- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press; illustrated edition edition (3 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091890365
- ISBN-13: 978-0091890360
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.4 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 439,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cilla Black's autobiography, What's It All About, named after her signature Burt Bacharach hit, is fascinating for many reasons. One of these is the fact that, hard as it is to believe today, she was once considered to be a cutting-edge musical talent. She shared manager Brian Epstein with the Beatles and the boys even wrote several of her hits, including Love of the Loved. This early part of her career is particularly well evoked here and we are given a very vivid picture of growing up in a bomb-torn Liverpool of the late 40s.
The details of the rigidly Catholic background which the singer ultimately broke away from make a very interesting backdrop to the story of Cilla's success, which was achieved against all the odds. As she would be first to admit, it was her ability that had to take her places: she was by no means conventionally pretty. It was the steadily growing stage presence and (most of all) that memorable voice that marked her out from her contemporaries. After the Mersey explosion, which happened as Cilla reached the age of 20, there was a notable lull until she was able to reinvent her career as host to such long-running shows as the sometimes cloying Surprise, Surprise and Blind Date (from which she famously resigned on air). And while these shows, like Cilla herself, have as many detractors as supporters, there's no denying her sheer professionalism and thorough understanding of her audience.
Her life, famously, has been blighted by several personal tragedies, and they are dealt with frankly here. What's It All About won't necessarily win Cilla any new friends, but it's a frank and unvarnished account of a remarkable life in show business. --Barry Forshaw
Heat Magazine
...the amazing life story of a genuine legend
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A must to read is this book-for all her many fans and more. She is a british institution. and an icon of our times. She has had the stamina to remain on top.She has had good times and bad, and bounced back.
She holds nothing back in the book.It is a sign of her honesty, probably one of the things that has kept her so popular. It is also fascinating to read about the people she mentions before they became stars also. She holds nothing back.
She's been around a long time, and i hope for many more years to come. A loving family woman. A terrific read.
She holds nothing back in the book.It is a sign of her honesty, probably one of the things that has kept her so popular. It is also fascinating to read about the people she mentions before they became stars also. She holds nothing back.
She's been around a long time, and i hope for many more years to come. A loving family woman. A terrific read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The woman is a nightmare - how the hell did she get famous? I rarely cringe whilst reading but I did during this book. The woman is a talentless walking ego.
Burn after reading.
Burn after reading.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am a great Cilla fan and have found this book very refreshing and honest. The early years of her life especially were written very visual and funny and the early 60's time at the Cavern Club sounded really exiting so full of life with a real buzz. I was left feeling it must have been great to have been involved in that era. Her transition from a pop star to a mother was written with feeling and it came across how important family life was to Cilla.
The book is well written funny and sad at times in fact with more sadness than I imagined her to have had in her life (excluding Bobby of course)
It is well worth reading!!!
The book is well written funny and sad at times in fact with more sadness than I imagined her to have had in her life (excluding Bobby of course)
It is well worth reading!!!
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Whats it all about,
A very good read if you are the same era as Cilla Black but she rubs the fact that shes earnt good money in a bit,goes on a bit about her electric gates!!
Published 1 month ago by smithy18
Great story - just too many typos
Cilla Black's autobiography is excellent - sharing with you things you didn't know and genuine stories of her amazing life. I really enjoyed it! Read more
Published 2 months ago by K. Rowland
Surprise? - er well, no Surprises
This book started off really well and then went down hill. Boring , mundane and predictable plus a great deal of repetitivness. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bc V. Price
nostalgia
my husband has been a fan of Cillas for donkeys years 'so i got the book as an extra christmas presant. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by Mrs. M. S. Daniel
What's it all about?????
This book is a great read, Cilla fan or not, but if you are a Cilla Fan, it's an amazing book. This isn't a book of 'facts' and events that we all knew about anyway, it's an... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2003 by irene makepeace
Cilla writes with strong convictions
Here we a have a gripping story of a superstar who has had more than her fair share of heartbreak and tragedy in her life. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2003
What's it all about?
As a long lasting Cilla fan, I am thrilled with this new book. It really is a candid insite into Cillas life, including lots about her childhood, which is normally overlooked,... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2003 by Simon David Jarvis
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