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Having moved to India to help build a system of railways, Rodger Webb married Dorothy Dazely in 1939 and the following year the couple had a baby boy - Harry Rodger Webb.

Born in The King's English Hospital in Lucknow, Harry was educated in Howrah, until his family moved to England in 1948, following Home Rule in India.

After a privileged life in India, the Webbs faced poverty, and were forced to sleep on mattresses at the houses of various relatives. In 1951 they were given a council house in Chesthunt, and after just failing the eleven-plus exam, Harry was enrolled in the newly built Cheshunt County Secondary School.

After being inspired by the music of Elvis, Harry and a group of school friends formed a group, 'The Quintones', and performed at their local Youth Club.

For his 16th birthday, Harry got his first guitar, going on to form ‘The Drifters’ in 1958, with Terry Smart and Norman Mitham. After a number of low-key London gigs, Ian Samwell joined the band and they recorded their first demo, covers of Elvis' ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ and Jerry Lee Lewis' ‘Breathless’.

After recording their first hit single, ‘Schoolboy Crush/Move It’, they were quickly signed by Columbia. The song hit No.2 in the British charts, and went on to sell over a million copies.

Now going under the name Cliff Richard, an appearance on the TV show ‘Oh Boy!’ catapulted Cliff to sex symbol status.

In 1958, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch joined 'The Drifters', and by 1959 the band changed their name to ‘The Shadows’. It was also around this time that Cliff made his film debut in ‘Serious Charge’. The film produced the hit ‘Living Doll’, Cliff’s first number one hit.

Cliff's second movie, ‘Expresso Bongo’, was more successful and critically acclaimed. As the albums and hit singles rolled out, Cliff Richard was building a devoted fan base that would secure his chart success some 40 years later.

In 1961, Cliff starred in ‘The Young Ones’, and the accompanying single shot straight into number one in the charts. The second film with Cliff in the leading role was another musical, ‘Summer Holiday’, which saw him star alongside Una Stubbs.
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1968 saw the last album recorded by Cliff with 'The Shadows', and Cliff went on to tour with his own gospel album. In 1970, Cliff launched his first television show, featuring a mix of music and comedy. In the same year, he made his stage debut in Peter Shaffer's ‘Five Finger Exercise’, a play focusing on a 'deep friendship' between a student and his tutor. The play was originally considered controversial for its veiled homosexual themes but despite this, reviews were favourable.

One of the most talked about aspects of Cliff's life is his relationships. A much publicised relationship with tennis star Sue Barker in 1981 ended within a year. Cliff has also been linked with actress Una Stubbs.

In 1986 Cliff and The Young Ones re-recorded ‘Living Doll’ and made it to the top of the charts. In the same year he appeared in the West End musical ‘Time’, and by the end of the decade he had released his highest selling album of all time, 'Private Collection', which went on to be certified four-times platinum in the UK alone!

‘Mistletoe & Wine’ become Cliff's first Christmas-themed No.1 in 1988 and by 1989 Cliff became the first British artist to release 100 singles. Cliff continued to tour and break records throughout the 1990’s, and in 1995 he became Sir Cliff Richard - the first pop star to be honoured with a full Knighthood.

Despite selling records by the lorry load, Cliff ran into trouble getting airplay from various radio stations, including a ban by the BBC for his track ‘Misunderstood Man’, which was deemed “too raucous” for listeners.

Perhaps the most significant project for Cliff in the nineties was the fulfilment of his lifelong dream to play the character of Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's masterpiece, 'Wuthering Heights'. The show was a runaway success, and gave Cliff his highest selling video ever, topping the UK video charts for two months upon its 1998 release.

In 1999 ‘The Millennium Prayer’ reached number one, regardless of no airplay and scathing reviews. Despite a lack of support in the press, Cliff continues to make music and his recent album and DVD release cracked the top twenty.

Cliff now divides his time between his homes in the UK, Barbados and Portugal, where he has taken to making his own wine.
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Cliff's first car was a grey Sunbeam Alpine with red leather seats.

A comment by the character Minnie Caldwell on the TV show Coronation Street led to a change in Cliff's diet. The line “Isn't that Cliff Richard a lovely, chubby lad?” prompted him to give up his favourite drink of Tizer with a scoop of ice cream.

The most controversial single of Cliff's career was his cover of ‘Honky Tonk Angel’. After discovering at a Christian conference that this song was about a prostitute, he withdrew it from circulation and even requested DJs return all copies. It became his lowest selling single ever with little more than 10,000 sales.

Cliff earned a blacklisting from the United Nations for touring South Africa. While later touring Scandinavia, Cliff's hotel received a bomb threat as a result of the South African tour.

Cliff has his own range of perfume called 'Miss You Nights'
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Heathcliff (1997)
Take Me High (1973)
Two a Penny (1967)
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
Finders Keepers (1966)
Wonderful Life (1964)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Young Ones (1961)
Expresso Bongo (1960)
Serious Charge (1959)
Drumbeat (1959)
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Cliff - 1959
Cliff Sings -1959
Me and My Shadows - 1960
Listen to Cliff - 1961
21 Today - 1961
The Young Ones - 1961
32 minutes and 17 Seconds With Cliff Richard - 1962
Summer Holiday - 1963
Cliff's Hit Album - 1963
When in Spain - 1963
Wonderful Life -1964
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp - 1964
Cliff Richard - 1965
More Hits By Cliff - 1965
When in Rome - 1965
Love is Forever - 1965
Kinda Latin - 1966
Finders Keepers - 1966
Cinderella - 1967
Don't Stop Me Now - 1967
Good News - 1967
Cliff in Japan - 1968
Two a Penny - 1968
Established 1958 – 1968
The Best of Cliff - 1969
Sincerely Cliff - 1969
It'll Be Me - 1969
Cliff Live at the Talk of The Town - 1970
About That Man - 1970
His Land-1970
Tracks 'n' Grooves - 1970
The Best of Cliff Volume 2 - 1972
Take Me High - 1973
Help it Along - 1974
The 31st of February Street - 1974
I'm Nearly Famous - 1976
Every Face Tells a Story - 1977
40 Golden Greats - 1977
Small Corners - 1978
Green Light - 1978
Thank You Very Much - 1979
Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile - 1979
I'm No Hero - 1980
Love Songs - 1981
Wired For Sound - 1981
Now You See Me....Now You Don't - 1982
Dressed for the Occasion - 1983
Silver - 1983
Cliff and The Shadows - 1984
The Rock Connection - 1984
Always Guaranteed - 1987
Private Collection - 1988
Stronger - 1989
From a Distance-The Event - 1990
Together with Cliff - 1991
Cliff Richard-The Album - 1993
The Hit List - 1994
Songs From Heathcliff - 1995
Cliff Richard At The Movies - 1996
Heathcliff Live - 1997
Real As I Wanna Be - 1998
Wanted - 2001
Live At The Kingston ABC 1962 - 2002
Cliff At Christmas - 2003
Something’s Goin’ On - 2004

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