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Cliff Richard working with David Gest on duets album
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 9 March 2011
Cliff Richard is working on an album of duets, which will feature David Gest as executive producer. And the singer hopes the new record will help him finally crack the US market, something which has eluded him throughout his career. At a press event to announce the new project, the singer said “I think it is jolly well about time” he got a US chart placing.
But how did this pair come together to work on a record, I hear you ask? Well, it was all the idea of Gloria Hunniford. Gest explained: “This all came together when Gloria and I were doing ‘Celebrity Cash In The Attic’. She said: ‘You should do something with Cliff Richard, do something unique'”. Brilliant. And if you hear a better story than that today, I’m calling you a liar.
Amongst those who will sing with Richard on the album are Candi Staton, Percy Sledge, Freda Payne, Dennis Edwards of The Temptations, and Chanté Moore. There may also be a rapper, says Gest: “[I] can’t say who yet, but don’t be shocked if there is a rapper or two on one of these records. You may laugh now, but we’re going to have the last laugh”.
Richard also had some ideas for more contemporary artists who could join him, singling out Adele and Leona Lewis, and then adding: “I wouldn’t mind singing with Lady Gaga, but she can’t wear any of those hats”.
