What is or was the name of Cliff Richard's backing group
"Richard. Formed as a backing band for Cliff Richard under the name The Drifters, the original members were founder Ken Pavey (born 1932), Terry Smart on drums (1942), Norman Mitham on guitar (1941), Ian Samwell on guitar and Harry Webb (before he became Cliff Richard) on guitar and vocals. They had no bass player. Samwell wrote the first hit, ""Move It"", often mistakenly attributed to ""Cliff Richard and the Shadows"". Initially, Norrie Paramor wanted to record using only studio musicians but after persuasion he allowed Smart and Samwell to play as well. Two session players, guitarist Ernie Shear and bassist"
"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"
"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,"
"Cliff (album) Cliff is the debut album by British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters (later known as the Shadows). The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of their early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans. It was recorded over two nights during February 1959 in Studio 2 at EMI Recording Studios (later known as Abbey Road Studios) with Norrie Paramor as producer. The album contains renderings of Richard's hit single ""Move It"", both tracks of the yet to be released Drifters' instrumental single ""Jet Black"" and ""Driftin'"" and covers of rock"
"aid or development work at the time. The money was distributed to support existing aid agencies, before the EA launched an entirely new organisation. Originally named The Evangelical Alliance Relief Fund Committee,this was later abbreviated to the acronym TEAR Fund, before finally changing to Tearfund. The charity was initially headed by former curate, George Hoffman, who was also one of its founders. TEAR fund was launched in 1968 and officially registered as a charity in 1973. Cliff Richard was an early supporter of Tearfund, travelling overseas to publicise their work and raising £300,000 for the charity through a series 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"
"Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard and subsequently for Marvin, Welch & Farrar. Many leading British and Canadian rock guitarists cite Marvin as an influence. Hank Marvin was born Brian Robson Rankin in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. As a child, he played banjo and piano. After hearing Buddy Holly, he decided to learn the guitar. He chose his stage name while launching"
"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"
"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"
"his career. It is an amalgamation of his childhood nickname, Hank, which he used to differentiate himself from friends also named Brian, and Marvin Rainwater, the country and rockabilly singer. Sixteen-year-old Marvin and his Rutherford Grammar School friend, Bruce Welch, met Johnny Foster, Cliff Richard's manager, at The 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, London. Foster was looking for a guitarist for Cliff Richard's UK tour and was considering Tony Sheridan. Instead he offered Marvin the position. Marvin joined the Drifters, as Cliff Richard's group was then known, provided there was a place for Welch. Marvin met Richard for the first"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"Mo McCafferty went on to have successful careers as backing vocalists. Believe It or Not (album) Believe it or Not is the title of the fourth and final album by the Christian trio Nutshell. This was the second album featuring Annie McCaig and Mo McCafferty. A ""Best of Nutshell"" compilation was released in 1981, featuring songs form all four of the group's albums. The final song on the album, ""Thief in the Night"", was later recorded by Cliff Richard. Paul Field went on to have a successful career as a singer-songwriter, but particularly as a songwriter. Cliff Richard recorded a"
"album ""San"" (2002) and a European tour. In 2016, Williams announced his retirement from the music industry after AC/DC's Rock or Bust World Tour. Clifford Williams was born on 14 December 1949 in Romford, Essex, on the outskirts of London. The Williams family moved to Hoylake, near Liverpool, in 1961, where he was influenced by the local Merseybeat movement and decided to become a rock musician. At the age of 13, he and some friends formed a band. Williams has listed The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and blues musicians such as Bo Diddley as influences for his style."
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"and Sir Cliff Richard. They previously appeared in the Night of the Proms in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2007 with Chic, Macy Gray and Donna Summer. Kid Creole and the Coconuts Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, and Calloway styles and conceptually inspired by the big band era. The Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists/dancers whose lineup has changed throughout the years. Thomas August Darnell"
"we can do that. If these guys from England can come out and play rock 'n' roll, we can do it. We bought Beatle wigs. We went to the drama store, and I guess they were Three Stooges wigs at that time."" Doug Clifford Douglas Ray ""Cosmo"" Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. After the group dissolved in the early 1970s, Clifford released a solo album and later joined CCR bassist Stu Cook in the Don Harrison Band. In 1995, Clifford and Cook formed the band Creedence"
"guitarist Mack Hagood, and drummer Ned Folkerth. Throughout its career, the band has garnered considerable critical acclaim from outlets such as Pitchfork Media, NPR radio, One Times One, The ""Orlando Weekly"", Paste Magazine, and others. A few months after the release of ""Beneath Confederate Lake"", Richard enrolled in law school, and the group went on hiatus. Richard was working as a lawyer in the music industry. Pinetop Seven Pinetop Seven is an American band from Chicago, Illinois. The group initially revolved around three core members, supplemented by instruments such as double bass, accordion, slide guitar, banjo, and mandolin; more recent"
"Believe It or Not (album) Believe it or Not is the title of the fourth and final album by the Christian trio Nutshell. This was the second album featuring Annie McCaig and Mo McCafferty. A ""Best of Nutshell"" compilation was released in 1981, featuring songs form all four of the group's albums. The final song on the album, ""Thief in the Night"", was later recorded by Cliff Richard. Paul Field went on to have a successful career as a singer-songwriter, but particularly as a songwriter. Cliff Richard recorded a number of his songs, including The Millennium Prayer. Annie McCaig and"
"hits, especially from 1961 to 1965. Canadian guitarists Randy Bachman and Neil Young credit Marvin as influential, Young penning the song ""From Hank to Hendrix"" on his Harvest Moon album in partial tribute. Marvin also played guitar on the following tracks of library music recorded for Bruton Music: (V) – Vocal Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard and subsequently for Marvin, Welch"
"Support. During their set they were joined on stage by former Radio One DJ Mike Read, who performed the Cliff Richard hit ""The Young Ones"" with the group. In March 2014 they performed a special 10th Anniversary concert at The Bedford music venue in London. They were joined on stage by Tony Moore of the Cutting Crew who performed his group's million-selling hit ""(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight"" with MP4. On 18 June 2014, at a band performance they were awarded a commemorative disc by the British music industry in recognition of their charitable fund raising, having raised"
"Cliff – The Musical Cliff – The Musical was a musical based on the life of Sir Cliff Richard which was staged at The Prince of Wales Theatre, London from 17 March 2003 to June 2003. The show was written by Mike Read and Trevor Payne, with Payne directing. Four performers played the part of Richard. The show was not well received by the critics with Rhoda Koenig writing in The Independent: """"The high point is 'pants'"" referring to the final number, in which each of the four Cliffs ""tosses a pair of unworn white boxer shorts to the screaming"
"Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival (often referred to as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as The Blue Velvets, then as The Golliwogs. Their musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock. They played in a Southern rock style, despite their San Francisco Bay Area origin, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River,"
"Doug Clifford Douglas Ray ""Cosmo"" Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. After the group dissolved in the early 1970s, Clifford released a solo album and later joined CCR bassist Stu Cook in the Don Harrison Band. In 1995, Clifford and Cook formed the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited, performing live versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs. An early influence on Clifford's playing was The Beatles, with their appearance on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" in February 1964 being of particular significance. ""They were a quartet and we said, wow,"
"the group Jet Harris and Tony Meehan to perform 'Move It' with him and his band. On 30 June 1990, Cliff and the Shadows performed to an estimated 120,000 people at Britain's Knebworth Park as part of an all-star concert line-up that also included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Elton John and Tears for Fears. The concert in aid of charity was televised around the world and helped to raise $10.5 million for disabled children and young musicians. Brian Bennett resigned from the group just before the group were to embark on what would be their final tour for 14 years"
"to You."" At the Life Conference in Orlando, Florida the band announced that they were exploring other opportunities and the worship concert they gave would be the last performance of the Swift. The Swift The Swift was a contemporary Christian pop/rock band, formed in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s Britt Edwards, Jason Light, Dwayne Coppedge, and West Adams were singing in the band Christ Denomination (or CD Boys). At times the band invited such friends as Jason Brown (Sessoms) and Adam Stone to perform with them. This was one of the first Christian"
"months later when I was home visiting. When I read the family bible, a thing I'd never done before, I was deeply affected by what I read about who Jesus is and what he has done for ""all"" of us and committed my life to Him."" In this era, rock musicians that practised Christianity and worked within the secular progressive scene were a rarity. The contemporary Christian music scene in the UK was in its infancy and Cliff Richard would have been, apart from Terry Dene, the best-known example of a UK rocker embracing Christianity. ""The rest of the band"
"The Swift The Swift was a contemporary Christian pop/rock band, formed in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s Britt Edwards, Jason Light, Dwayne Coppedge, and West Adams were singing in the band Christ Denomination (or CD Boys). At times the band invited such friends as Jason Brown (Sessoms) and Adam Stone to perform with them. This was one of the first Christian bands that Edwards would be in. Christ Denomination performed original songs and covers (DC Talk was a favorite). After CD Boys split, Light became a sheriff's deputy, marry Ginger, and have two"
"entry. It was criticised for containing a solecism where it described a girl as ""laying down in Monte Carlo"" - it meant ""lying down"". For the live performance of the song at the Eurovision final, BBC boss Bill Cotton requested that Cliff sing the correct English ""lying down in Monte Carlo"". Cliff Richard had also previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with ""Congratulations"", which came second. Power to All Our Friends ""Power to All Our Friends"" is a song by Cliff Richard. He entered it as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. It came third. It"