Cliff Richard: the Biography: 50th Anniversary Edition'What is so good about this book is that none of the gossip is too touchy to dwell on. Although this is an authorised biography, all the innuendos are confronted head on. There are a lot of fine anecdotes. Turner's sympathetic, sagacious and highly enjoyable book tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Cliff. Turner's Cliff Richard is refreshingly human, though not without his faults.' Tony Parsons, The Sunday Telegraph: 'Well researched, pleasantly written, and shows an almost Kitty Kelleyish ear for good quotes.' Lynn Barber, Independent on Sunday |
Contents
PREFACE TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION | 12 |
CASTLES IN THE AIR | 16 |
HE WAS A TERROR FOR MUSIC | 31 |
LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE | 43 |
I HEARD ELVIS AND THE NEXT STEP WAS TO DO IT | 55 |
6 | 61 |
7 | 67 |
SOMETHING TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO BE REALLY BIG | 85 |
I WANTED A CAREER SO I GOT RID OF THE GIRLFRIEND | 96 |
9 | 106 |
10 | 120 |
I WORRIED FOR HIS LIFE | 129 |
AMERICA WAS A REAL EYEOPENER FOR US | 153 |
WITH CAROL IT WAS THE FIRST FULLBLOODED ROMANCE | 166 |
HES THE PERSON TO MAKE A FILM WITH | 181 |
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