Sir Cliff Richard wants to collaborate with major US superstar to help him crack US aged 83

AFTER years spent trying, and failing, to crack America, Sir Cliff Richard has admitted he’s got a plan up his sleeve – and it includes Taylor Swift.

The 83-year-old crooner revealed he would love to collaborate with the pop superstar because he thinks it would open up a whole new market for him in the States.

Sir Cliff Richard has admitted he’s got a plan up his sleeve – and it includes Taylor Swift

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Sir Cliff Richard has admitted he’s got a plan up his sleeve – and it includes Taylor SwiftCredit: Getty
Sir Cliff revealed he would love to collaborate with Taylor because it would open up a whole new market

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Sir Cliff revealed he would love to collaborate with Taylor because it would open up a whole new marketCredit: AP

And – no offence, Cliff – a much younger one, too.

The Mistletoe and Wine singer — who reached number 44 in the UK charts with his 1986 Elton John duet, Slow Rivers – said: “She’s the biggest artist on the planet.

“If she asked me, I’d say, ‘Yes please’, because I’m sure it would be a big hit.

“And it might be an introduction for me in America because I’ve failed in America, apart from what Elton did for me with two songs.”

The singer also threw his support behind Ed Sheeran, saying he was proud of the way the star fought his plagiarism court battle back in May, which ruled he did not copy Marvin Gaye’s song, Let’s Get It On.

Sir Cliff added: “I don’t play too many of the contemporary things because sometimes, to me, they make records that are terrific, funky records.

“Go into a club and dance to it, yes, – but I find that there’s no melody to some.

“Ed Sheeran . . . now he does write some terrific songs, and there’s a certain melodic value to them as well.

“I’m so glad that he won that court case for plagiarism.

“I’ve been saying this for years – there’s only eight notes in an octave and there are thousands of songs using those same notes, so inevitably somebody is going to cross over with somebody else.

“Quite rightly, the judge threw it all out. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again.”

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