"the Beatles, but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America. Richard and the Shadows appeared in six feature films including a debut in the 1959 film ""Serious Charge"" but most notably in ""The Young Ones"", ""Summer Holiday"", ""Wonderful Life"", and ""Finders Keepers"". These films created their own genre, known as the ""Cliff Richard musical"", and led to Richard being named the No. 1 cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963, beating that of even James Bond. The title song of ""The Young Ones"" became his biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom,"
"formation of the charity Comic Relief provided an unusual song from Cliff Richard, a singer with several huge hits in the 1950s and '60s. He teamed up with the cast of the popular sitcom The Young Ones (itself named after a Richard song) for a new version of his 1959 single ""Living Doll"", half sung by Richard and half shouted by the Young Ones cast. With proceeds going to the charity, it reached number one for three weeks and was Richard's first number 1 of the decade. Another novelty number one was ""The Chicken Song"", sung by the cast of"
"Stroud - Bass GuitarMike Haughton & Mark Taylor - SaxophonesPete Beachill - Trombone Mick Mullins, Keith Murrell & Peter Lincoln - Backing SingersClaudia Fontaine, Fay Simpson, Chris Ballin & Paul Johnson - Additional Backing Singers 40th Anniversary Tour The 40th Anniversary Tour was a Cliff Richard worldwide tour that reinforced his status as a music icon, in conjunction with promoting associated new release album ""Real As I Wanna Be"" and performing songs from his 40-year career. The 1998-1999 arena- tour included shows in UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia / New Zealand. For the performances in the latter two countries some"
"Richard reached number 2 in the charts with ""Move It"". British impresario Larry Parnes fashioned young singers to the new trend, giving them corny names such as Billy Fury, Marty Wilde and Vince Eager. At the same time, TV shows such as ""Six-Five Special"" and ""Oh Boy!"", both produced by Jack Good, promoted the careers of British rock and rollers like Marty Wilde and Adam Faith. Cliff Richard and his backing band The Drifters, who quickly changed their name to The Shadows, were the most successful home grown rock and roll based acts of the era. Other leading acts included"
"to appear, including Wee Willie Harris and Tommy Steele. During this period American Rock and Roll remained dominant; however, in 1958 Britain produced its first ""authentic"" rock and roll song and star, when Cliff Richard reached number 2 in the charts with ""Move It"". At the same time, TV shows such as ""Six-Five Special"" and ""Oh Boy!"" promoted the careers of British rock and rollers like Marty Wilde and Adam Faith. Cliff Richard and his backing band, the Shadows, were the most successful home grown rock and roll based acts of the era. Other leading acts included Billy Fury, Joe"
"the greatest commercial success for male and white performers, in this era the genre was dominated by black and female artists. Rock and roll had not disappeared at the end of the 1950s and some of its energy can be seen in the Twist dance craze of the early 1960s, mainly benefiting the career of Chubby Checker. Cliff Richard had the first British rock and roll hit with ""Move It"", effectively ushering in the sound of British rock. At the start of the 1960s, his backing group the Shadows was the most successful group recording instrumentals. While rock 'n' roll"
"Have a Dream"" speech of 1963. ""Lightning Tree"" was re-released by Decca in 1974 as ""The World of the Settlers"" . As has often been the case with sole female members of bands, Cindy Kent (like Judith Durham of the Seekers) attracted her own share of attention. No doubt this was due in part to her fine singing voice, photogenic good looks, and tendency to wear mini-skirts. But her public espousal of Christianity brought her into contact with the singer Cliff Richard, a prominent born again Christian, and they both contributed to various events with a Christian theme. Kent worked"
"support it needs."" Author and rock music critic Tony Parsons has said: ""If you don't like at least some Cliff Richard, then you don't like pop music"". Musician Sting has also defended Richard, stating: ""Cliff Richard is in my opinion one of Britain's finest singers technically and emotionally."" Richard's father, Rodger Webb, died in 1961, aged 56. The death of his father at a young age had a great impact on Richard. He later said: ""My father died very young. He missed the best parts of my career. When my father was sick, we became very close."" Richard's mother, Dorothy,"
"selling over one million copies in the UK. The irreverent 1980s TV sitcom ""The Young Ones"" took its name from Richard's 1962 film. In mid-1963, Cliff and the Shadows appeared for a season in Blackpool, where Richard had his portrait modelled by Victor Heyfron. As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the advent of the Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. He continued to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, though not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the"
"Peek, Spencer and Tarney formed the Kevin Peek Trio as a jazz group and relocated to the United Kingdom in the following year. In 1969 Terry Britten (ex-the Hurricanes, The Twilights, when living in Adelaide) joined the trio on guitar, in London, to form Quartet, which released two singles, ""Now"" (December 1969) and ""Joseph"" (May 1970) on the Decca label and recorded a 13-track unreleased album. The group disbanded later that year. In 1973 Britten, Spencer, Tarney and Australian-born John Farrar (ex-the Strangers) on lead guitar, were the backing band for Cliff Richard on his Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry,"
"London in 1958 for the final of a talent competition. Although they did not win, they joined with members of other entrant bands and formed the Five Chesternuts with Pete Chester (born 1942), son of comedian Charlie Chester on drums. On moving to London, Bruce and Hank Marvin briefly operated as the Geordie Boys before enlisting in an outfit called the Drifters. In September 1958 Welch and Marvin joined the Drifters, later to become the Shadows, as Cliff Richard's backing band. As well as success with the Shadows, Welch also acted as producer for (among others) Cliff Richard and songwriter"
"drums. Their range covers pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. The core members since 1958 have been Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. Along with the Fender guitar, another cornerstone of the Shadows sound was the Vox amplifier. The Shadows, with Cliff Richard, dominated British popular music in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the years before the Beatles. The Shadows' number one hits included ""Apache"", ""Kon-Tiki"", ""Wonderful Land"", ""Foot Tapper"" and ""Dance On!"". Although they lost ground in the late '60s, the band had a second success from the late '70s. The Shadows are the"
"career until the mid-1960s, in which the Shadows and the Norrie Paramor orchestra would alternately share backing duties. The back cover of the album states that it was at the suggestion of the album's recording engineer, Malcolm Addy, that influenced Norrie Paramor to alternate Richard's backing between the Shadows and the string orchestra for this album. Tony Meehan from the Shadows was the session drummer for all tracks backed by the orchestra on this album. While backing duties were shared equally on this album, Richard's next album, ""Me and My Shadows"", would be backed entirely by the Shadows, while its"
"successful than the American version of the genre at the time, and made very little international or lasting impact. However, it was important in establishing British youth and popular music culture and was a key factor in subsequent developments that led to the British Invasion of the mid-1960s. Since the 1960s some stars of the genre, most notably Cliff Richard, have managed to sustain very successful pop careers and there have been periodic revivals of this form of music. In the late 1950s, a flourishing culture of groups began to emerge, often out of the declining skiffle scene, in major"
"Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers are a 1960s British rhythm and blues, soul and beat group who had two Top 10 hits with ""One Way Love"" (#9 UK, 1964) and ""Got to Get You into My Life"" (#6 UK, 1966). Well-known members include Bennett himself (vocals, born Clifford Bennett, 4 June 1940, Slough, Berkshire, England) Chas Hodges (keyboards, bass, born Charles Nicholas Hodges, 28 December 1943, Edmonton, North London, England), Mick Burt (drums, born Michael William Burt, 23 August 1938, Middlesex, England) and Nicky Hopkins (piano, born Nicholas Christian Hopkins, 24 February 1944,"
"Hank Marvin, Jet Harris, Bruce Welch, and Tony Meehan rose to fame as The Shadows, the backing act of Cliff Richard. They went on to achieve individual success with ""Apache"" and in 1961 released their first EP consisting of ""four new offerings"". None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK. All the tracks featured on the 1961 South African album ""Rockin' Guitars"", and the 1963 French album ""Hurrah! For The Shadows"" . However, the tracks did not feature on a UK album until ""Mustang"" was released under the Music for Pleasure label in 1971. They also all"
"to combine a bluesy rock and roll riff with respectable lyrics and attitude. The success of ""Move It"" was partly due to an appearance on Independent Television's ""Oh Boy!"" (1958–9). This followed the BBC's tentative first attempt at youth music programming, ""Six-Five Special"" (1957–58), with a much more music-orientated show that did much to promote the careers of British rock and rollers like Marty Wilde, Johnny Gentle, Vince Eager, Adam Faith and Duffy Power. These and other British acts had a series of hits in the late 1950s. Cliff Richard, and as instrumental artists his new backing band The Shadows,"
"backing Cliff Richard and playing with The Echoes behind John Rowles. Stone also toured in the backing band for comedians Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, which he considers one of the enjoyable moments of his career. Bridgford joined the Bee Gees (replacing Colin Petersen) while Williams teamed up with female vocal trio, The Cookies (also managed by Spry) to become The Spirit of Progress and toured the UK. Later on he joined The Mixtures and toured Europe and Australia. Harris became an arranger and producer in Australia from the mid-1970s. His credits include Sherbet (he orchestrated their single ""Cassandra"" and"
"3 Ampeg SVT-810E cabinets with 2 SVT-4PRO Heads, but if there was any interference with the wireless systems, he used cables in his live performances. Cliff Williams Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is a retired English musician who was a member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC as their bassist and backing vocalist from 1977 to 2016. He had started his professional music career in 1967 and was previously in the British groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with AC/DC was ""Powerage"" in 1978. The band, including Williams, was inducted into the American Rock and Roll"
"40th Anniversary Tour The 40th Anniversary Tour was a Cliff Richard worldwide tour that reinforced his status as a music icon, in conjunction with promoting associated new release album ""Real As I Wanna Be"" and performing songs from his 40-year career. The 1998-1999 arena- tour included shows in UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia / New Zealand. For the performances in the latter two countries some special guests were also lined up. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Conducted By Nick Ingman Barratt Waugh & Michelle Wolf, Guest Singers Alan Park - KeyboardsPeter May - Drums & Percussion John Clark - GuitarsSteve"
"number 6), ""The Night Has A Thousand Eyes"" (1963, US number 3; UK number 3) and ""Come Back When You Grow Up"" (1967, US number 3). On the recording of ""Come Back When You Grow Up"" Bobby Vee and The Strangers are credited. However, that was merely the record label giving a name to the studio musicians working that day. Bobby's original band, The Shadows, backed him on the road, but changed their name to The Strangers upon learning of the UK band The Shadows who backed Cliff Richard. They had not backed him since 1963. He also recorded, in"
"most notably Cliff Richard, have managed to sustain successful careers and there have been periodic revivals of this form of music. In the 1950s, Britain was well placed to receive American rock and roll music and culture. It shared a common language, had been exposed to American culture through the stationing of American troops in the country, and, although not enjoying the same economic prosperity as the US, had many similar social developments, not least of which was the emergence of distinct youth leisure activities and sub-cultures. This was most evident in the rise of the Teddy Boys among working-class"
"charts. The rest of their singles were not released in the U.S. Misty Browning, from Texas, replaced Viola Billups in 1972. Viola Billups embarked on a solo career as Vie and as Pearly Gates. Browning was followed by Loretta Noble. During 1972, the group were the resident vocal band on the long running BBC TV series ""It's Cliff Richard"", backing Cliff Richard on various numbers, performing their own songs and supporting other guests on the show. Throughout the 1970s the Flirtations released material on various labels. Polydor titles in 1971 and 1972 included ""Little Darling (I Need You)"", ""Take Me"
"Cliff Williams Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is a retired English musician who was a member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC as their bassist and backing vocalist from 1977 to 2016. He had started his professional music career in 1967 and was previously in the British groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with AC/DC was ""Powerage"" in 1978. The band, including Williams, was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Williams' side projects, while a member of AC/DC, include benefit concerts and playing with Emir & Frozen Camels on their"
"passion of a Clifford Brown - a direction he would take increasingly throughout the late-1960s and 1970s. He figures by and large among the top ranks of hardbop titans of the time, although he never managed a commercial breakthrough like many of his colleagues such as Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. With Brass Company With Dave Bailey With Art Blakey With Walter Bishop Jr With Junior Cook With Lou Donaldson With Charles Earland With Curtis Fuller With Charles Earland With Benny Golson With Eddie Jefferson With Ronnie Mathews With Jackie McLean With Jimmy McGriff With Charles Mingus With"
"by Cliff Richard on their only UK tour. Their second single, ""Forget Me Not,"" reached Number 12 in the US Billboard chart later in 1958. After two further low-ranking entries in 1959, they never reached the charts again. Herbert Kalin was married and had four children, Suzan Lynn, Kelly Lee, Buddy Ladd, and Jonathan Ray. Eventually, disillusioned with diminishing returns, the brothers returned to their day jobs, with each pursuing college degrees. They did not perform again until 1977, when a mutual friend booked them to appear at his new nightclub. Sometimes they performed with their younger sibling, Jack, and"
"along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early 1960s, his hits were consistently in the top five. In 1961, EMI records organised Richard's 21st birthday party at its London headquarters in Manchester Square led by his producer Norrie Paramor. Photographs of the celebrations were incorporated into Richard's next album ""21 Today"" in which Tony Meehan joined in despite, then, having very recently left the Shadows to be replaced by Brian Bennett. Typically, the Shadows closed the first half of the show with a 30-minute set of their own, then backed Richard on his show-closing 45-minute"
"Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney. The team supplied Donna Summer with her most successful hit single since the 1970s with This Time I Know It's for Real and Cliff Richard's No. 3 I Just Don't Have the Heart. SAW also gave 18-year-old singer Sonia a debut No. 1 with You'll Never Stop Me Loving You. Stock became the first person to receive the Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year' three times in a row between 1988 and 1990. In 1990 SAW picked up three ""Ivors"": for 'Songwriter of the Year', 'Most Performed Work' for Donna Summer's 'This Time"
"Richards and Cliff Richard's self-promotional techniques, such as Queen's playing in apartheid South Africa. Following a slew of Live Aid-style promotions, sequels and events and the death of Mercury, it was re-written in the 1990s as ""Slag Aid"", retaining most of the original lyrics. The version of it released on the live album ""Showbusiness!"" also references McCartney, but adds Axl Rose, Michael Jackson and Johnny Rotten as more modern examples. Band Members Additional Personnel Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records is the debut studio album by British band Chumbawamba, released in 1986 on Agit-Prop"
"combination of the American situation, Cliff Richard's runaway success (""Living Doll"" had by now sold over a million copies in Britain alone) and a bit of nudging from Norrie Paramor, we set about finding a permanent name, which arrived out of the blue one summer's day in July 1959 (maybe the 19th). When Hank Marvin and Jet Harris took off on their scooters up to the Six Bells pub at Ruislip, Jet hit upon a name straight away. 'What about the Shadows?' The lad was a genius! So we became the Shadows for the first time on Cliff's sixth single"
"Mighty Man"" and ""Oh, Boy!"". He was soon employed backing a number of singers, reportedly including Gene Vincent and Conway Twitty while they were in England. In 1958 Johnny Foster sought to recruit Sheridan as a guitar player in Cliff Richard's backing band (soon renamed the Shadows), but after failing to find him at the 2i's Coffee Bar opted for another guitarist who was there, Hank Marvin. Early in 1960, he performed in a tour of the UK, along with Vincent and Eddie Cochran. On 16 April, Vincent and Cochran rebuffed his request to ride along with them to the"
"the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, ""High Class Baby"" and ""Livin' Lovin' Doll"", were followed by ""Mean Streak"", which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and Lionel Bart's ""Living Doll"". It was on ""Living Doll"" that the Drifters began to back Richard on record. It was his fifth record and became his first No. 1 single. By that time, the group's line-up had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name to ""The Shadows"" after legal complications with"
"singles sold enough for Fontana to grant them an album release in 1961 followed by a second the next year. The band in total released four singles and one EP with Dave Sampson on Columbia Records and five singles (one uncredited) plus two albums on Fontana between 1960 and 1964. The Dutch rock band Golden Earring was named after their single ""Golden Earrings"". The band also appeared behind Cliff Richard (a contemporary from Cheshunt) as The Shadows, when the latter were unavailable due to a car accident, including an appearance on the ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" TV show"