Cilla Black dies age 72
Cilla Black has died at the age of 72.
The singer, TV presenter and entertainer was confirmed by local police to have died at her Spanish home overnight on Saturday (1 August).
Cilla, who shared a manager with the Beatles, made her Official Singles Chart debut in 1963 with Love of the Loved, but it was her Number 1 Anyone Who Had a Heart in 1964 that catapulted her to fame.
Originally recorded by Dionne Warwick, Cilla's version of Anyone Who Had a Heart was the biggest selling single of the 1960s by a female solo artist. It spent three weeks at the top and she followed it up with another Number 1 You're My World.
Cilla scored 19 Top 40s in total, of which 11 went Top 10. Her most recent Top 10 hit was 1971's Something Tells Me (Something is Gonna Happen Tonight), which peaked at Number 3.
A recent drama based on the singer's life starring Sheridan Smith saw Anyone Who Had a Heart return to the charts, reaching Number 47.
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Brett
A true legend, the idiot below's comment ought to be deleted for their disrespect
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Your mom
I just asked my grandparents and they have no idea who this woman is. I don't either and I know every other singer from the 1960s. Also, I never heard this woman's music but I am listening to it now and it's over the top and ridiculous.
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Sun
First off she has just died have some respect, and second you don't need to be from 1960s to have heard of her she was big on the TV in the 90s i.e Surprise Surprise and Blind Date