Short Biography
Sir Cliff Richard's upcoming, eagerly awaited tour in October will now feature plenty of Cliff's own lifetime's worth of hits as well as material from his new Soul Duets album "SOULICIOUS".
''I'm looking forward to presenting some great artists, some of who sang with me on my CD and , and just as excited at the prospect of performing a lot of my biggest hits. My fans bought them and I want to sing them!!'' Cliff said.
Lamont Dozier, Freda Payne, Marilyn McCoo/Billy Davis Jnr, and Percy Sledge are all now confirmed as performing some of their own hits and then singing their recent duets with Cliff from the SOULICIOUS album which is released on October 17th.
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Short Biography
Sir Cliff Richard's upcoming, eagerly awaited tour in October will now feature plenty of Cliff's own lifetime's worth of hits as well as material from his new Soul Duets album "SOULICIOUS".
''I'm looking forward to presenting some great artists, some of who sang with me on my CD and , and just as excited at the prospect of performing a lot of my biggest hits. My fans bought them and I want to sing them!!'' Cliff said.
Lamont Dozier, Freda Payne, Marilyn McCoo/Billy Davis Jnr, and Percy Sledge are all now confirmed as performing some of their own hits and then singing their recent duets with Cliff from the SOULICIOUS album which is released on October 17th.
James Ingram joins the line-up of US guests and Britain's own Jaki Graham completes the final guest line-up - both will be performing hits of their own in addition to duetting with Cliff on a track from the Soulicious album.
"I want to present a balanced show of the old favourites and this terrific group of singers helping me to perform songs I recently recorded in America". Cliff added "being on the road is going to be fun and they will be singing the songs that made them such great soul legends".
In-depth Biography
Britain's answer to Elvis Presley, Richard (born Harry Webb) dominated the pre-Beatles British pop scene in the late '50s and early '60s. An accomplished singer with a genuine feel for the music, Richard's artistic legacy is nonetheless meager, as he was quickly steered toward a middle-of-the-road pop direction. Several of his late-'50s recordings, however, were genuinely exciting Presley-esque rockers -- especially his first hit, "Move It" (1958) -- and gave British teenagers their first taste of genuine homegrown rock & roll talent. Backed by the Shadows -- clean-cut instrumental virtuosos who became legends of their own -- Richard embarked on a truly awesome string of hit singles in Britain, scoring no less than 43 Top 20 hits between 1958 and 1969. One of these, although it was by no means one of the more successful, was an actual Mick Jagger/Keith Richards composition (the ballad "Blue Turns to Grey").
In his homeland, Richard's popularity was diminished only slightly by the rise of the Beatles, but in his prime, he had a much rougher time in the U.S., hitting the Top 40 only three times (with "Living Doll" in 1959, "It's All in the Game" in 1963, and "Devil Woman" in 1976). Richard belatedly cracked the U.S. Top Ten in 1976 with "Devil Woman," and racked up a few other hits ("We Don't Talk Anymore," "Dreaming," "A Little in Love") in a mainstream pop/rock style. He remains an institution in Britain, where he is one of the nation's most popular all-around entertainers of all time. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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