Cliff Richard news: Singer's 'forced rivals The Beatles to emigrate' over success | Music | Entertainment
He said: “I didn’t think The Beatles were anything special at first.” The singer listened to them “covering some old track” and remarked that they “hadn’t sounded very good at all”. This was before The Beatles travelled to Hamburg, Germany, in 1960, and when they returned “they blew everybody away”. Despite this, Sir Cliff claimed he had been “a bit of an unofficial PR man” for the band. Cliff Richard claims his success 'forced The Beatles to emigrate' (Image: GETTY) Cliff Richard had a number of hit with The Shadows when The Beatles emerged in the Sixties (Image: GETT...
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