
Cliff Richard
Biography
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.
Acting (52 movies)

Finders Keepers
1966

Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
2004

Summer Holiday
1963

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002

Live Aid
1985

The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010

Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event
2009

Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall
2021

Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion
2009

Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass
2010

The BRITs at 40
2020

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012

Expresso Bongo
1959

The Young Ones
1961

Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live
2004

It Started with Swap Shop
2006

Run For Your Wife
2012

Take Me High
1973

Two a Penny
1967

Serious Charge
1959

Wonderful Life
1964

Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House
2013

Heathcliff
1999

Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023
2023

Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert
2003

The Accused: National Treasures on Trial
2022

His Land
1970

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992

Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
2019

Cliff at Christmas
2022

If These Walls Could Sing
2022

Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC
2020

Our Cilla
2015

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980

Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990

Doctor Who: Origins
2006

Thunderbirds Are GO
1966

Live Aid
2004

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
2011

Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
2012

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion
2009

Farewell, FAB 208
1992

The Downing Street Patient
2004

An Audience with Des O'Connor
2001

Året var 1961
2010

Rhythm 'n' Greens
1964

... Sings Dylan II
2015

Cliff Richard: The Hitlist Live
1994

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006

Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Concert
2018
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Heathcliff | 1999 | Writer |