Cliff Richard was born at the King George Hospital, Victoria Street, Lucknow, British India in 1940 to Roger Oscar, a steward, and Dorothy Marie (born Dazely) Webb. He was christened on 2 November 1940 at St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church, Dehradun, India. In 1947, following Indian independence, the family moved to Britain.

The Webbs moved from comparative wealth in India where they had servants, Read more...

Beginning as a member of a skiffle group, Harry Webb became lead singer of the rock and roll group, the Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before their first large scale appearance, at the Regal Ballroom in Ripley in 1958, they adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters". The four members were Webb, Ian "Sammy" Samwell on guitar, Terry Smart on drums and Norman Read more...

As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the U.S. market; he Read more...