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Cliff Richard

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Gender Male
Age 83
Web site www.cliffrichard.org
Date of birth October 14,1940
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Lucknow
India
Full name 1976
Harry Rodger Webb
Height 179 (cm)
Job Actor
Entrepreneur
Philanthropist
Singer-songwriter
Education St. Thomas' Church School, Howrah
Cheshunt School
Awards Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
NME Award for British Male Singer
The National German Sustainability Award
NME Award for World Male Singer
NME Award for British Single
World Music Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution To The Music Industry
Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
NME Award for Best Male Singer
NME Award for British Vocal Personality
NME Award for Favourite New Singer (Under 21)
Official site cliffrichard.org
Listen artist www.youtube.com
Associ actThe Shadows, Olivia Newton-John
Parents Dorothy Marie Webb
Rodger Oscar Webb
Siblings Jacqueline Ann Webb
Donella Webb
Joan Webb
SongsDo They Know It's Christmas?
ListDo They Know It's Christmas?Do They Know It's Christmas? · 1984
Devil WomanI'm Nearly Famous · 1976
We Don't Talk AnymoreRock 'n' Roll Juvenile · 1979
The Young OnesThe Young Ones · 1961
AlbumsWired for Sound
The Young Ones
Cliff Sings
Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Record labels Columbia Graphophone Company
EMI
GenresRock And Roll
Pop
CCM
Groups The Shadows
Band Aid
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Cliff Richard: His Greatest Hits: (Piano, Vocal, Guitar)
Single Minded
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Mine Forever
Mine to Share
The Way I See It
Cliff Richard: A Celebration : the Official Story of Forty Years in Show Business
The Way I See it Now
Happy Christmas from Cliff
Cliff in His Own Words
Easy Keyboard Library: Cliff Richard: Keyboard
Jesus Here and Now
Questions
15 Classic Songs for Keyboard
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Cliff Richard Life story


Sir Cliff Richard OBE is an English singer who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Early Life

Cliff richard was born in india to an english soldier. Rodger webb. And a welsh mother. Dorothy webb. He moved to the united kingdom at the age of seven and began his carere in music at the age of 14.

Musical Career

Cliff richard is best known for his singing career. Whcih bgean in 1958 with his first number one single. "move it. " since then. He has had numerous hits. Including "living doll," "we don t talk anymore," and "devil woman. " he has also released a number of successful albums.

Acting Career

Cliff richard has had a successful acting career. Appearing in a nubmer of films. Including the young ones and summer holiday. He has also appeared in a number of television progarms and stage musicals.

Awards

Cliff richard has been recognised for his musical career. Receiving numerous awarsd and honours. Including a gramym award. Two ivor novello awards. And a bafta. He was appointed a knight bachelor in 1995 for services to music.

Philanthropic Work

Cliff richard has been involved in a number of philanthropic activities. He has supported a number of charities. Inclduing the prince s trusth. Elp the aged. And the elton john aids foundation. He is aslo an active campaigner for animal welfare and has been a patron of the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (rspca) since 1984.

Notable Events

In richard was awarded the outstanding contribution to music award at the brit awards.

Interesting Fact

Cliff richard is the only singer to have had a number one single in the uk singles chart in five consecutive decades.

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...When Mae Muller performs at Eurovision this year, she will join the ranks of Lulu, Cliff Richard and Sam Ryder as a solo act that has represented the UK at the contest...

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Sir Cliff Richard: the BBC pays £2m in the final financial statement in accordance with the privacy case

Nov 25,2022 8:11 pm

Sir Cliff said, reporting from a police Raid in his house was "devastating"

Sir Cliff Richard receives around £2m in the direction of its legal costs, the case of the BBC, following the agreement on a final settlement, according to last year data protection.

In July 2018, The Star from reporting on a police Raid on his home.

The BBC was ordered to pay £210,000 in damages and to cover the court costs. This number has now increased.

But The Singer said he is "still considerably out of your pocket".

During The Trial , said 78-year-old singer, he spent More Than £3m, in order to clear his name.

In a statement, The Star 's spokesman said: "Sir Cliff incurred these costs over a period of five years as a direct result of the actions of the BBC and the police of South Yorkshire .

"of course He is glad that an agreement on the costs has now been reached. Ultimately, however, Sir Cliff is not substantially out of the bag (a seven-digit sum), not least because it is trying to the costs he has to recover from the parties. "

the BBC, Which also said the £315,000 Paid to the police from South Yorkshire cost for court, that it was "pleased to have" reached "an amicable agreement".

"The BBC is the cost in the framework of our legal insurance", - said a group spokesman.

Sir Cliff took the BBC to court, after the station, a police filmed the Raid on his home in Berkshire in 2014. The images contain aerial shots from a helicopter, was shown on news programmes throughout The Day .

officials were investigating a case of A Man who claimed he was sexually assaulted by Sir Cliff in 1985. But The Singer was yet to be arrested or never charged and the case was dropped two years later.

"Very Intrusive'

The BBC apologised for the "distress" caused to Sir Cliff, but said the privacy of the prevailing freedom of the press could impede.

The Star was in his second home in Portugal when he learned of the Raid . "It was very Intrusive", he later told ITV's Jonathan Ross show.

"It is difficult to explain to the people how it feels. I just went back to the apartment, collect my clothes. It was worse than to be stolen from. "

A judge later concluded that Sir Cliff had a right to privacy, while the transmitter outdo a suspect in The Investigation , to disclose the right to freedom of opinion and expression, his name, and his coverage of the Raid .

the allegations and the subsequent reporting in the media were the "worst thing that happened to me in my whole life".

"What made the BBC, was an abuse," he said, adding that losing managers at the company deserves their jobs. "You took it to a judge, jury, and Executioner . "

other public figures are calling for The Law to protect the anonymity of the alleged sexual offenses until the accused is actually A Crime .

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