Before The Beatles There Was,......

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[left-of-center2012]

1. I never heard of him, but found this very interesting ...

From Wikipedia

"Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide.
He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
With his backing group, The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s.

His 1958 hit single, "Move It", is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music."

Increased focus on his Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle of the road pop image and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music."

Read more at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard

[pfitz59]

6. he's a great performer

[Dave Starsky]

2. Here's a classic for you...

[SwissTony]

3. The guitarist (the one with the glasses)...

was a great influence on many British and Canadian guitarists. From the wiki page...

Influence

Marvin influenced many British rock guitarists, including Syd Barrett, George Harrison,[11] Eric Clapton,[11] David Gilmour,[11] Brian May,[12] Mark Knopfler,[11][13] Peter Frampton,[14] Steve Howe,[15] Roy Wood,[16] Tony Iommi,[17] Pete Townshend,[18] Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck.[19]. Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel has also paid hommage to Marvin on various recordings.

In Canada, Cliff Richard and the Shadows had top 10 hits, especially from 1961 to 1965. Canadian guitarists Randy Bachman and Neil Young credit Marvin as influential.[20][21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Marvin

[Tikki]

4. "The Young Ones"...Cliff Richard and the Shadows

in honor of Rik Mayall(rip)...the People's Poet.

Tikki

[LeftInTX]

5. I have mp3s of Apache and Man of Mystery

According the Wikipedia, non of their singles were ever released in the US. I guess we have the Ventures which covered similar hits.

[pfitz59]

7. he had a resurgence in the late '70's

[pfitz59]

8. and this gem

[raccoon]

9. I have a double CD of his hits. NT