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Cilla Black

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The Resume

    (May 27, 1943-August 1, 2015)
    Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Birth name is Priscilla White
    Recorded 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' (1964), 'You're My World' (1964), 'It's For You' (1964), 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1965), 'Love's Just a Broken Heart' (1966), 'Alfie' (1966), 'Don't Answer Me' (1966), 'Step Inside Love' (1968), 'Surround Yourself With Sorrow' (1969), 'Conversations' (1969) and 'Something Tells Me' (1971) Hosted the TV shows 'Surprise! Surprise!' and 'Blind Date'

Why she might be annoying:

    She speaks in an exaggerated Liverpudian accent.
    Many of her British hits were covers of American songs.
    She has undergone cosmetic surgery several times.
    She recorded a duet with Barry Manilow (1993).
    Her singing style is quite strident.
    Her trademark is saying the word 'lorra' instead of 'lot of.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    As a child, she wrote fan letters to Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
    She took her stage name after a newspaper mistakenly called her 'Black' instead of 'White.'
    Brian Epstein managed her.
    Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote songs for her.
    After her husband died in 1999, she became active in charities against cancer.
    She received the title 'Officer of the Order of the British Empire' in 1997.
    She only had one American Top 40 hit, 'You're My World' (1964).
    Her home was robbed of £1 million worth of stuff and her 22 year old son was beaten with a crow bar by three masked burglars (August 16, 2003).

Credit: Adrian Lopez


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 73 Votes: 49.32% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 90 Votes: 62.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 72.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 69.91% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 248 Votes: 69.35% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 281 Votes: 70.46% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 333 Votes: 59.16% Annoying