Music Cilla Black Dies

[shyvas]

Showbiz Icon Cilla Black Dies Aged 72 - Reports

 

[Moll Flanders]

RIP. I always think of Blind Date when I think of Cilla Black. I read she didn't like getting older and wouldn't even watch old films of herself when she was young.

Cilla Black: Growing old is 'hard and sad' - Telegraph

 

[shyvas]

RIP. I always think of Blind Date when I think of Cilla Black. I read she didn't like getting older and wouldn't even watch old films of herself when she was young.

Cilla Black: Growing old is 'hard and sad' - Telegraph

I always associate her with the Beatles.

Apparently she said that she wished to die before the age of 75.

 

[Joe]

I will always remember her as the woman who sang Alfie.

Alfie (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Joe]

Cilla had two one-hour radio interviews broadcast on the BBC in July 2014.

Step Inside The Musical World of Cilla

2 x 57 minutes
First broadcast: Thursdays 10 and 17 July 2014

Johnnie Walker chats with Cilla Black.

160/44; 127 MB total; sound quality excellent
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For a certain generation Cilla Black, is "Blind Date" and "Surprise Surprise", popping a song in here and there for good measure.

But all her life a young Priscilla Maria Veronica White, had different dreams, dreams of becoming a singer. A former cloakroom attendant at the world famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, Cilla used to perform impromptu sessions and among her fans were none other than The Beatles, who were instrumental in her success. 50 years ago, despite an unsuccessful audition she was to be signed by "The Beatle making Prince Of Pop" Brian Epstein and became his only female client at the time. He then introduced her to multi-talented music producer George Martin and her rise to fame was meteoric.

We learn of her tussle with Dionne Warwick over the song which was to give her, her first number one "Anyone Who Had A Heart" plus her demanding recording session of "Alfie", with composer Burt Bacharach.

She was the first woman ever to be given a television series of her own, the first person who went out amongst the British television audience, getting to meet them face to face on their doorstep or in their local supermarket. Paul McCartney wrote the theme tune to that and said; "You're inviting people into your home, you're not appearing in theirs", which led to "Step Inside Love".

 

[shyvas]

I will always remember her as the woman who sang Alfie.

Alfie (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I also like that song.

Cilla was discovered in Liverpool's Cavern club thanks to John Lennon who introduced her to Epson who was the Beatles' manager.