I sing more like Cliff than Sam Larner. Youe SRS, we never had music stations like you did. Everything was on ration. And this young guy standing up and fronting a guitar band was the most exciting thing on our young horizon.

To say he was influential to Brits would be a massive understatement. He let us down getting involved with cheesy god botherers and - forces of repression like Mary Whitehouse.

But I think i can say with certainty a shudder is running through many English people. You see Cliff has always been schtum about his sexuality. People thought maybe it was because he was gay. but why remain schtum when so many others were open - Freddy, Elton, will Young etc.

We are really dreading - musicians or civilians - finding out that something more sinister was the reason for silence all these years....

watch this space, as they say...