Cilla Black

Cilla Black was right at the molten center of the 1960s British pop explosion, championed by the Beatles and topping the UK charts twice in 1964 with Anyone Who Had a Heart and You're My World. What earns my deepest respect is her second act, reinventing herself as a beloved television presenter and becoming a genuine national institution, capped by an OBE in 1996. Few entertainers manage to stay on the front line across decades and formats the way she did. Her passing in 2015 closed a remarkable run, but her warmth and longevity make her, to me, a true British treasure.

Name (English)

Cilla Black

Name (Japanese)

シラ・ブラック

Reading

しら・ぶらっく

Born

May 27, 1943 – August 1, 2015

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Vauxhall, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / actor / television presenter / musician / singer-songwriter

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttp://www.cillablack.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialcillablack/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilla%20Black
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286525

Tags

• singer
• actor
• television presenter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.