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1960s Gold Cilla Black Surround Yourself With Sorr

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Cilla Black singing "Surround Yourself With Sorrow" on the Top of The Pops show in 1969. This is real 1960s' gold -- dig the miniskirt! But Black is a great artist who first showed her talent in the 1960s, thanks in large part to her friendship with and encouragement by The Beatles. In fact, she grew up in the same neighborhood as The Beatles and several of the other groups from Liverpool that led the British Invasion of the mid-1960s. She was born in 1943 as Priscilla White. In 1962 she took a part-time job at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, at the same time that a group was appearing there called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, whose leader was the drummer Ringo Starr. One night the group invited her onstage to help sing "Fever;" the response from the audience was wildly enthusiastic. She began singing occasionally with other groups appearing at the Cavern, and became known as Cilla Black when a local newspaper printed her name incorrectly in an article. Eventually she came to the attention of Brian Epstein, who managed The Beatles. Epstein began managing her as well, securing a contract for her with Parlophone. She had her first hit with "Love Of The Loved" in 1963 and a number-one hit shortly afterward with "Anyone Who Had A Heart." "You're My World" in 1964 became her first hit in both England and the United States.