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CLIFF'S 'STAGE' HITS

Cliff's singing stage appearances have produced hit singles, some bigger than others.

Cliff's pantomime "Aladdin" ran from December 1964 to April 1965 and produced:
"I could easily fall" - No.6

"Aladdin" broke all Box Office records at the London Palladium
The album won a Gold Disc in 1965.
His pantomime "Cinderella" ran from December 1966 to April 1967 produced:
"In the country" - No.7

"Cinderella" broke Box Office records at the London Palladium
Cliff's stage musical "Time" (a Dave Clark production) from April 1986 to April 1987 produced:
"She's so beautiful" - No.17
"It's in everyone of us" - No.45
"Born to rock'n'roll" - No.78

"Time" was seen by over 650,000 people! at the London Dominion
Did you know?...A documentary on "The Making of Time", that carefully recorded everything that happened from the very first draft,
through to rehearsals and the Premiere was recorded. It was intended for television and video release, ...yet didn't materalise!
Cliff's stage musical "Heathcliff" from October 1996 to April 1997 produced:
"Misunderstood man" - No.19
"Had to be" - No.22
"The wedding" - No.40
"Be with me always" - No.52

"Heathcliff" was seen by over 500,000 people
at: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and London
Did you know?...The video of "Heathcliff" topped the Music Video chart for 8 weeks in 1997.
A documentary video on "The Making of Heathcliff" was a No.2 hit in the Music Video chart in 1998
In the album chart, the above shows fared like this:
1965 - Aladdin - No.13
1967 - Cinderella - No.30
1986 - Time - No.21
1995 - Songs from Heathcliff - No.15
1996 - Heathcliff Live (The Show) - No.41
Did you know?...The vinyl album of "Time" (in MINT condition) is worth £25, while
the vinyl album of "Time" (in MINT condition), with the hologram of Laurence Olivier, is worth a 'cool' £35!.


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Did you know?...that Cliff was offered the chance of playing Lancelot in a touring production of "Camelot". Cliff had sang a song from the show, "If ever I would leave you" by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, in Cliff - Live at the Talk Of The Town in 1970.

Did you know?... that the cover for Cliff's Songs from Heathcliff (blue cover) was based on the painting by Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840) called "The Traveller".

Did you know?... that after the last night of Heathcliff 1,500 Cliff fans lined the street as Cliff and the cast came out. The cast got huge cheers. When Cliff finally got to his car, he was virtually mobbed. It was an incredible send off.

Did you know?... that Sara Haggerty who played Isabella in Cliff's stage musical Heathcliff left her job selling ice cream as an usherette at the New Theatre, Cardiff to star in the show and that after "Heathcliff" she returned to the New Theatre, Cardiff to play the lead role in "Blood brothers".

Did you know?...that after "Heathcliff" Cliff was offered the chance to play Peron in "Evita" in Australia.
CLIFF'S 'GOSPEL' ALBUMS

The following table contains albums that are specifically Gospel/Christian Cliff albums.

| CLIFF'S GOSPEL ALBUMS |
| Good News |
1967 (No.37) |
| Two A Penny |
1968 |
| His Land |
1970 |
| About That Man |
1970 |
| Help It Along |
1974 |
| Small Corners |
1978 (No.33) |
| Walking In The Light |
1984 |
| It's A Small World |
1985 |
| Hymns And Inspirational Songs |
1986 |
| Carols |
1988 |
| The Winner |
1995 |
| Yesterday, Today, Forever |
1998 (2-CD set) |
| Rockspel |
2002 |

Good news was Cliff's first Gospel album. Album track "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" was the B-side to "All my love", a 1967 No.6 hit single.

Small corners is Cliff's most successful Christian album in the U.K. album chart spending 5 weeks on the chart in 1978. It contained the under-rated Cliff single "Yes He lives".

Yesterday, today, forever is a 2-CD compilation set that contains the Top 30 favourite Christian Cliff songs over the years as voted for by Cliff's fans worldwide.


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