Status Quo come to defense of Sir Cliff's playlist battle
Status Quo and Francis Rossi have come to the defense of Sir Cliff Richard after his music was banned from a UK radio playlist.
Executives at Britain's new Absolute Radio 60s revealed that Richard's songs will not be played as they are not 'cool enough'.
Richard took aim at the radio bosses, insisting: "They are trying to erase me and count me out. I have sold more singles than The Beatles."
And he has now gained the support of his musical peers in his playlist battle.
Rossie tells the Daily Mail: "It's not on. Cliff was one of the pioneers of British rock 'n' roll. And now they're trying to freeze him out just because, in their eyes, he's not 'cool'", while Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp adds, "Along with Tommy Steele, Cliff was Britain's first rock 'n' roller. They paved the way for all the others, and Cliff and The Shadows were fundamental in creating the British sound of rock. To imagine them out of it is a Stalinesque act, it seems to me."
The Who rocker, Roger Dautrey says: "Just to put a blanket ban on Cliff's music does seem unfair because at certain times in his career he's made a few great rock songs - Move It and Devil Woman being two examples. Never mind, Cliff. You don't need Absolute to sell your music, your audience is one of the most loyal of all."
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