Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE, known by her stage name Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress, and author...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 May 1943
CityLiverpool, England
early generation pop singer
There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days.
bad british-musician people
It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.
trying
Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!
australian based british saw tour
'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn't understand why it wasn't on British T.V.
I don't want to be a burden on anybody.
cows home nature until
I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.
Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move.
On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.
rotten watch
If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.
came found handy hard home loved offered work
T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night's work, and then I could go home. I loved 'Surprise Surprise', but it was hard work. 'Blind Date' was a doddle by comparison.
When I was put up in posh hotels, I thought it was wonderful.
lap
Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'
brian fancy handsome money tall
Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class.
bedroom call days hours literally rats shut time
I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down.