“obviously thrilled that the vile accusations and the resulting investigation have finally been brought to a close”
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Sir Cliff Richard is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and as of 2026, is the third-top-selling artist in UK singles chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
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2026· 26 entries
“Playing a part in relieving poverty is, as I see it, the responsibility of us all.”
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“We have a mutual respect for each other and that means a lot to me.”
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Published video “'Move It' @royalalberthall #2015 #cliffrichard”.
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Published video “Some People”.
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Published video “Cliff Richard - Move It (75th Birthday Concert, Royal Albert Hall, 14 Oct 2015)”.
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Published video “ダイナマイト”.
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Published video “オン・ザ・ビーチ”.
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Published video “リヴィング・ドール”.
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Published video “サマー・ホリデイ”.
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Published video “'Living Doll' #cliffrichard @60th Anniversary Tour, Manchester #2018”.
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Published video “Ocean Deep (2002 Remaster)”.
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Published video “Cliff Richard - Living Doll (60th Anniversary Tour, Manchester, 12 Oct 2018)”.
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Published video “ヤング・ワン”.
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Published video “ラッキー・リップス”.
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Published video “Summer Holiday”.
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Published video “'Some People' #cliffrichard #grosshilftklein #1987”.
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Published video “Cliff Richard - Some People (Gross hilft Klein, 05.09.1987)”.
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Daily Express: Cliff Richard sings and dances in superstar Wimbledon entrance after being deserted
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Published video “'Gee Whizz It's You' #cliffrichard @It's Cliff & Friends #1975”.
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Published video “Cliff Richard - Gee Whizz It's You (It's Cliff & Friends, 27th Dec 1975)”.
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Published video “'Lean On You' @Top Of The Pops #cliffrichard #topofthepops”.
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Published video “Cliff Richard - Lean On You (Top Of The Pops, 12th October 1989)”.
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2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: Cliff Richard reveals year-long prostate cancer treatment and backs screening call
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Yahoo: Singer Cliff Richard says he has been treated for prostate cancer
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The Guardian: ‘How am I still going?’: the everlasting appeal of Cliff Richard
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “Cliff with Strings - My Kinda Life”.
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The Guardian: Cliff Richard on Elvis Presley: ‘He sounded like he had secrets you needed to learn’
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2022· 5 entries
The Guardian: Mistletoe and grime: Stormzy beats Cliff Richard’s Christmas album to No 1
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The Guardian: Cliff Richard and Stormzy compete for No 1 in UK albums chart
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Released album “Christmas With Cliff”.
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The Guardian: Joy to the world: Cliff Richard to release new Christmas album
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The Guardian: TV tonight: Cliff Richard, Neil Fox and Paul Gambaccini on Operation Yewtree
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: Sir Cliff Richard is still king of the music calendar charts
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2020· 4 entries
The Guardian: I'll never get over police raid, says castaway Cliff Richard
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The Guardian: Cliff Richard becomes first artist to reach UK Top 5 across eight decades
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Released album “Music… The Air That I Breathe”.
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Richard released the album Music
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “Rise Up”.
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2016· 2 entries
The Sun: Sir Cliff Richard
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Released album “Just Fabulous Rock ’n’ Roll”.
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2015· 1 entry
“She was a very special person, and I have lost a very wonderful friend. I will miss her dearly.”
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “The Fabulous Rock ’n’ Roll Songbook”.
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Following another campaign, copyright on sound recordings was extended to 70 years after first publication to the public for works still in copyright at that point
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “Soulicious”.
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Digital station Absolute Radio '60s, dedicated to playing popular music from the 1960s, announced they would not be playing any of Richard's records because they said they did not fit "the cool sound
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The journalist Sam Leith wrote of Richard's lack of commercial support among radio stations: "His uncompromising Christianity, his clean-living ways, and his connoisseurship of the fruits of his Portuguese winery have ma
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2010· 4 entries
Released album “Bold as Brass”.
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Released album “Rote Lippen soll man küssen (Das Beste auf Deutsch)”.
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Aged 71, her brother Graham Wicks said that she had been "devastated" by Richard's decision to end their relationship, describing Richard as "a very pleasant man"
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“Being a pop singer I have to give up one priceless thing—the right to any lasting relationship with any special girl. I”
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2009· 4 entries
Released album “Reunited: 50th Anniversary”.
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“most radical rock-and-roll singer Britain has ever seen”
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Brought their partnership to an end with the golden anniversary concert tour of the UK
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Richard said he was the "most radical rock-and-roll singer Britain has ever seen" as he did not indulge in drugs or sexual promiscuity
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2008· 4 entries
“I seriously contemplated asking her to marry me, but in the end I realised that I didn”
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Richard's 51st year in the music business, the eight-CD box set And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music) was released
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Richard said of his relationship with Barker: "I seriously contemplated asking her to marry me, but in the end I realised that I didn't love her quite enough to commit the rest of my life to her
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In 2008, Richard said of his relationship with Barker: "I seriously contemplated asking her to marry me, but in the end I realised that I didn't love her quite enough to commit the rest of my life to her."
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Love… The Album”.
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Released album “Help It Along”.
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When my father was sick, we became very close." Richard's mother, Dorothy, died in October 2007, aged 87, after a decade with Alzheimer's disease.
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry (2006).
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Was another top 10 success for Richard and included newly recorded material with Brian May, Dionne Warwick, Anne Murray, Barry Gibb and Daniel O'Donnell, plus some previously recorded duets with artists such as Phil Ever
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “For Life”.
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2004· 4 entries
Released album “Something’s Goin On”.
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Released album “Het Beste Van Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “Tracks ’n Grooves”.
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Employing a writers' conclave to give him the pick of all new songs for the album Something's Goin' On
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Cliff at Christmas”.
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2001· 3 entries
Was Wanted, followed by another top ten album, Cliff at Christmas
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Released album “Wanted”.
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“John now spends most of his time looking after my properties, which means I don”
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1999· 1 entry
Controversy again arose regarding radio stations refusing to play his releases when EMI, Richard's label since 1958, refused to release his song, "The Millennium Prayer", having judged that the song did not have commerci
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1998· 3 entries
Chris Evans, the then breakfast show host on Virgin Radio, vowed he would never again play a record by Richard, stating that he was "too old"
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Richard demonstrated that radio stations were refusing to play his music when he released a dance remix of his forthcoming single "Can't Keep This Feeling In" on a white label record using the alias Blacknight
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Released album “Real as I Wanna Be”.
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1997· 1 entry
Richard said of the rock band Oasis: "It's just a shame that part of what gives them their kick is their self-destructive impulse
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1996· 3 entries
Led the Wimbledon Centre Court crowd in singing during a rain delay when asked by Wimbledon officials to entertain the crowd
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What the people outside think, I have no control over." Later in 1996, Richard said: "I'm aware of the rumours, but I am not gay." In 1997, he said: "People who are single shouldn't have to be second-class citizens—we needn't be embarrassed or feel guilty about it, we all have a role to play."
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Released album “Weihnachten mit Cliff Richard: The Classic 1980 Christmas Concert at Chichester”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Carols & Christmas Songs”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “The Hit List”.
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The compilation The Hit List was released; meanwhile in the background, Richard was concentrating on bringing the musical Heathcliff to the stage
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “The Album”.
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Bill Latham said of Richard's bachelor status: "His freedom has meant that he has been able to do much more than if he had a family
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1992· 4 entries
Released album “The EP Collections”.
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“Even if I got married tomorrow there would be a group of people who would believe what they wanted to believe. All that counts is what your family and friends know and they all trust and respect me. What the people outside think, I have no control over.”
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Released album “My Kinda Life: A Selection of 14 Great Songs 1992 Version”.
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Released album “22 Super Hits”.
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Together With Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “Seine großen Erfolge”.
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1990· 5 entries
“Firstly, it was the love of money (not money itself) that was the root of all evil. Secondly, to be good and responsible stewards of what was entrusted to us.”
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“Those of us who have something to offer have to be prepared to give all the time.”
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A live album titled From a Distance: The Event was released
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Released album “Best Now”.
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Released album “The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: Cliff Richard: 1958-1963”.
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1989· 8 entries
Released album “Stronger”.
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Released album “Unforgettable Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “The Definitive Rock & Roll Album, Volume 1”.
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Released album “The Kendrick Collection”.
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Released album “The Definitive Film and Musical Album”.
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Released album “The Definitive Love Album (Volume 4)”.
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Richard received the Brit Awards honour for "Outstanding Contribution"
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Released album “The Definitive Hit Album”.
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1988· 6 entries
Richard's nephew, Philip Harrison, spent the first four months of his life in a children's hospital suffering from serious breathing problems
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Released album “Private Collection, 1979–1988”.
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“At the time when I and many of us were in love with Olivia she was engaged to someone else. I”
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Released album “Die Story 1983-1987 und seine deutschen Hits”.
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With "Mistletoe and Wine", while simultaneously holding the No
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Released album “30 Years of Hits”.
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1987· 4 entries
Released album “Always Guaranteed”.
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Released album “Rock On With Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “The Best Of”.
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Released album “Remember Me”.
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1986· 2 entries
Released album “From the Heart”.
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After Richard's romance with Barker had ended and she began dating tennis player Stephen Shaw, Richard said that he was still a friend of Barker
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Dynamite”.
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1984· 3 entries
Released album “20 Original Greats”.
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Released album “The Best of Cliff Richard and the Shadows”.
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Released album “The Rock Connection”.
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1983· 4 entries
He said: "I'm seeing Sue, the only girl I want to see at the moment and if marriage comes on the horizon, I shall relish it." In September 1983, Richard said that he had no immediate plans to marry Barker.
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In an interview in February 1983, Richard spoke of the possibility of marriage with her.
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Released album “Give a Little Bit More”.
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Released album “Silver”.
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1982· 6 entries
In 1982, Richard described them as his "second family".
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Released album “The History of Rock, Volume Five”.
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Richard first met Barker in 1982, when she was aged 25.
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Released album “Now You See Me… Now You Don’t”.
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Richard described them as his "second family"
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Released album “His Greatest Love‐Hits”.
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Love Songs”.
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Released album “Wired for Sound”.
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1980· 5 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1980).
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Released album “Move It: Seine besten Songs”.
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"Carrie" broke into the US top 40, followed by "Dreamin'", which reached No
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Richard officially changed his name, by deed poll, from Harry Rodger Webb to Cliff Richard
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Released album “I’m No Hero”.
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1979· 7 entries
Released album “Rock ’n’ Roll Juvenile”.
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Richard teamed up again with producer Bruce Welch for the pop single "We Don't Talk Anymore", written by Alan Tarney, which hit No
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Richard performed with Kate Bush at the London Symphony Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebration at the Royal Albert Hall
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Richard finally began to receive some extended success in the United States to follow on from the success of "Devil Woman" in 1976
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Released album “20 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits”.
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Released album “Thank You Very Much”.
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Released album “We Don’t Talk Anymore”.
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “Green Light”.
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “40 Golden Greats”.
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Released album “Small Corners”.
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Released album “Every Face Tells a Story”.
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1976· 2 entries
Released album “I’m Nearly Famous”.
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The decision was made to repackage Richard as a rock performer
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1975· 1 entry
Released the single "Honky Tonk Angel", produced by Hank Marvin and John Farrar, oblivious to its connotations or hidden meanings
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1974· 1 entry
Released album “The 31st of February Street”.
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1973· 3 entries
Sang the British Eurovision entry "Power to All Our Friends", the song finished third close behind Luxembourg's "Tu te reconnaîtras" by Anne-Marie David and Spain's "Eres tú" by Mocedades
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Released album “Power to All Our Friends”.
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Released album “Take Me High”.
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1972· 4 entries
Released album “The Best of Cliff, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The Cliff Richard Story”.
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Made a short BBC television comedy film called The Case with appearances from comedians and his first ever duets with a woman — Olivia Newton-John
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Released album “Live!”.
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “Four Sides Of Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “Ich träume deine Träume”.
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1970· 2 entries
1971 and 1972 as part of his BBCTV variety series
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Released album “About That Man”.
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1969· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of Cliff”.
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Released album “Sincerely”.
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Released album “Hier ist Cliff”.
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1968· 4 entries
Released album “Established 1958”.
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Richard sang the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, "Congratulations", written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; it finished second, however, by one point to Spain's "La La La" by Massiel
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Released album “Two a Penny”.
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Richard continued to record
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1967· 4 entries
Released album “Good News”.
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Released album “Cinderella”.
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Released album “Don’t Stop Me Now”.
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Released album “Cliff Richard”.
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1966· 2 entries
Released album “Finders Keepers”.
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Released album “Kinda’ Latin”.
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1965· 3 entries
Released album “When in Rome”.
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Released album “Love Is Forever”.
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Sessions under the direction of Billy Sherrill in Nashville, Tennessee were particularly successful, yielding "The Minute You're Gone", which topped the UK singles chart, and "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)", which made No
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1964· 1 entry
Became an active evangelical Christian and his faith is an important aspect of his life
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1963· 2 entries
Released album “Cliff’s Hit Album”.
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Released album “When in Spain…”.
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1962· 2 entries
Released album “32 Minutes and 17 Seconds With Cliff Richard”.
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Released album “When In Spain.../Kinda Latin”.
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1961· 8 entries
Released album “21 Today”.
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Released album “Listen to Cliff”.
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And 1962, respectively, and later had their own chart successes for Decca
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Aged 56, which greatly affected Richard
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Richard's father, Rodger Webb, died in 1961, aged 56, which greatly affected Richard.
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And he continued to release one or two per year, including covers of "It's All in the Game" in 1963 and "Constantly" in 1964, a revival of the popular Italian hit "L'edera"
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EMI records organised Richard's 21st birthday party at its London headquarters in Manchester Square led by his producer Norrie Paramor
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“My father died very young. He missed the best parts of my career. When my father was sick, we became very close.”
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1960· 3 entries
To "The Minute You're Gone" in 1965, which, to date, is still a record number of consecutive top ten UK hits for a male artist
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Released album “Me and My Shadows”.
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Toured the United States and were well received, but lacklustre support and distribution from a revolving door of American record labels proved an obstacle to long-term success there, despite several chart records b
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1959· 2 entries
Released album “Cliff Sings”.
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The Shadows (then still the Drifters) landed an EMI recording contract of their own, for independent recordings
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1958· 1 entry
Adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters"
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1957· 1 entry
Formed the school vocal harmony group The Quintones, before singing in the Dick Teague Skiffle Group
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1949· 1 entry
His father obtained employment in the credit control office of Thorn Electrical Industries, Enfield, and the family moved in with other relatives in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, where he attended Kings Road Junior Mixed
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1948· 1 entry
Following Indian independence, the family embarked on a three-week sea voyage to Tilbury, Essex, England, aboard the SS Ranchi
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-10-14.
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