Cliff Richard was eight when his family came to Hertfordshire following
independence in his birth country of India. At the age of 16 his father bought
him a guitar and he joined the rush of British teenagers forming skiffle groups
with makeshift instruments, going on to front one of Britain's first rock & roll
groups, The Drifters. He wrote their first hit 'Move It' and was marketed as
Britain's answer to Elvis. Other early hits included 'High Class Baby', 'Livin'
Doll' and 'Travellin' Light', while his backing group The Drifters transmuted
into The Shadows and Cliff adopted a so...