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On this day: 17 May 1962

There were two recording sessions at Abbey Road for Cliff’s projects. However, he wasn’t involved in the first one in the afternoon, which was the fifth set aside for the songs for the Summer Holiday film... https://t.co/qsUb4otlMe

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On this day: 16 May 1960

Cliff and the Shadows appeared at the Royal Variety Performance held at the London Victoria Palace in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, and presented by Bruce Forsyth.

Cliff and... https://t.co/BHPfZqUb6P

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On this day: 15 May 1985

Cliff recorded what would become his 100th single: Slow Rivers with Elton John.

Understandably, there is some confusion about this achievement because of the huge publicity attendant to the release of... https://t.co/eGkusHyjAF

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On this day: 14 May 1963

Cliff and the Shadows performed a number of tracks at the Paris Olympia Theatre for broadcast on Europe 1, their debut in this medium on the continent.

Cliff and the band had been regulars on the radio... https://t.co/YINMeayqdH

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On this day: 13 May 1966

Towards the end of the sessions for the Finders Keepers soundtrack album, Cliff recorded his next German single and B-side.

Originally a Spanish popular song, Yours (as it appears on the session sheets)... https://t.co/8BhDGOLNn9

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On this day: 12 May 1961

In the middle of the sessions for his 21 Today album, Cliff and the Shadows recorded four tracks in two sessions, which then formed the EP, Dream.

The first of those sessions (on 4 May) successfully... https://t.co/FPInp6LUsk

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Some cracking photos here. If you went to the signing feel free to post your pics in the thread below. https://t.co/NW1eBSlkmo

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On this day: 11 May 1993

Cliff was at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park (in north London), shooting the promotional video for his 119th UK single (the 112th on the EMI collection of labels), Human Work of Art. The vibe of the... https://t.co/VY2mzM8MQ2

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On this day: 10 May 1965

Cliff and the Shadows started a three-day set of sessions at the Estudios Valentim de Carvalho in Lisbon, Portugal (beginning a lifelong love of the country). The afternoon and evening sessions produced six... https://t.co/NNLD45m03n

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New upload from the official Cliff Richard YouTube channel 'She's so Beautiful' which reached #17 in 1985. Stevie Wonder played all the instruments and sang backing vocals on this https://t.co/8E8PRrYCtN director Ken Russell shot the promo video.... https://t.co/VBfXJevX1R

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On this day: 9 May 2005

Cliff’s 135th UK single was released.

What Car? was the third single to be issued from the Something’s Goin’ On album project and, after entering the charts the following week, it stayed in the Top 40 for... https://t.co/fE08poUbIZ

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On this day: 8 May 2012

Almost exactly 26 years after the release of Cliff’s 98th UK single, Born to Rock ‘n’ Roll, which was taken from the recording of Dave Clark’s Time – The Musical project, the album was issued in download... https://t.co/JFaZo62Lro

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Congratulations to Meghan and Harry on the birth of their son. https://t.co/WPBpVYE2lz

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On this day: 7 May 1976

Cliff’s extraordinarily different album I’m Nearly Famous was released.

What marked it out as an important and significant milestone in Cliff’s career is the resurgence of his popularity that followed in... https://t.co/FoIXJxrFUe

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On this day: 6 May 1986

In the middle of the eighties, Cliff achieved his dream of
starring in a musical in the West End. The musical was Time, the theatre in the West End was the Dominion.

Essentially, it was a tale of... https://t.co/is4UuyIBTD

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On this day: 5 May 1966

Cliff and the Shadows had been invited to appear in the big screen version of the puppet television series, Thunderbirds Are Go! (created by the masters of the genre Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, called... https://t.co/BFBxko9yED

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On this day: 4 May 1962

Cliff and the Shadows released a double A-side, Cliff’s 17th UK single, I’m Looking Out the Window coupled with Do You Wanna Dance?

Do You Wanna Dance? was written by Bobby Freeman and became his first hit... https://t.co/p6MXts1ju5

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Excellent Blog from Nigel Goodall about 'The Case' which starred Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John. https://t.co/uS7MLvT6p6

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We are very pleased to add a new member to the Admin team Victor Rust. Many of you will know him for his definitive guide to Cliffs recordings. Good to have you onboard Vic - looking forward to your contributions.🙂 https://t.co/zTpD1N20Px