They have been mates for many years, sharing a love of music – and a lorra lorra laughs.
And little question Cilla Black would have loved the touching tribute from Cliff Richard, 85, in his annual calendar.
The singer has launched photographs from his 2027 version, together with a shot of him sporting a tie-dye jacket and shorts, and standing in the back of a ship named ‘Cilla’.
Sir Cliff and Ms Black, who died in 2015 on the age of 72, had loved an in depth friendship for greater than 50 years and so they each had vacation houses in Barbados the place they hung out collectively.
His newest calendar cowl reveals the singer, whose many hits embody The Younger Ones and We Don’t Speak Anymore, depicted on a postage stamp, standing in entrance of a cruise ship.
Sir Cliff Richard has launched a few of the photographs from the subsequent instalment of his iconic annual calendar
One photographs options of a shot of Sir Cliff sporting a tie-dye jacket and shorts, standing in the back of a ship named ‘Cilla’
Sir Cliff and Ms Black, who died in 2015 on the age of 72, had loved an in depth friendship for greater than 50 years and so they each had vacation houses in Barbados the place they hung out collectively
In a single month Sir Cliff is proven mendacity on a cream couch, and holding a hardback copy of his first autobiography, It’s Nice To Be Younger, which he launched in 1960 on the ripe outdated age of 19.
The pop veteran began releasing a calendar in 1979 and they’re thought to have earned him greater than £2million.
Based on Calendar Membership, which tracks gross sales, his 2022 launch was the bestselling of any music star’s calendars, beating Harry Types.
In 2023, Sir Cliff stopped posing shirtless for the calendar, saying: ‘It’s time to gracefully exit the Chippendales market.’
