LANDMARK CONFESSION: Sir Cliff Richard — the only artist to score No. 1 hits across five straight decades and record music for more than two uninterrupted weeks — finally speaks candidly about the troubling direction of today’s music industry, the quiet reasons America never fully embraced him, and the unexpected moment that made John Lennon see him as something genuinely special.
Introduction Few artists in popular music history can speak of longevity with the authority of...