I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

Black's career in the United States although begun enthusiastically by Epstein and his PR team was limited to a few television appearances (The Ed Sullivan Show among them) a 1965 cabaret season at the Plaza Hotel in New York and success with "You're My World" which made it to No. However Black refused on the basis that Sandie Shaw had won the previous year's contest and that the chances of another British female artist winning were improbable. These albums were all digitally re-mastered and featured an array of musical genres.

In May 2010 new research publiCilla Blackd by BBC Radio 2 claimed that her version of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" was the UK's biggest selling single by a female artist in the 1960s. Cilla Black OBE (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White 27 May 1943) is an English singer actress entertainer and media personality. She began her career as a singer in 1963 and is most famous in the UK for her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1964) and "You're My World" (1964) both of which reached number one.