Cilla Black "You're My World" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@bartoncessna1]

She was 22, performing live on one of the worlds biggest TV shows. Amazing!

[@idanwillenchik3050]

In April 1965 she was still 21. She turned 22 on May 27th 1965.

[@20054603]

I was there that day as I ran her fan club for Canada I travelled by bus from Toronto to New York and met with her (and Bobby Willis) backstage. She really wanted to meet. It was wonderful.

[@edd7812]

​@@20054603what a great experience! And what a great comment about events from that day. I'm glad that people like you take the time to let the rest of us in on the events as they occurred back then

[@jackieevans113]

She was Amazing

[@DPF1963]

Number 1 in the UK, Number 26 in the US and Number 1 in Australia all in 1964. Cilla is a British Icon and National Treasure. R.I.P Cilla Black. ❤

[@angloaust1575]

The sixties churned out a vast Majority of British talent!

[@randolphburns7974]

At 73 I remember this so well. Loved it.

[@kathymenard-jy1sf]

I am 72, and her vocals still give me the chills.

[@jadezee6316]

try wearing clothes and standing away from a moving fan...

[@kathymenard-jy1sf]

@JadeZee oh, so now your taking the fun out of it. Enjoy your week. ❤️😊🇨🇦

[@ianwhitehead691]

👍🏻🥰

[@ChuckHackney]

So does Helen Reddy-s version. Both are magical.

[@TomElvisSmith]

"You're My World" was British singing star Cilla Black's biggest hit overall, and in my opinion, by far her best. A beautiful powerful moving song which she sang very well. It was later recorded by many others, becoming a hit again in 1977 by Helen Reddy. Cilla's original version charted at number 1 on the UK Singles chart, and in the U.S., number 4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 26 on the Hot 100. The lovely song was written by Umberto Bindi , Gino Paoli and Carl Sigman. With this post, I believe all of Cilla's performances on the Sullivan show will have been posted. Thank you for this post, Sullivan channel!

[@jamessuriet]

there's a 1966 performance of her singing "love's just a broken heart", I'm still waiting for them to upload it.

[@TomElvisSmith]

@@jamessuriet I had no idea she was on any color episodes, but you are absolutely correct! That's the only one which hasn't been uploaded.

[@mjones4083]

Good informative post .

[@garyvideocollection9222]

I don't think it reached so high on the billboard chart sadly only just made the top 30, but deserved to be a bigger hit just by this performance alone

[@TomElvisSmith]

@@garyvideocollection9222 It was probably because male bands were so popular at the time after the British invasion. Solo female singers had a tough time on the Billboard Hot 100 in the mid'60's.

[@davidmorrison3327]

50 year old metal and hard rock fan here but I’m not ashamed to say this is amazing, what a voice

[@anthonycaruso8443]

Nothing to be ashamed of,good stuff is good stuff.

[@IAM-zu9nx]

Magnificent woman and voice and what beautiful memories 🐝♥️🌼

[@richardgornalle4536]

Cilla knocked this out of the park. Wonderful.

[@ninjabluewings]

SENSATIONAL!! that final phrase she held onto forever, they don't make music like they used to unfortunately

[@leonhue722]

These iconic songs will be around forever.

[@chrisredditch]

Nice to see a girl come on and sing a song instead of pissing about with it. Bravo Cilla!

[@monikaabendrot4225]

Es war meine Zeit. Bin 1948.geboren und liebe alles von ihr. War schon traurig das ich von ihrem Tod erfahren habe. Tolle lustige Frau. Hat auch viel durchgemacht.

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

I'd say "Anyone Who Had A Heart" , "You're My World" ,and "It's For You" are her best. Cilla has always been deep in my heart, and spinning around on my record-player of course, almost every day. Saw her show at the London Palladium in 1964. She was fabulous. Cilla forever !

[@NourNour-rw9xe]

Anyone Who Had A Heart and You’re My World are covers.. and her versions are not the most famous for them to be credited to her.

[@iadorenewyork1]

Check out "I've Been Wrong Before", too! (Randy Newman wrote it fir her!) Beautiful.

[@MichaelJones-wp6mz]

@@NourNour-rw9xe Depends what country you come from ..

[@NourNour-rw9xe]

@@MichaelJones-wp6mz exactly, her versions are only famous in the UK and only due to the radio format.

[@deborahswanson3457]

💜💜💜 Loved Cilla Black!!!

[@darrellsturmey2683]

I never met Cilla but this video shows me how sincere and trustworthy she was - RIP

[@mick3765]

Our Cilla taking America! Those were the days.

[@keithyoung7]

Unbelievable breath control - always brilliant.

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

What a beautiful performance 🎭 and that voice!!!! Stands there like nothing and belts out such a great song. The focus is on her as it should be, not on 100 dancers, smoke and fireworks 💥.

[@linda9081]

Well said

[@deanosaur808]

It could've done with some cowbell and 808 beats 😅

[@augustal4243]

She is a powerhouse, I'm so impressed with her extremely amazing abilities, I'm from Southern California, I wish in my lifetime that I got to see her perform, I didn't so I just come here to KZbin and enjoy her amazing talent 🎶🌟🎶🌟

[@fannycraddock99]

Cilla at her very powerful best. RIP

[@raymundotorres6905]

WONDERFUL Voice!

[@enagusto]

Beautiful!

[@JamesWalters-yf2ol]

I'm 86 and play. This song when I am alone. WOW !!!!!!!

[@kirstyc1970]

My favourite song of all time heard it in my mams record collection aged 8 or 9....hooked!

[@musicmat1001]

Great work, from Miami, Florida

[@canden-t7w]

The Ed Sullivan Show sure put out alot of great entertainment and talent during the 1950's and 1960's.

[@scopex2749]

Still spine tingling song in 2024 - she was a real beauty our Cilla. RIP kid.

[@josdenis3684]

What a voice and what a beautiful song ❤

[@vincentl.9469]

the song was originally Italian

[@johnblackett6279]

Our Cilla from Liverpool. 💕

[@garyvideocollection9222]

None of the Brits could do the powerful ballads quite like Cilla, 'You're my world' 'Love's just a broken heart, and 'Fool am I' stand out !

[@carlospadulo8518]

Gracias Gary

[@robhernandez3593]

What a surprise surprise?

[@dariowiter3078]

But she wasn't John, Paul, George, and Ringo, wasn't she? Plus, the Beatles wrote their own material, while she didn't write squat! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 😖😖😖😖😖 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@donatellaborciccibelloni5328]

Too bad that this ballad is italian like many others that have been huge hits in Uk sung by local artists... like Dusty Springfield "you don't have to say you love me":

[@alanellaway5489]

Have to disagree about " None of the Brits" Dusty certainly could, and what about Shirley?

[@fannycraddock99]

Happy birthday to dear Cilla who would have been 80 today. Born 27th May 1943. 'You're My World' topped the UK chart on her 21st birthday.

[@sugar9400]

Amazing god bless you cilla ❤

[@martin.anthonycoyle8841]

Absolutely beautiful lady,and brilliant X factor of any generation 🎉🎉🎉

[@deanosaur808]

Not exactly beautiful though 😅

[@jillmartin8601]

I saw her in concert at the Sydney Opera House, a long way from her beginnings in the cavern. Her voice and presence were amazing.

[@enru8528]

You're my world, you're every breath I take You're my world, you're every move I make Other eyes see the stars up in the skies But for me, they shine within your eyes As the trees reach for the sun above So my arms reach out to you for love With your hand resting in mine I feel a power so divine You're my world, you are my night and day You're my world, you're every prayer I pray If our love ceases to be Then it's the end of my world for me With your hand resting in mine I feel a power so divine You're my world, you are my night and day You're my world, you're every prayer I pray If our love ceases to be Then it's the end of my world End of my world End of my world for me

[@gloriamartinez8960]

For u !!

[@kitty3863]

She carries the song! Powerful and brilliant! Bravo!

[@joemazziotta4929]

Soch feeling ,and emotion , she was totally in to this song. This is definitely a very big wow factor !

[@genelarson6849]

We don't seem to have songs like this anymore too bad !!

[@celestialskye1]

There are no SINGERS around that CAN Sing anymore 😔

[@deanosaur808]

We had Amy 🤷‍♀️

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo1791]

What A Fabulous Wonderful Song!💘❤️💘 I love it!💘

[@rodneyemmerich8828]

What a stunning woman , with a stunning voice 😍

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

Another brilliant performance from the days before vocal inhancement. You had to have real talent.

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

❤honestly love this song at 11yr old when it came out ❤

[@cheryl4511]

My bestest tune when I was younger my dad used to sing it he was a very proud Welsh man his voice was fantastic it makes me cry but with happiness the power of cilla black voice was fantastic very beautiful tune brings back so many memories of my dad Albert Thomas Davies rip both x

[@noelanthony1204]

very beautiful ..

[@carolrashee6346]

I love this song and her version

[@tj921able]

This was excellent! I love this song because it is so passionate. Thank you for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.

[@rodrigogoncalves5140]

Belíssima

[@ChrisMcveigh-vh9nd]

Love love this song since my teens

[@williamdavis7432]

Beautiful girl, beautiful voice, beautiful song!

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Agree to all.

[@williamdavis7432]

Yes, & grace, poise, & class!

[@anaalban8836]

Extraordinaria Cilla.

[@johnfulton4061]

Beautiful girl she could sing but she was a dog

[@magloyd4907]

​@@johnfulton4061Are you criticising her looks? She wasn't happy with them and had s nose job in '69.

[@Walesbornandbred]

Brilliant❤

[@theretiringbarber]

Fantastic

[@that70sgirl90]

Beautiful... 🌏 I always loved the Helen Reddy version. ❤️ Happy Sunday 🕊 Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@gregsudell2069]

Brilliant !!!!!

[@robbomlm]

What a voice ❤

[@joseramonmartinezrojo6031]

Magnífica interpretación, magnífica artista!!,EXCELSA,EXTRAORDINARIA!!.......

[@garyt.2616]

Better than the recorded version of the song. The power and passion of this performance is something that maybe even the songwriters could not have imagined when the song was written. One of the best performances of any live performance I have ever seen.

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

So many great songs over her career ❤

[@mannimclaughlin5727]

My god she was amazing back then ❤

[@gordonmitchell729]

What a blessing Cilla has been to all of us ❤

[@rtg1960]

Cilla was absolutely brilliant!

[@NEILLYBOY1974FTH]

Wow ❤

[@cyhall58]

What a Beautiful voice! ❤ 🎉

[@garysmith291]

WeMISS CILLA SO MUCH.WANT A STAR XXXXXXX

[@donatellaborciccibelloni5328]

Few interesting facts about this italian song. It was written by Umberto Bindi in 1963, he's probably been one of the first singer/songwriters around the world to be openly gay and he paid a heavy price for it. His problems started in 1961 at the Sanremo Festival when journalists started gossiping about the ring he wore instead of focusing on his beautiful song. What they wanted was the name of his boyfriend the one that inspired "you're my world (Il mio mondo)" and "Il nostro concerto (our concerto)". While his career was going great (several singers were singing his songs internationally, among them Tom Jones, Robert Plant, Carmen McRae, Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield), his career in italy was poisoned by the censorship of the governement that no longer allowed him to promote his music on tv. Those dreadful people thought that he was way too popular for being homosexual and that he was not a good example in a then bigoted and catholic Italy. By the early 70es he was facing a slow and continous decline that lead him to serious economic problems and poverty. Few years before dying he could not help but accept few dimes for the sale the rights of his songs that were actually worth millions because the italias IRS was after him. Money that did not prevent him from dying poor. Those last days a famous tv host and some journalists were influencing politicians to offer Umberto a financial support due to his artistic achievements. Sadly he died one month after receiving the first pension on may 23, 2002. He was 70.

[@fivemile13]

So excited to finally see this. I used to sing it at Karaoke a lot. Maybe it's time for a comeback!

[@carlospadulo8518]

Que voz!!!!¡¡

[@ChuckHackney]

She nails it, so does Helen Reddy. What an absolutely marvelous tune. Rapturous.

[@choral3911]

Great performance!

[@lucijastevanovic3253]

So Beautiful Lied Melodie Simgens Wunderbar Interpretiert schöne Stimme ❤❤❤

[@shonaleroux9060]

Love you our kid. ❤❤❤❤

[@estellenetterberg1750]

73 years old from SA! She ignites!

[@Lin.J333]

Love this song

[@fionanorris7761]

The song is beautiful and perfectly sums up her love for her husband Bobby 💕

[@sugar9400]

What a voice amazing rip cilla 🙏

[@peterfenton2750]

Wow 👏👏 forgot how good she and this song was..

[@aol6983]

Fantastic performance from Cilla, great song. her version of "Alfie", for me, is the best by far.

[@MiUniverso0312]

SUBLIME SUBLIME GRATITUD

[@claudiopedroso8077]

❤❤❤❤😊😊

[@carolrashee6346]

The Ed Sullivan show was great!!!

[@Serioussamurai500]

Love her ❤

[@hannealbrechtsen461]

Phenomenal singing. Cilla still rocks

[@michaelrochester48]

Helen Reddy had a very impressive cover but this is the ultimate version

[@aucaro3000]

MAGNÍFICA VOZ. SINCERAMENTE DESDE 🇲🇽

[@alexcarter6446]

Watched Last Night in Soho just recently and I was blown away by this song and Cilla's voice. Not to mention the way it was used in the movie was even more amazing. Wow 🥹

[@TuulaNikander]

❤❤❤❤ so lovely 💜 🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@genelarson6849]

What a song!

[@genelarson6849]

My wife passed away in May I knew her for 60 years this song makes me remember the good times

[@jillianferguson4202]

So sorry for your loss.

[@top40researcher31]

daryl braithwaite was was the lead singer of Australian group sherbet had a number one hit with it in 1974

[@jamesmitchell8922]

RIP Cilla Black.

[@judithmercer9009]

You truly are my world 🌍❤️🤝💙🌟⭕️

[@raycope2086]

Well done luv.

[@brucknerian9664]

Were those high Cs, or not? Holding onto that last note was something opera Divas would have a hard time doing. I'm floored!

[@arealoldname8461]

I've always thought Cilla had the ability to sing operatically. There are a couple of videos on here where she ends the song with a very high, very strong, operatic style note.

[@cocoaorange1]

Nice song, before my time.

[@andrewbrendan1579]

It's only in the past year or two that I've even learned of Cilla Black though I was born in the early 1960's. Odd that she's almost unknown here in the U.S. even after having appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and on at least one other American show that I know of. Probably just coincidence but in Cilla Black I see a resemblance to Colleen Moore the silent-film star who also appeared in a few sound motion pictures.

[@UlisesNancuante]

wow!

[@zouphout]

I had never heard of her before, and now I realize that this was no lack at all.

[@deanosaur808]

Not lacking? 🤔

[@aliciadaugherty1915]

I miss my husband , what Beatiful 😢song

[@ianwhitehead691]

Buietiful 🥰😃😪

[@brenmanock]

Love villa!!

[@Laughandsong]

She was a great singer and amazing human.