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CELEBRATING CLIFF AT THE MEDINA

By County Press Reporter - Friday, May 16, 2008
MUSIC
THE 50-year career of Cliff Richard will be celebrated on Sunday night at Newport’s Medina Theatre.
Stars from the 60s and The Rapiers, Britain’s top Shadows sound-a-like band, will join Jimmy Jemain, the Cliff impersonator, who won Stars in Their Eyes and appeared in the West End musical about the life of the legendary pop star.
Hollywood star John Leyton, who starred in movies like The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi and Von Ryan’s Express, also enjoyed many hit records, including the classic Johnny Remember Me, is guesting, along with singer Billie Davis, who had chart success with Tell Him, Will I What and I Want To Be Your Baby.
The Rapiers, so popular on the Island, can be currently seen in a TV commercial for crisps.
The show, called 50 Years of Cliff, starts at 7pm. Tickets available from the box office.