Cilla Black
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Cilla Black: After Those Beatles — The Gear Girl
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 5 October 1963
"I LOVE PARTIES," SAYS THE GIRL FROM LIVERPOOL. "WE ACT SOFT, DANCE FLAMENCO AND WEAR WAX ROSES IN OUR MOUTHS." ...
Interview by June Harris, Disc, 1 February 1964
"I DON'T care if it doesn't go. In ten years' time, I can look back on 'Anyone Who Had A Heart', and say to myself, ...
Cathy McGowan, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black, Lulu: Screening the Girls
Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 21 February 1964
SHE WANDERED into my office looking a bit vague — a tall, slender girl, with long, straight dark hair. Tinted glasses hid her lovely blue-grey ...
Cilla Black writes for Disc... They Spoil Me
Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 March 1964
I'm the only girl on tour — and it's really marvellous! ...
Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 21 March 1964
Each week millions of eager record buyers watch Juke Box Jury and they know three young girls who have a knack of picking hits, Adrienne ...
Star Beat: Mike Grant Reporting On The Mersey Scene
Report by Mike Grant, Rave, April 1964
A BLONDE hairdresser is said to be very much the apple of Ringo Starr's eye at the moment. She lives and works in Liverpool and ...
Report by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964
PETER JONES TAKES A LOOK AT THE SUDDEN INFLUX OF THE BIG HIT GIRLS ...
Report by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964
Norman Jopling and Peter Jones take a look at the pros and cons of pop star marriages ...
Report by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 23 May 1964
Cilla Black's a mighty popular popster and Fab fans of hers wrote in droves asking about Cilla's birthday. Since her 21st was coming up we just had to ...
Cilla — She'll Stay Here, Says Brian
Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 22 August 1964
WHAT NEXT for Cilla Black? Only one man really knows the way to develop her career... and that man Is Brian Epstein, guv'nor figure of ...
Brian Epstein: 'I Knew They'd Be Bigger Than Elvis Presley...'
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 4 September 1964
SAYS BRIAN EPSTEIN TO DAVID GRIFFITHS IN THE FIRST OF OUR NEW 'STARMAKERS' SERIES ...
Cilla Is Knocked Out By New Disc!
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 8 January 1965
KEITH ALTHAM meets a sun-tanned singing star and discovers... ...
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 16 January 1965
WILL IT be fourth time lucky for Cilla Black? ...
Cilla Black: "I was terrified at first but the fans are just the same"
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 20 March 1965
CILLA BLACK — calling from Australia — tells Chris Welch ...
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones et al: NME Poll Winners' Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 16 April 1965
IT WAS THE GREATEST POP SHOW ON EARTH ...
Cilla Black: "The Song My Mum Doesn't Like"
Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 1 May 1965
WHAT I asked Cilla Black was what she thought of the controversy surrounding her latest single, 'I've Been Wrong Before'. And a Liverpool accent which ...
Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 19 June 1965
...that's Liddypool, home of so many greats in the pop world, and from the streets where they lived Fab's SYLVIA STEPHEN reports... ...
Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 11 September 1965
WANTED: one new song. It must be up-tempo, happy yet simple, and with a good melody and lyric. Anyone with a number fitting the above ...
The Everly Brothers, Cilla Black: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 16 October 1965
THAT GREAT US duo, the Everly Brothers, made their first London appearance last Saturday, at the Finsbury Park Astoria. In black evening dress the Everlys ...
Liverpool: News from the North
Report by Dawn James, Rave, November 1965
RAVE girl Dawn James pays a return visit to Liverpool, home of the Beatles, birthplace of the big British Pop Scene, and discovers some interesting ...
Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw: Under the Hair Drier!
Report and Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc, 13 November 1965
What DO DUSTY, SANDIE and CILLA talk about when they're trapped? ...
On Christmas Eve... RSG Goes Out of its Mind!
Report by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 24 December 1965
Reports KEITH ALTHAM who previews the show ...
Cilla Black: Little Red Riding Hood, Wimbledon Theatre, London
Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 31 December 1965
Cilla a most vital 'Red Riding Hood' ...
Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966
CILLA BLACK: 'Love's Just A Broken Heart' (Parlophone). It's Cilia — she's great, but this is one of those things that need a second listen. ...
Brian Epstein: The Man Behind The Beatles And How He Lives
Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 1 April 1966
Many theories developed about Brian Epstein: he was crooked, he was straight; he was a tough businessman, he was a lousy businessman; it was all ...
Cilla Black: Cilla Sings a Rainbow (Parlophone)
Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 23 April 1966
CILLA: A SUPER NEW LP ...
Cilla Black: Cilla on Marriage
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 23 April 1966
'THE QUEEN HASN'T DONE TOO BADLY – BUT IT'S NOT YET FOR ME!' ...
Cilla Black: There's more to a song than just singing about love
Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 23 April 1966
ARE THE days of moon-and-June in pop songs gone forever? Has the escapist love song been finally swallowed by fans pumped full of protest, and ...
Singles by Ike & Tina Turner, the Animals, the Yardbirds et al
Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 28 May 1966
Subdued Animals — smash hit! ...
Cilla Black: Prince of Wales Theatre, London
Live Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 12 November 1966
FRANKLY, although Cilla Black is one of the stars, Way Out In Piccadilly just isn't a show for the pop fans. It's really the Frankie Howerd Show, ...
Cilla Black: The Girl Behind The Giggle
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express Annual, 1967
SHE'S EITHER LOVED OR HATED ...
AIR: George Martin — 700 Hours To Complete Sgt Pepper
Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 22 July 1967
IF I WERE a recording manager, I'm sure you'd never catch me on the hop if you asked how many number ones, or top ten ...
Brian Epstein: It's Impossible To Put My Feelings Into Words — Cilla
Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 9 September 1967
"WHEN I HEARD the news of Brian's death I just felt utterly alone. There was no consolation from anyone." Cilla Black, at her parents' new ...
Brian Epstein's Death Is Ruled Accidental Overdose
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 7 October 1967
THE NEWS OF Brian Epstein's tragic death led to an immediate storm of speculation about the future of his artists and his various pop empires ...
Work... Is A Four Letter Word starring Cilla Black (Dir. Peter Hall)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 25 May 1968
CILLA BLACK is a lovely bird. She's warm, loyal to old friends, vivacious and charming in her own way. She may even make a competent ...
Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 3 August 2015
THE BRITISH POP revolution of the 1960s involved not only male guitar bands, but also several young female singing stars, including Cilla Black, who has ...
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