Surprise, Surprise! It's a Cilla Black Episode!

When we first started this podcast way back in 2018, one of the
reasons we called it “BECAUSE the Beatles” was because we wanted
to be able to not only talk about the Beatles, but anything
adjacent to them in any way … hence "because" the Beatles. And
one of our original reasons was because we wanted to do the
episode we’re FINALLY doing today — an episode on Cilla
Black! 


Cilla is unique in the Beatles’ story — the only woman managed by
Brian Epstein, and, as we’ll discuss, she was one of his favorite
artistes and close to him personally too.


Later in her life, she became known as a TV presenter and the
recipient of an OBE for her contribution to entertainment. She
had 19 Top 40 singles in the UK, including two #1 hits - “Anyone
Who Had a Heart” and “You’re My World” — and recorded 15 studio
albums. And this past year she became one of the best memes on
TikTok.


This episode focuses on the beginnings of her fame and hitmaking
— and of course, references the spectacular made-for-TV
miniseries Cilla, which we highly recommend. 


Learn more about Cilla

Cilla biopic on iTV

"Surprise Surprise" on TikTok



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