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Cilla Black

Cilla Black

Currently Active 1943 — Present
Singertelevision presenteractress

Personal Info

Born
May 27, 1943
Age
82
Birth Place
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England

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Life & Career Details

[AUTHORITY: WIKIPEDIA]
Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis (née White; 27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), known professionally as Cilla Black, was an English singer, actress and television presenter.

Born Priscilla Maria Veronica White
27 May 1943
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England
Died 1 August 2015 (aged 72)
Estepona, Andalusia, Spain
Resting place Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool
Occupations
Singertelevision presenteractress


Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She had eleven top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart between then and 1971 and an additional eight hits that made the top 40. In May 2010, new re published by BBC Radio 2 showed that her version of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" was the UK's biggest-selling single by a female artist in the 1960s. "You're My World" reached No. 14 in Canada and was also a modest hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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