Cilla Black worth waiting for

Press, 1 November 1977, Page 6

Cilla Black worth waiting for

By NEVIN TOPP | Variety was the keynote of the second concert of the Cilla Black Show in the Christchurch Town Hall last ec eaing. The audience quickly forgot; the half-hour wait for the show to begin because of the first concert, and settled dow n to enjoy two hours and a half of entertainment from lar, Franklin, Terry Turner l ana Nicky Benton, and Cilla the the talent just seems to flow out Her talent as an entertainer had the s..dience eat-l ir.g out ot her hand. It “ooed" 1 its wa? through “K I Had A Hammer ’’ enioved her infectious hum-ur. which was;

The Cilla Black fans got their favourites, like “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling,” “Step Inside Love’’ and “Alfie." but it was “You Are My World” that reallv captured the night — her voice sending shivers up the spine. Nicky Benton and Terry Turner, a duo from London, did a good job of opening the show with songs like I “Sing,” "Everything Is Beautiful.” and the Neil Sedaka song “That’s Where The Music Takes Me.” lan Franklin, an Australian, was the other act in the first half, and he performed with credible dexteritv on the oiano. which he used as a I kind of running gag. Generally. his instrumentals were good, although the opening to the Jimmy .Webb song. "McArthur iPark,” was rather flashy.