| Code | DS/UK/14 |
| Name | Richard; Sir; Cliff (14 October 1940); OBE; British singer, actor and philanthropist |
| Variations of Name | Harry Rodger Webb |
| Alias | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| Dates | 14 October 1940 |
| Gender | Male |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Lucknow, United Provinces, British India (born) |
| Relationships | Son of Rodger Oscar Webb (catering manager for contractor that serviced Indian Railways) and Dorothy Marie Dazely. 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.
Former partner of Delia Wicks (Australian dancer), Una Stubbs (English actress), Jackie Irving (dancer), Sue Barker (tennis player) |
| Biography | Sir Cliff Richard OBE is a British singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 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 Elvis Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard 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 opinion of John Lennon of the Beatles, "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music". Increased focus on his Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music. |