Cliff Richard music catalogue

872 items

The most successful home-grown pop star in Britain, with over 130 singles, albums and EPs in the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. He has achieved 14 UK number one singles (or 18, depending on how you count them). More

The most successful homegrown pop star in Britain, with over 130 singles, albums and EPs in the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. He has achieved 14 UK number one singles (or 18, depending on how the counting method is used). He holds the record (along with Elvis Presley) for being the only act to have appeared in the UK charts in all of the first six decades (1950s-2000s).

He was supported in the 1950s by The Drifters, who later changed their name to The Shadows.

Richard first came to fame in 1958 with his debut record, "Move It," a rock 'n' roll anthem in the style of Elvis Presley. But like Elvis himself, Cliff's output quickly leveled off into a series of inoffensive, largely mediocre recordings, while his squeaky-clean, teenage heartthrob image was exploited in a series of exuberant, inoffensive, and thinly composed movie musicals, including "The Young Ones" (1962) and "Summer Holiday" (1963).

In the late 1970s, he was surprisingly reinvented as a mild-heavy rocker, and finally received the American recognition that had eluded him for so long when "Devil Woman" reached the Top Ten there. In 1979, he released "We Don't Talk Anymore", which became his best-selling single worldwide, and more hits followed. In 1983, he celebrated his 25th anniversary in the business with a retrospective album, "Silver", and new material in unusual styles. In late 2013, he released his 100th album, "The Fabulous Rock 'N' Roll Songbook".

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Full name

Cliff Richard

Born

Lucknow, India, 14-10-1940

Nationality

British

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Number of vinyl records and cds

872

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