Cliff Richard: The Peter Pan of Pop
Keith Altham, NME, 24 June 1972
POOR OLD Cliff is still a bit too good to be true for most people – the Peter Pan of pop, and a Christian to boot. After a decade in the business he still has an unblemished record with the Press and has not even managed to make the Sunday papers for speeding.
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