1964–1975: Changing circumstances
As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the U.S. market; he was not considered part of the British Invasion, despite four Hot 100 hits (including the top 25 "It's All In The Game") between August 1963 and August 1964, and the U.S. public had little awareness of him. However, he continued having international hits, including 1967's "The Day I Met Marie", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the Australian charts, and is considered a quintessential summer hit, due to its summery nature.
Although baptised as an Anglican Christian, Richard did not appear to practise the faith in his early years. However, in 1964, he became an active C
More about Cliff Richard (From Wikipedia)
1940–1958: Childhood
Cliff Richard was born at the King George Hospital, Victoria Street, Lucknow, British India in 1940 to Roger Oscar, a steward, and Dorothy Marie (born Dazely) Webb. He was christened read more...
1958–1963: Success And Stardom
Beginning as a member of a skiffle group, Harry Webb became lead singer of the rock and roll group, the Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before read more...
1964–1975: Changing Circumstances
As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity read more...
1976–1994: Comeback
In 1976 the decision was made to repackage Cliff Richard as a "rock" artist. That year he produced the landmark album I'm Nearly Famous, which included the successful but controversial read more...
1995: Sir Cliff
Cliff Richard was knighted on 25 October 1995, the first rock star to be so honoured. (Bob Geldof had received his honorary knighthood a full nine years earlier, but as a non-British read more...
"The Most Radical Rock Star Ever"
Cliff Richard openly complains about the lack of commercial support he receives from radio stations and record labels. He spoke about this on the Alan Titchmarsh Show on ITV in December read more...
Entrepreneur
Richard has become joint owner of the Arora International Hotel in Manchester, which opened in June 2004. He also owns property in the Algarve, Portugal, where he is involved in read more...
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman.
With his backing band The Shadows, Richard dominated the British read more...