As Sir Cliff Richard marks his 80th birthday on Wednesday, the pioneer of British pop will have ample reason to feel proud. When he arrived in Britain from India as a young boy, his family had just £5 to their name.
They were the classic “humble beginnings” – from which Cliff has forged a remarkable career. Yet even today, with 56 studio and live albums and 14 UK No1’s under his belt, friends say humble is still the word that best describes him.
And that, says confidant and biographer Mike Read, really is down to the power of all his friends. DJ Mike, who has known Cliff for more than 40 years, says: “Through having a good circle of friends around him he has remained normal… as normal as you can be when you’re a major rock ’n’ roll star. “T
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