Black was born Priscilla Maria Veronica White in the Vauxhall district of Liverpool on 27 May 1943, the daughter of Priscilla Blythen (1911–1996) and John Patrick White (1904–1971). She grew up in the Scotland R… See more

Black signed her first contract with longtime friend and neighbour Terry McCann, but this contract was never honoured as it was made when she was underage (the age of majority was then 21) and her father subsequent… See more

Black was offered her own show on the BBC by Bill Cotton, then assistant head of light entertainment. The show would simply be titled Cilla and aired from January 1968 to April 1976. Cotton considered Black to take over fr… See more