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
cathy flat hang helping steady swing swinging
Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We'd be doing 'Ready Steady Go!' on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We'd be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they'd still be sewing.
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.
option
I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer.
abbey clubs discovered gave headphones knock longer shout time
The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice.
rotten watch
If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.
business coming four frank kept people retired sinatra
I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to die on stage. Literally. I don't want to do that.
business
I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know.
coronation lounge until weight
I've got a bike in the lounge that I watch Coronation Street on. I never had to watch my weight until I had the children, but with the bike, I'm fine.
lap
Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'
acid
I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.
joints enjoy joint-efforts
I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it.
bullying gay blood
Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy Returning after having gone out by himself: collapsed by the bed and burst into floods of tears, his face bruised and splattered with blood. ... " I'm Gay," Billy said, "and I've just been beaten up and robbed by a guy who picked me up in a bar and took me back to his place."
dear-friend dear
I love Simon Cowell, he's a dear friend.
differences inhale
The difference with me is that I did inhale.