Without any shred of doubt, Sir Cliff Richard is the most successful recording artist and the greatest music icon that the United Kingdom has ever produced in this century. He has sold more than 250 million records in his entire career and holds the record for the most number of singles sold in the United Kingdom, far, far more than The Beatles and Elvis Presley sold in the British Isles. He is the first rock and roll artist ever to be knighted, and his music has influenced other music legends as Eric Clapton and Elton John.

Sir Cliff Richard was born Harry Roger Webb in Lucknow, India on October 14, 1940. He started out in music in 1958 at the age of 18 as the lead singer in the band Cliff Richard and the Drifters. On the same year, he was signed into EMI records and was marketed as the British Elvis Presley. His brand of rock and roll captured British audiences, leading him to dominate the British airwaves with his songs during the 1960s, before the entry of The Beatles into the music scene.

His style of rock and roll changed radically in 1964 as a result of The Beatles' edging through the music industry and his own conversion to Christianity. The years that followed saw Sir Cliff Richard foray into film and television, acting in movies like Two a Penny (1968) and Take Me High (1973). He also had his own television program called It's Cliff (1970).

In 1976, Sir Cliff Richard decided to return to his rock and roll roots, to the delight of his early fan base. In 1999, he met controversy with his single Millennium Prayer, which was Our Father sung to the tune of Old Lang Syne. Most radio stations refused to air this song, and even EMI refused to release the single. It nonetheless stayed in the number one spot on the UK Chart for three weeks and became the highest-selling single that Sir Cliff Richard had in his entire career.

Sir Cliff Richard's hit songs include The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, Devil Woman, Ocean Deep and Suddenly (a duet with Olivia Newton-John).