Dear ALL, Today, the 14th of October, happens to be the birthday of CLIFF RICHARD who was born in Lucknow, India as HARRY ROGER WEBB, THE SINGER OF CONGRATULATIONS, THEME FOR A DREAM, THE YOUNG ONES , DEVIL WOMAN AND COUNTLESS OTHER HITS! Sorry, Beatles fans, it was through Cliff Richards songs that I developed my interest in English songs!! Lets pay a tribute to the great man! Cliff Richards songs helped in establishing an international school in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, the Cambridge International School, Dasuya. Suprised? It helped me in convincing prospective parents in the area who themselves did not have the ideal diction in spoken English, but wanted their kids to acquire one in an English medium school! In the morning assembly daily, or almost daily, I started a programme for the school called SING ALONG WITH THE SINGER and made little boys and girls develop interest in the language through English songs....and their diction too improved by being forced to copy Cliff Richard while singing along with his numbers! Some of his songs were obviously, Song of Freedom, Congratulations, Them for A Dream, Living Doll, Hello Samantha.....THANK YOU , SIR CLIFF RICHARD! Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. He has been a resident for most of his life in the United Kingdom, but in 2010 confirmed that he is now a citizen of Barbados.He divides his time between living in Barbados and at a vineyard property in Portugal. 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 singles artist in the UKs history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. With his backing group The Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single Move It is often described as Britains first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, sometimes venturing into contemporary Christian music. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs making the UK Top 20, more than any other artist and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles (or 18, depending on the counting methodology) and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in 5 consecutive decades: the 1950s through to the 1990s. In 2008, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in music by releasing greatest hits album, featuring the new track Thank You for a Lifetime, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart. In November 2013, Richard released his latest album, The Fabulous Rock n Roll Songbook, which became the 100th album of his career. Richard has never achieved the same impact in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling Devil Woman and We Dont Talk Anymore, the latter becoming the first to reach the Billboard Hot 100s top 40 in the 1980s by a singer who had been in the top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In Canada, Richard achieved moderate success in the 1980s with several albums reaching platinum status. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and he retains a following in other countries. SALUTATIONS TO MY FAVOURITE SINGER OF ENGLISH SONGS!
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:19:46 +0000
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