Cliff Richard – why we've got him all wrong

Cliff Richard is a rock'n'roll pioneer, an accidental maker of experimental pop, and Britain's best exponent of sophisticated MOR. It's time we stopped treating him as a punchline"Every time he takes a microphone in his handThey scream and they shout And they know just what it's all aboutCos there ain't another boy who can move it around like Cliff"They Call Him Cliff – Don Lang, 1960At what point did Cliff Richard – saturnine pin-up in the 50s, clean-living movie star in the 60s, ...

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