Cilla Black interviews - 1967 & 2009

[faltskog36abba]

cilla was fab tthen as she is now,some people like her and some dont,lovely footage from a great singer,i love you cilla.

[mrwitzigwitzig]

Love the Austin Powers moment 28-32secs into the video :-)

[paisleycarol]

I don't know why some of you people even bother to comment.If you don't like her don't watch her. She is an icon of British pop someone who has a lot of loyal fans and doesn't have to prove herself. She is down to earth, funny and lovable. Keep on keeping on Cilla !!!

[pixelsarefun]

Oh so sorry ! the messages were coming back as not sent !

[pixelsarefun]

I have never thought Cilla had a Diva image in the slightest. i saw her several times in the 60's walking down the street in Glasgow and actually running to people in front of her and laughing with them, when they turned round and saw it was Cilla Black. I last met her in Liverpool almost two years ago and she spoke to everyone and signed every autograph, then said "Is that everyone ?" Look at my short video of her backstage in the street. you will see she is no Diva !

[GrahamLondonUK]

@pixelsarefun Personally, I have never thought of Cilla as a diva, but several comments that I have received regarding this upload think otherwise, some of which I have deleted! Your video of Cilla talking with her fans and signing autographs is a joy!

[pixelsarefun]

I have never thought Cilla had a Diva image in the slightest. i saw her several times in the 60's walking down the street in Glasgow and actually running to people in front of her and laughing with them, when they turned round and saw it was Cilla Black. I last met her in Liverpool almost two years ago and she spoke to everyone and signed every autograph, then said "Is that everyone ?" Look at my short video of her backstage in the street. you will see she is no Diva !

[pixelsarefun]

i have never thought Cilla had a Diva image in the slightest. i saw her several times in the 60's walking down the street in Glasgow and actually running to people in front of her and laughing with them. i last met her in Liverpool almost two years ago and she spoke to everyone and signed every autograph, then said "Is that everyone ?" Look at my short video of her backstage in the street. you will see she is no Diva !

[pixelsarefun]

Met Cilla several times and always so pleasant to everyone. not sure where this "bitch" in real life story comes from. from my experiences, she takes time to be pleasant to everyone. Maybe she hates flying !

[GrahamLondonUK]

@pixelsarefun Some female singers have a diva image, usually not deserved, such as Cilla Black and Diana Ross. These women have come from a disadvantaged background and enjoy the fame and fortune which they have worked for. How did you come to meet Cilla?

[Louizalass]

Goodness, as a Liverpudlian myself, I know how people from Scottie Road speak - and it isn't like this! But I do like Cilla and have been a fan since she first started. I never realised just how 'posh' she spoke in these interviews - she obviously worked hard with the elocution lessons!

[GrahamLondonUK]

@Louizalass Back in the sixties, it was the done thing to appear "posh", but nowadays, it is unnecessary. I'm from London and I have always wanted to know how Liverpudlians felt about losing some of their big names (Cilla, The Beatles, etc) to London once they achieved fame. Did you feel abandoned or did you feel that London was the place to be to become really famous?

[Louizalass]

@GrahamLondonUK . Hi Graham - I was only 13 or 14 by the time the Beatles etc had left Liverpool so I don't recall feeling 'abandoned' - more a feeling of pride if anything, that suddenly Liverpool was on the map for being a hip place! I still feel a sense of pride because even now, at the age of 60, when I visit the States and when asked where I come from, depending on the age of the person, they will always say: "Oh! Liverpool - did you know the Beatles?!!"

[GrahamLondonUK]

@Louizalass Thanks for your reply. I love the idea of the Americans saying "you come from Liverpool? - did you know The Beatles?"! I worked at Harrods for many years and was surprised when people assumed that I would know someone they knew who worked there!

[jrgboy]

@Louizalass I think because these interviews were going out worldwide people were asked to speak 'posh' simply because back in those days it was felt they would be difficult to understand. I am afraid that all the top studios in those days were in London so you really had to live there

[dcbornmike]

Cilla is wonderful! Recently was on vacation to the UK, and visited Liverpool. Worldwide, people think of the Beatles and Cilla Black when they think of this exciting city.

Michael Lynch, Washington DC USA

[GrahamLondonUK]

Thanks for your comment, Mike. I thought that most Americans only knew of Cilla Black as the British singer who "stole" Dionne Warwick's Anyone Who Had A Heart and took it to #1 in Britain in 1964. Cilla had a British top ten hit with Alfie a year before Dionne has a top twenty hit in United States. I'm pleased that you enjoyed your visit to Liverpool - though I live in London, I have never been there!

[dcbornmike]

Graham

Never been to Liverpool?? Its so close for you too! I recommend that you take the train and enjoy this wonderful city! I really enjoyed my stay there. Am planning on visiting UK again this summer, being based in the Birmingham area (where my friends live).

I see some references to Dusty too. Now she was A SINGER!

Does Cilla still do concerts?

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[cakehole53]

While Dusty had a TV series before Cilla, Cilla's show was the first weekly hour long show. 1st broadcast on 30th January 1968, I was there at the BBC Shepherd Bush TV Theatre, and Tom Jones was her special guest. Marvellous!

[GrahamLondonUK]

Wow, you were there for the first television recording! I remember watching it and I still have a cutting from the Radio Times.

[jrgboy]

@cakehole53 I think Cilla, Dusty & Lulu were expected to go into variety after a few hit records like people did after the war.

[bosskat57]

cilla the first to get a tv series - she wasn't !!! lets not forget dusty's bbc series in 1966 - just to set the record straight, as it were !!!

[GrahamLondonUK]

You're right, Dusty's first series, titled "Dusty", was broadcast in 1966/7. "It Must Be Dusty" followed in 1968, then "Decidedly Dusty" in 1969.

[EricandDish]

Loved that vintage 1967 color interview-and especially Black's blue dress with the orange and yellow turtleneck and cuffs; which matches her red hair!

[Inverdarroch88]

Cilla looks much better now. She looked awful in the 60s

[rich88b]

Oh my God, a common woman trying to talk posh especially talking about the Rolls and Bentley!!!

[duffydusty]

Horrible woman, horrible voice.

[virginbluedude]

shes a bitch in real life. ask anyone at british airways

[eichanstarr]

thanks for posting this! : )

[mikemckenna99]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting the 1967 & 2009 series!

[GrahamLondonUK]

Thanks for your comment Mike, I'm pleased that you enjoyed the 42 year gap interviews!

[cillafan]

love Cilla

[GrahamLondonUK]

Thanks for your appreciative comment, Pinu.

[Pinupip]

LOVE this!!!