The Very Best of Cilla Black The Very Best of Cilla Black The Very Best of Cilla Black is an original, career-spanning compilation album by English singer Cilla Black, released in October 2013 by Parlophone / Warner Music Group UK to mark her golden anniversary in show business. The album reached No. 37 in 2013 on the UK Albums Chart, which was Black's first Top 40 hit in thirty years. In September 2014, after the transmission of ITV biopic "Cilla" starring Sheridan Smith the album re-entered the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 26. The album was to make its ultimate peak at No. 1
Surprisingly Cilla heavily promoted the album and its two singles, they failed to chart. Some months after the album's release, Towerbell Records shut down and no further copies of the album were released. In 2003, there were plans to re-issue the album on CD until it was discovered that the master tapes for the project had been lost. The re-issue project was therefore abandoned. Side A Side B Personnel Surprisingly Cilla Surprisingly Cilla is the title of Cilla Black's twelfth solo studio album. It was a spin-off from her television series, "Surprise, Surprise", and the opening track is the show's theme tune.