Cliff Richard

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 215 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the thirdtopselling 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 preBeatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s His 1958 hit single Move It is often described as Britains 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 middleoftheroad 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 1950s2000s 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 Saviours Day Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide making him one of the bestselling music artists of all time He has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles including the millionselling Devil Woman and We Dont 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 Georges 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 greatgrandmother who was of half Welsh and half Spanish descent born of a Spanish greatgreatgrandmother named Emiline Joseph Rebeiro Source Article Cliff Richard from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30