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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82238
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Filmography (Movies)
Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2023
Cliff at Christmas
Character:Self
Release Date:17/12/2022
If These Walls Could Sing
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2022
The Accused: National Treasures on Trial
Character:Self
Release Date:24/08/2022
Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/2021
Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/2020
The BRITs at 40
Character:Self
Release Date:11/02/2020
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
Character:Self
Release Date:19/07/2019
Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Concert
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Release Date:12/07/2018
Our Cilla
Character:Self
Release Date:25/12/2015
... Sings Dylan II
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/11/2015
Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2013
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
Character:Self
Release Date:17/05/2013
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
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Release Date:01/01/2013
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:03/06/2012
Run For Your Wife
Character:Busker
Release Date:16/05/2012
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2011
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2011
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/2011
Året var 1961
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/2011
Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2010
Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion
Character:Self - vocals
Release Date:09/11/2009
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/2009
Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2009
It Started with Swap Shop
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:28/12/2006
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2006
Doctor Who: Origins
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/01/2006
Tour d'Eurovision
Character:Self
Release Date:14/05/2005
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:22/11/2004
Live Aid
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2004
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/2004
Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live
Character:Self - Guest Appearance
Release Date:19/04/2004
The Downing Street Patient
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/02/2004
Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:24/03/2003
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Character:Self - Performer 'Living Doll'
Release Date:03/06/2002
An Audience with Des O'Connor
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2001
An Audience with Cliff Richard
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/1999
Heathcliff
Character:Heathcliff
Release Date:01/10/1999
Cliff Richard: The Hitlist Live
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1994
Farewell, FAB 208
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Release Date:24/03/1992
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1992
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1990
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Character:Self
Release Date:19/06/1987
Live Aid
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/1985
Blue Suede Shoes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/09/1980
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/1980
Take Me High
Character:Tim Matthews
Release Date:07/12/1973
The Case
Character:Cliff
Release Date:02/09/1972
His Land
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/1970
A Matter of Diamonds
Character:Riley Walker
Release Date:01/04/1968
Two a Penny
Character:Jamie Hopkins
Release Date:31/12/1967
Thunderbirds Are GO
Character:Cliff Richard Jr. (voice)
Release Date:15/12/1966
Finders Keepers
Character:Cliff
Release Date:08/12/1966
Rhythm 'n' Greens
Character:King Canute (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1964
Wonderful Life
Character:Johnnie
Release Date:03/06/1964
Summer Holiday
Character:Don
Release Date:18/02/1963
The Young Ones
Character:Nicholas 'Nicky' Black
Release Date:19/12/1961
Expresso Bongo
Character:Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
Release Date:01/12/1959
Serious Charge
Character:Curley Thompson
Release Date:30/04/1959
Television Appearances
Simon Schama's Story of Us
Character:Self - Interviewed Guest
The Story of Musicals
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OK! TV
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CelebAir
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Movie Connections
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
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Blair: The Inside Story
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The Graham Norton Show
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The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
The One Show
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The Story of Light Entertainment
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The Queen at 80
Character:Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
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Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Character:Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
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Die ultimative Chartshow
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Top Gear
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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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Jukebox Heroes
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Starnacht am Wörthersee
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Loose Women
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Classic Albums
Character:Self
The Frank Skinner Show
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Zona+
Character:Próprio
Brisant
Character:Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
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Die Mike Krüger Show
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Musik liegt in der Luft
Character:Self - Singer
DAS!
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Hallo, wie geht's
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Flitterabend
Character:Self - Singer
Going Live!
Character:Self
The Dame Edna Experience
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Sacrée Soirée
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Obs 86 - Show
Character:Sig selv
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
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Goldener Löwe
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Wogan
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Champs-Elysées
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Wetten, dass..?
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Astro-Show
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Solid Gold
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Verstehen Sie Spaß?
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The Cannon & Ball Show
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The Kenny Everett Video Show
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Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
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An Audience with...
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Plattenküche
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Seaside Special
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Système 2
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Musikladen
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Disco
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Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
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Starparade
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Cilla
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Europarty
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Soeben eingetroffen
Character:self
Der goldene Schuß
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Die Drehscheibe
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Einer wird gewinnen
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Top of the Pops
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Top of the Pops
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The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Musik aus Studio B
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Oh Boy!
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Eurovision Song Contest
Character:Self - United Kingdom Entry
The Liberace Show
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
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