| The Definitive Collection (A Life in Music) | ||||
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| Released | 3 August 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1963–2003 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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The Definitive Collection (A Life in Music) is a compilation album by Cilla Black, released in 2009 to celebrate her 45-year career in show business.
Released as a three disc set – two CDs and one DVD, the album includes all of Black's biggest hit singles as well as new remixes, previously unreleased tracks and Black's first ever music DVD of rare live performances acquired from the BBC archives. The first 20 tracks on disc one also appeared on The Very Best of Cilla Black in 1983 and 2013.
Personnel
Priscilla Maria Veronica White, better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress, and author.
Robert Willis was an English singer, songwriter, talent manager, and producer who became the manager and eventually husband of singer Cilla Black.
Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.
Bobbie Robinson was an American independent record producer and songwriter in New York City, most active from the 1950s through the mid-1980s.
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a song by Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, first recorded in 1964 by the American vocal duo the Righteous Brothers, whose version was also produced by Spector and is cited by some music critics as the ultimate expression and illustration of his Wall of Sound recording technique. The record was a critical and commercial success on its release, reaching number one in early February 1965 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The single ranked No. 5 in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1965 Hot 100 hits – based on combined airplay and sales, and not including three charted weeks in December 1964 – and has entered the UK Top Ten on an unprecedented three occasions.
The Best of Cilla Black is a compilation album by Cilla Black. It was first released in 1968 and originally included 14 of her biggest hit singles, a selection of B-sides and album tracks, released between 1963 and 1968. Many of these tracks had not been previously available on an album. It was usual in this period for artists to record songs exclusively for single release only. The album reached number 21 on the UK Albums Chart.
Twin is a Swedish record production and songwriting team, consisting of Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson.
Sixties Power Ballads - The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! is an edition in The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! series, which is a part of The Best... Album in the World...Ever! brand. This album was released October 22, 2007 and includes some of the biggest power ballads the 1960s had to offer.
Surround Yourself with Cilla is Cilla Black's fourth solo studio album, released on 23 May 1969 by Parlophone Records. It was Cilla's first album to only be recorded and released in stereo sound format, and her first to fail to make the UK charts.
Surprisingly Cilla is the title of Cilla Black's twelfth solo studio album. It was a spin-off from her television series, Surprise, Surprise, and the opening track is the show's theme tune. The album includes several re-recordings of Black's hit singles, originally recorded in the 1960s.
Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs is the fifteenth solo studio album by Cilla Black. The project featured eleven all-new studio recordings produced by Ted Carfrae alongside nine of her own hit singles produced by George Martin. Also included as a hidden track was a club remix of a re-recording of "Step Inside Love" produced by DJ Tommy Sandhu.
Completely Cilla: 1963–1973 is a compilation album released of music by British pop singer Cilla Black. The compilation album is a prelude to Black's 50th anniversary in show business – it is the largest released compilation album of her music containing 139 digitally remastered recordings.
The Very Best of Cilla Black is an original, career-spanning compilation album by English singer Cilla Black, released in October 2013 by Parlophone / Warner Music Group UK to mark her golden anniversary in show business. The album reached No. 37 in 2013 on the UK Albums Chart, which was Black's first Top 40 hit in thirty years. In September 2014, after the transmission of ITV biopic Cilla starring Sheridan Smith the album re-entered the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 26. The album was to make its ultimate peak at No. 1 after Black's death in August 2015, becoming her first number-one album. It also reached No. 1 in New Zealand on 21 August 2015 and stayed there for five consecutive weeks, making it the first album to achieve this since Sole Mio's eponymous album in March 2014.
Is It Love? is Cilla Black's 1965 first US album. Originally the ballad, "Is It Love?," written by her future husband and manager, Bobby Willis, was recorded for the Ferry Cross the Mersey LP and film of the same name. Instead "Is It Love?" became the title track of her first and only album for Capitol Records.
The Very Best of Cilla Black was a TV advertised compilation album by English singer Cilla Black, originally released in 1983 by EMI Records UK on vinyl LP and Cassette to mark her 20th anniversary in show business. The album reached No. 20 on the UK Albums Chart in 1983. The album was certified Silver by the BPI on 28 January 1983. The album was later re-issued on EMI's budget label Music for Pleasure.
