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Cliff Richard In the years after Elvis Presley but before the Beatles, Cliff Richard was the biggest thing in British rock & roll – and in the years after the Beatles, he was never far from the top of the U.K. charts. Arriving in 1958, just a couple of years after skiffle swept Britain, Richard was the first English singer to approximate the hip-shaking rebellion of American rock & roll with his 1958 debut single "Move It." A smash hit right out of the gate, "Move It" kicked off an astonishing five decades' worth of hits (as of 2014, his last time in the U.K. Top Ten was in 2008, when "Thank You for a Lifetime" went to number three). The earliest recordings, most made with his backing band the Shadows, were his hardest-rocking and undoubtedly his most influential, making an impression on almost the entire first generation of British rock & rollers. Like Presley, who was certainly Richard's key influence, Cliff's popularity wound up pushing him ever so gradually to the status of an all-around entertainer.

In the years after Elvis Presley but before the Beatles, Cliff Richard was the biggest thing in British rock & roll – and in the years after the Beatles, he was never far from the top of the U.K. charts. Arriving in 1958, just a couple of years after skiffle swept Britain, Richard was the first English singer to approximate the hip-shaking rebellion of American rock & roll with his 1958 debut single "Move It." A smash hit right out of the gate, "Move It" kicked off an astonishing five decades' worth of hits (as of 2014, his last time in the U.K. Top Ten was in 2008, when "Thank You for a Lifetime" went to number three).

Such an unimaginative title for such a imaginative boxful. Across four discs and 105 songs, Cliff Richard's earliest catalog comes in for precisely the kind of treatment every rock & roll star should have: an all-encompassing study of his most important period. Even more impressively, though the song titles all sound familiar, the performances rarely are. Thirty-seven tracks are bona fide unreleased (South African 78s notwithstanding), but several dozen more are culled from scarce EP-only mixes, rarely resurfacing B-sides, and unusual mixes.

Cliff Richard Voormalig Brits tieneridool, die gezegend lijkt met de <br>eeuwige jeugd. De in Lucknow, India geboren Richard neemt zijn eerste single, Move It, op in '58. <br>Het Engelse tienerpubliek hunkert op dat moment naar een nieuwe Elvis Presley. De populairste <br>Engelse rockers in die tijd in Engeland, Terry Dene en Tommy Steele, mogen dan wel aardige <br>jongens zijn (Steele is zelfs een echte komediant), ze beschikken bij lange na niet over de <br>persoonlijkheid die Presley heeft. Cliff heeft 'het' echter wel; althans tv-producer Jack Good weet <br>Richard na diens eerste hit in zijn beroemde tv-show Oh Boy zodanig te presenteren dat iedereen <br>denkt dat Cliff 'het' heeft. Na enkele echte r&amp;r-singles, zoals High Class Baby, neemt <br>Richard in '59 met zijn begeleiders The Drifters, later omgedoopt in The Shadows de <br>mediumrocker Living Doll op, zijn eerste nummer 1-hit.

Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, he dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s.[6] His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song. In the early 1960s, he had a prosperous film career with films including The Young Ones and Summer Holiday. Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music.

Cliff Richard was the biggest thing in British rock & roll – and in the years after the Beatles, he was never far from the top of the U.K. charts. Arriving in 1958, just a couple of years after skiffle swept Britain, Richard was the first English singer to approximate the hip-shaking rebellion of American rock & roll with his 1958 debut single "Move It."

Cliff Richard Voormalig Brits tieneridool, die gezegend lijkt met de <br>eeuwige jeugd. De in Lucknow, India geboren Richard neemt zijn eerste single, Move It, op in '58. <br>Het Engelse tienerpubliek hunkert op dat moment naar een nieuwe Elvis Presley. De populairste <br>Engelse rockers in die tijd in Engeland, Terry Dene en Tommy Steele, mogen dan wel aardige <br>jongens zijn (Steele is zelfs een echte komediant), ze beschikken bij lange na niet over de <br>persoonlijkheid die Presley heeft. Cliff heeft 'het' echter wel; althans tv-producer Jack Good weet <br>Richard na diens eerste hit in zijn beroemde tv-show Oh Boy zodanig te presenteren dat iedereen <br>denkt dat Cliff 'het' heeft. Na enkele echte r&amp;r-singles, zoals High Class Baby, neemt <br>Richard in '59 met zijn begeleiders The Drifters, later omgedoopt in The Shadows de <br>mediumrocker Living Doll op, zijn eerste nummer 1-hit.

London Calling Presents Cliff Richard - Live On Air 1966-1970 album original hits and the original artists genre Rock Pop.

In the years after Elvis Presley but before the Beatles, Cliff Richard was the biggest thing in British rock & roll – and in the years after the Beatles, he was never far from the top of the U.K. charts. Arriving in 1958, just a couple of years after skiffle swept Britain, Richard was the first English singer to approximate the hip-shaking rebellion of American rock & roll with his 1958 debut single "Move It." A smash hit right out of the gate, "Move It" kicked off an astonishing five decades' worth of hits (as of 2014, his last time in the U.K. Top 10 was in 2008, when "Thank You for a Lifetime" went to number three). The earliest recordings, most made with his backing band the Shadows, were his hardest-rocking and undoubtedly his most influential, making an impression on nearly the entire first generation of British rock & rollers. Like Presley, who was certainly Richard's key influence, Cliff's popularity wound up pushing him ever so gradually to the status of an all-around entertainer. He moved into movies quickly – the first came just a year after "Move It" – and the Shadows tamed their rockabilly, but the real shift into the mainstream came after the Beatles opened the flood gates for homegrown British rock & roll, banishing Richard to the status of an older generation. Cliff continued to have hits in the '60s, even after he and the Shadows disbanded in 1968, but he split his time between pop and Christian music; in the early '70s, he focused on hosting a variety show on the BBC.