Cliff Richard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Cliff Richard

British pop singer, musician, and actor

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1940

Place of Birth: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Profession: actor, entrepreneur, singer, songwriter, guitarist, television actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom, Barbados

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Cliff Richard

  • Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) 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. Over a career spanning 60 years, Richard has amassed many 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 Elvis.
  • Richard holds the record (with Elvis) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950sā€“2000s).
  • He has achieved 14 UK number-one singles, and is the only singer to have had a number-one single in the UK in five consecutive decades.Richard has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore".
  • In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s with some releases certified gold and platinum.
  • He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries.
  • Richard has been a resident in the United Kingdom for most of his life, though in 2010, he confirmed that he had become a citizen of Barbados.
  • When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal.
  • In 2019, he relocated to the United States.

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