Sir Cliff Richard....

Sir Cliff Richard

Is probably a name that you haven’t heard of in Americaland but in the U.K he has sold more records than The Beatles. Yes, you read it right, more than The Beatles. In fact (brace yourself) he has sold more singles in the U.K than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones put together. Why am I telling you this? Because I co-wrote his latest single which was released to celebrate his 50th Anniversary in the music biz.

It’s at number three in the singles chart this week. It was held off the top spot by the mighty Kings Of Leon and Katy Perry. Interestingly, the Cliff Richard song sold more physical singles than the rest of the top 75 put together (but hardly any downloads as most of his fans aren’t young itunes users!) which shows how the world of buying music is changing. Still, Cliff’s now had a top ten hit in every decade for the last six decades. Not a bad track record!

It’s my first U.K top ten single (and I hope not the last…) so I’m in a state of shock and bemusement. I would never have thought growing up that Sir Cliff (a national institution) would one day record one of my songs. So this is a ‘blowing my own trumpet’ blog. Here goes. PAAAARP!


I hope all is well with you all.

Jez x