Cilla Black

Cilla Black (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on May 27, 1943) is a British singer, actor, and television personality, and was the second-biggest star to emerge from the early 1960s Liverpool scene after

Cilla Black (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on May 27, 1943) is a British singer, actor, and television personality, and was the second-biggest star to emerge from the early 1960s Liverpool scene after The Beatles.

A naturally gifted singer, as a child Cilla was encouraged to sing by her family. In the early 1960s, determined to break into show business, she got a part-time job as a cloakroom attendant at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles regularly played. Ideally placed to promote herself to local musicians, she impressed the Beatles and others with her talent and began her stage career with impromptu performances at the Cavern. During this period she also worked as waitress at the Zodiac coffee lounge, where she met her future husband and manager Bobby Willis.