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Sir '''Cliff Richard''' (born Harry Webb, [[Lucknow]], [[India]], 1940) is a [[British]] singer and entertainer and [[evangelical]] [[Christian]].

Sir '''Cliff Richard''' (born Harry Webb, [[Lucknow]], [[India]], 1940) is a [[British]] singer and entertainer and [[evangelical]] [[Christian]].

Richard was born into an Anglo-Indian family which emigrated to [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]] when India gained independence in 1947. Having started his musical career in [[skiffle]] groups, Richard attained fame in the late 1950s as a rock and roll singer, being touted as the British [[Elvis Presley]]. His backing group was ''The Shadows'', which went on to have a number of instrumental hits independent of Richard.

Richard was born into an Anglo-Indian family which emigrated to [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]] when India gained independence in 1947. Having started his musical career in [[skiffle]] groups, Richard attained fame in the late 1950s as a rock and roll singer, being touted as the British [[Elvis Presley]]. His backing group was ''The Shadows'', which went on to have a number of instrumental hits independently. Cliff Richard and the Shadows made a number of successful films, including ''The Young Ones'' and ''Summer Holiday'', in which a group of young Londoners travel on holiday to the [[Mediterranean]] in a hired double-deck London bus.

 

In 1964 Richard discovered his [[Christian]] faith and for a time planned to give up entertainment to become a teacher; however, he was dissuaded by Christian friends. He continued a highly successful career, representing the [[United Kingdom]] twice in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. In 1968 he came second with ''Congratulations'', and in 1973 third with ''Power to all our Friends''. It emerged recently that [[General Franco]] authorised a programme of bribery of national juries to ensure that the [[Spanish]] entrant won the 1968 competition.

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