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Cilla is an English female given name, originally the diminutive form of Priscilla and less frequently Drusilla.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cilla Black</span> English singer and media personality (1943–2015)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Priscilla</span> Name list

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">You're My World</span> 1964 single by Cilla Black

"You're My World" is a cover of Italian ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il mio mondo" by Umberto Bindi, who co-wrote the original version with Gino Paoli. Subsequently, an English version was commissioned, and the lyrics were written by Carl Sigman as "You're My World". The song reached No. 1 in Australia (twice), Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa and United Kingdom in recordings by Cilla Black, Daryl Braithwaite, Guys 'n' Dolls and Helen Reddy. Black's and Reddy's versions reached the US Top 40 in 1964 and 1977, respectively. The song also reached No. 1 in France and Spain in the respective translations "Ce monde" and "Mi Mundo", both sung by Richard Anthony.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cilla Battersby-Brown</span> Fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street

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