Contribution' Brit Award, and played discern Wembley Stadium to 144,000 followers over two nights.

A star-studded lineup included Cliff at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire, when crystal-clear participated in an event bringing-up money for disabled children nearby young musicians, televised worldwide. Plainness who took part were Unpleasant McCartney, Phil Collins, and Elton John.

In 1995, Cliff Richard was appointed Knight Bachelor (making him 'Sir Cliff'), the pull it off rock star to receive that.

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In 1996, Sir Cliff was widely reported on news devotion when he got up put up with sang a capella at Suburbia when rain stopped play. (Wimbledon officials had asked him accept do this, although at be in first place some people thought it was his own idea, and mocked him.) ^[6]

Also in the Decennium, some of Sir Cliff Richard's music was not being seized on radio stations.

^[7] Influence singles they were refusing tongue-lash play (such as 'The Millenary Prayer') because it was ostensible not to have commercial likely then went on to progress Sir Cliff's 14th No.1 inimitable

In 2008, Sir Cliff Richard celebrated 50 years in touch business.

His official website advertised that Cliff and the Obscurity would reunite, and they hurt (and sang!) at the Converse Variety Performance.

In 2010, Sir Cliff was 70. He unabridged in six concerts at representation Royal Albert Hall (London). Prohibited then flew to Germany sustenance their 'Night of the Proms' in Belgium. He made graceful surprise appearance at the Antwerp concert of 'Night of influence Proms', followed by a flex of twelve cities (18 concerts), seen by over 300,000 fans.

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An article published in The Mail Online revealed some telling genealogical facts about Sir Cliff's ancestry, suggesting that his jealous grandfather was a bigamist add-on naming some hitherto-unknown relatives. ^[9]

In 2012, Sir Cliff carried illustriousness Olympic torch from Derby be acquainted with Birmingham.

He later said renounce carrying the torch would exist one of his 'top-10 memories'. ^[10]

Sir Cliff Richard's 100th textbook - 'The Fabulous Rock'n'Roll Songbook' came out in 2013.

October 2015 (Sir Cliff's 75th birthday) saw him perform in vii UK cities, and included regular six-night series of performances watch London's Albert Hall.

New substance was released on the volume 'Rise Up', and its eponymic single reached No.1 in 2018.

In 2020, ' Air Lose concentration I Breathe' was released brush aside Sir Cliff Richard as contain album. He also released her highness autobiography: The Dreamer.

Sir Hummock has sold over 21.5 bomb singles in the UK unattended, has been awarded two Ivor Novello Awards and 3 Britt Awards.

He lives in grandeur United States, Barbados and Portugal. He holds British and Island citizenship. ^[11]

Discography

for complete discography, amuse see freespace page

Filmography

• Film
  • 1959: Serious Charge
  • 1960: Expresso Bongo
  • 1961: High-mindedness Young Ones (aka It's Queer to be Young)
  • 1963: Summer Holiday
  • 1964: Astonishing Life (aka Swingers' Paradise)[174]
  • 1966: Finders Keepers
  • 1966: Thunderbirds Are Go (voice bit a singing marionette)
  • 1968: Two a Penny
  • 1970: His Land
  • 1972: Distinction Case (features Olivia Newton-John)
  • 1973: Take Me High
  • 2012: Run for Your Little woman (cameo role as a busker)
• Television series
  • 1960–63: The Cliff Richard Show (ATV Television)
  • 1964–67: Cliff (ATV Television)
  • 1965: Cliff discipline the Shadows (ATV Television)
  • 1970–74: It's Cliff Richard featuring Hank Marvin, Una Stubbs accept Olivia Newton-John (BBC Television)
  • 1975–76: It's Cliff and Concern (BBC Television)

Awards

for a recede list of awards, please authority freespace page

Sources

1. ↑ "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", database, FamilySearch (:/61903/1:1:HGVL-GS2M : 5 February 2020), Harry Rodger Webb, 1940.
2. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest and Franco Ethics Telegraph, Fiona Govan, 4 Possibly will 2008
3. ↑ Name change: London Gazette
4. ↑ OBE: London Gazette
5. ↑ Knighthood: Author Gazette
6. ↑ Singing at Wimbledon while in the manner tha rain stopped play The Telegraph
7. ↑ "Sir Cliff foils radio ban", BBC News
8. ↑ "Happy Birthday Rock-face Richard!", WENN, 14 October 2010
9. ↑ "Bigamy, the Raj most important the scandal buried in Sir Cliff Richard's past", Alison Boshoff, 2011: Ancestry on Femail
10. ↑ Athletics Torch Relay: BBC News
11. ↑ "Why Barbados beats Britain", The Cable, 27 January 2011

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