Cliff Richard

Real name:

Harry Rodger Webb (born October 14, 1940 - Lucknow, India)

Although born in India, Cliff lived and studied in Hertfordshire, England, since 1948 +++ Already during school he sang with a vocal group, the Quintones +++ in 1957 he formed the Drifters and changed his name to Cliff Richard +++ In 1958 the group, then still Cliff Richard & the Drifters, was signed to EMI records +++ After appearing at Jack Good's "Oh Boy!" TV-Show, their first record "Move it", originally intended as the flip-side, went to no. 2 of the British charts +++ To avoid conflicts with the American Drifters, the group, now including Hank B. Marvin, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan and Bruce Welch, changed their name to the Shadows +++ Further hits followed, incl. "High Class Baby" and "Livin' doll", which, as a no. 1 in Britain, eventually even reached no. 30 in the US +++ Since the 60s, Cliff Richard became some kind of institution in Britain and other parts of Europe, always and still highly underrated, however, in the US +++ Some of his later hits included such gems as "Please don't tease", "The young ones", "The minute you're gone", "Congratulations", "We don't talk anymore" and many more +++