Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,31 Oct 1960,30 mins

Cliff Richard

Desert Island Discs

Available for over a year

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard. Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard". Favourite track: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Guitar

Programme Website
More episodes

Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum
    Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum
    Pearl Bailey
  3. 2.
    Tammy
    Tammy
    Debbie Reynolds
  4. 3.
    Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel