(199) CLIFF RICHARD the BRITISH ELVIS - GOING STRONG 50 YEARS

Cliff Richard is one of those British artists who has been made a Sir by the Queen, like Paul McCartney and Elton John, for his achievements in the music business. His backing band in the late 1950's and early 1960's was called The Shadows and in the early 1960's he was running on the British charts before the Beatles.

Though Cliff Richards was considered to be "The British Elvis" and has had a career that spans decades and is still performing today, for some reason he never caught on in the United States and has remained a British phenomenon. Mysterious indeed! Because Cliff has sold singles and albums - millions - just like Elvis.

Could it be that because we Americans had Elvis we didn't need Cliff too?

Of course Cliff has an official site!Link above! He's very near 50 years of success!

Take a look at his fan club which has a picture of Cliff when he was very young.
http://www.cliff-guaranteed.co.uk/

Here's a circa 1961 video of Cliff and the Shadows. Cliff was called "A Living Doll."

VIDEO REMOVED JANUARY 2012

Guess who did a cover of Fabian's hit "Turn Me Loose?"