Comments on: White Label Wednesday: Cliff Richard, “We Don’t Talk Anymore” http://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-52376 DwDunphy Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:43:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-52376 Is that a threat? Is that a threat?

]]> By: breadalbanehttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-52377 breadalbane Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:56:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-52377 Oh, for those who are wondering about the Beatles top 40 charts stats in the UK:<br><br>Beatles:33 (unless all 6 songs on the charted Magical Mystery Tour EP are counted, rather than just the title track -- then it's 38)<br>Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:46<br>John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:15<br>George/Wilburys:10<br>Ringo: 5<br><br>Total: 109/114 Oh, for those who are wondering about the Beatles top 40 charts stats in the UK:

Beatles:33 (unless all 6 songs on the charted Magical Mystery Tour EP are counted, rather than just the title track — then it's 38)
Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:46
John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:15
George/Wilburys:10
Ringo: 5

Total: 109/114

]]> By: JonCummingshttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-52375 JonCummings Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:33:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-52375 If we do one more Popdose column on Cliff before the end of the year, we might all get free membership in his fan club... <a href="http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%25e2%2580%25a6cliff-richard/" rel="nofollow">http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%e...</a> If we do one more Popdose column on Cliff before the end of the year, we might all get free membership in his fan club… http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%e…

]]> By: breadalbanehttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-52374 breadalbane Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:19:51 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-52374 It really is hard for North Americans to wrap their heads around just how big a star Cliff is in the rest of the English-speaking world. In the UK, he debuted with the #2 hit "Move It" in 1958. 50 years later, in September 2008 -- yes, last month -- he hit #3 with a new single. And this wasn't a sudden out-of-nowhere fluke. Except for 1978 and 1997, in every single year from 1958 onward he's had at least one single (and often many more) hit the UK charts. <br><br>Alan Tarney, incidentally, was the guitarist in Cliff's band throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, and wrote (or co-wrote) a number of Cliff's hits of that era. <br> <br>Oh, and as for the Beatles comparison -- what happens it you expand it to include all the top 40 hits the Beatles had, *plus* all the top 40 hits each Beatle had as a solo artist (or with Yoko, or with Linda, or with WIngs)? <br><br>Beatles:52<br>Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:34<br>John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:14<br>George:13<br>Ringo: 10 <br><br>Total: 123<br><br>Which should put Cliff's 125 UK top 40s' into even greater perspective -- in the UK at least, Cliff's actually managed to do slightly better than even the collective might of all 4 Beatles in the US... It really is hard for North Americans to wrap their heads around just how big a star Cliff is in the rest of the English-speaking world. In the UK, he debuted with the #2 hit “Move It” in 1958. 50 years later, in September 2008 — yes, last month — he hit #3 with a new single. And this wasn't a sudden out-of-nowhere fluke. Except for 1978 and 1997, in every single year from 1958 onward he's had at least one single (and often many more) hit the UK charts.

Alan Tarney, incidentally, was the guitarist in Cliff's band throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, and wrote (or co-wrote) a number of Cliff's hits of that era.

Oh, and as for the Beatles comparison — what happens it you expand it to include all the top 40 hits the Beatles had, *plus* all the top 40 hits each Beatle had as a solo artist (or with Yoko, or with Linda, or with WIngs)?

Beatles:52
Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:34
John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:14
George:13
Ringo: 10

Total: 123

Which should put Cliff's 125 UK top 40s' into even greater perspective — in the UK at least, Cliff's actually managed to do slightly better than even the collective might of all 4 Beatles in the US…

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-42101 DwDunphy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:43:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-42101 Is that a threat? Is that a threat?

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-18234 DwDunphy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:43:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-18234 Is that a threat? Is that a threat?

]]> By: breadalbanehttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-18235 breadalbane Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:56:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-18235 Oh, for those who are wondering about the Beatles top 40 charts stats in the UK:<br><br>Beatles:33 (unless all 6 songs on the charted Magical Mystery Tour EP are counted, rather than just the title track -- then it's 38)<br>Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:46<br>John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:15<br>George/Wilburys:10<br>Ringo: 5<br><br>Total: 109/114 Oh, for those who are wondering about the Beatles top 40 charts stats in the UK:

Beatles:33 (unless all 6 songs on the charted Magical Mystery Tour EP are counted, rather than just the title track — then it's 38)
Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:46
John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:15
George/Wilburys:10
Ringo: 5

Total: 109/114

]]> By: JonCummingshttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-18233 JonCummings Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:33:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-18233 If we do one more Popdose column on Cliff before the end of the year, we might all get free membership in his fan club... <a href="http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%25e2%2580%25a6cliff-richard/" rel="nofollow">http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%e...</a> If we do one more Popdose column on Cliff before the end of the year, we might all get free membership in his fan club… http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-in-praise-of%e…

]]> By: breadalbanehttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-18232 breadalbane Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:19:51 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-18232 It really is hard for North Americans to wrap their heads around just how big a star Cliff is in the rest of the English-speaking world. In the UK, he debuted with the #2 hit "Move It" in 1958. 50 years later, in September 2008 -- yes, last month -- he hit #3 with a new single. And this wasn't a sudden out-of-nowhere fluke. Except for 1978 and 1997, in every single year from 1958 onward he's had at least one single (and often many more) hit the UK charts. <br><br>Alan Tarney, incidentally, was the guitarist in Cliff's band throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, and wrote (or co-wrote) a number of Cliff's hits of that era. <br> <br>Oh, and as for the Beatles comparison -- what happens it you expand it to include all the top 40 hits the Beatles had, *plus* all the top 40 hits each Beatle had as a solo artist (or with Yoko, or with Linda, or with WIngs)? <br><br>Beatles:52<br>Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:34<br>John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:14<br>George:13<br>Ringo: 10 <br><br>Total: 123<br><br>Which should put Cliff's 125 UK top 40s' into even greater perspective -- in the UK at least, Cliff's actually managed to do slightly better than even the collective might of all 4 Beatles in the US... It really is hard for North Americans to wrap their heads around just how big a star Cliff is in the rest of the English-speaking world. In the UK, he debuted with the #2 hit “Move It” in 1958. 50 years later, in September 2008 — yes, last month — he hit #3 with a new single. And this wasn't a sudden out-of-nowhere fluke. Except for 1978 and 1997, in every single year from 1958 onward he's had at least one single (and often many more) hit the UK charts.

Alan Tarney, incidentally, was the guitarist in Cliff's band throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, and wrote (or co-wrote) a number of Cliff's hits of that era.

Oh, and as for the Beatles comparison — what happens it you expand it to include all the top 40 hits the Beatles had, *plus* all the top 40 hits each Beatle had as a solo artist (or with Yoko, or with Linda, or with WIngs)?

Beatles:52
Paul/Paul&Linda/Wings:34
John/PlasticOnoBand/John&Yoko:14
George:13
Ringo: 10

Total: 123

Which should put Cliff's 125 UK top 40s' into even greater perspective — in the UK at least, Cliff's actually managed to do slightly better than even the collective might of all 4 Beatles in the US…

]]> By: DavidMedskerhttp://popdose.com/white-label-wednesday-cliff-richard-%e2%80%9cwe-don%e2%80%99t-talk-anymore%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-18231 DavidMedsker Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=5987#comment-18231 Perhaps, but his Hot 100 days are long behind him, that's what I meant. And did you hear that last record of his? Ugh. Perhaps, but his Hot 100 days are long behind him, that's what I meant. And did you hear that last record of his? Ugh.

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