I feel I must point out that Sir Cliff was one hot property in the 50s and did a lot to aid the progression of the music industry.
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I feel I must point out that Sir Cliff was one hot property in the 50s and did a lot to aid the progression of the music industry.
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I'm Mark.
I'm not sure charisma was a factor in those days Geoff, artists didn't get the sort of exposure that they do now. As I recall he was one of the earliest British acts to put/keep the UK on the map and clearly one of the longest lived.
I'm not a fan but give him his due.
I thought I did: I agree he had a good voice. However, he was not an innovator like Presley and he was soon positioned to be a non-threatening middle of the road performer peddling nonsense like "batchelor boy" and "summer holiday". It might have been interesting to see how his career would have developed if he had stuck with rock and roll.
Cliff was one a stable of largely forgettable pretty boys groomed for stardom by Larry Parnes, the Simon Cowell/Louis Walsh of his day. The formula was crude: pretty boy, memorable "butch" name, and bland hummable tunes. Of the other credible musicians to emerge from this stable (e.g. Billy Fury and Georgie Fame) Joe Brown famously refused to change his name to Elmer Twitch. I don't think many of the British acts to emerge in the 60's would cite (the Shadow less) Cliff as an influence.
Geoff
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I'm Mark.
Okay, I surrender, should have known better than to enter a Cliff-bashing session ....... by the way, everyone over 50 please form an orderly queue to surrender your copyrights, I'm sure you can't wait.
Apologies for taking this thread off-topic a little (but I didn't start it).
Please refer to and bear in mind the OPs request.
Mark,
one man's meat is another man's poison. I wouldn't go as far as to say Cliff is poisonous, but I do find him hard to digest! Not sure how we got on to the subject from old album covers?
If I was naming Cliff based upon his musical output it would be Harry Hill!
Geoff
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Geoff, I was about 7 when Cliff did 'Move It', perhaps his finest hour, Happy Days!
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poisonous rich bastard batchelor!
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