Surprise! Surprise! Cilla's back in the charts: Success of ITV biopic on the singer sees fans flock to buy 1964 Number 1 Anyone Who Had A Heart 

  • Bacharach-David song was written for Dionne Warwick in 1963
  • One of two chart-toppers for Cilla - You're My World was the other
  • Sheridan Smith is playing the Liverpudlian singer on television drama

By Paul Donnelley for MailOnline

Published: 18:42 EST, 24 September 2014 | Updated: 18:51 EST, 24 September 2014

It was 1974 when Cilla Black last graced the Top 40 of the hit parade.

The singer who started out working in the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the early 1960s first charted with Love of the Loved, a composition by her friends John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

After 19 Top 40 hits, including a brace of chart-toppers she later moved into television as the host of Blind Date and Surprise Surprise.

Then and now: Cilla Black poses next to a cardboard cut-out of herself taken at the height of her pop fame in the 1960s 

Then and now: Cilla Black poses next to a cardboard cut-out of herself taken at the height of her pop fame in the 1960s 

Now the Liverpudlian singer has been propelled back up the charts – thanks to the success of the three-part ITV biopic.

Thousands have flocked to buy Cilla’s 1964 Number 1 smash Anyone Who Had A Heart after Sheridan Smith as Cilla, pictured, performed it on the show on Monday.

Sheridan Smith as Cilla Black in the The Cavern in the three-part ITV drama. It is her rendition not Cilla Black's that is heard in the show

Sheridan Smith as Cilla Black in the The Cavern in the three-part ITV drama. It is her rendition not Cilla Black's that is heard in the show

You're my world: Sheridan Smith as Cilla and Aneurin Barnard as Bobby Willis

You're my world: Sheridan Smith as Cilla and Aneurin Barnard as Bobby Willis

Love's Just a Broken Heart: Cilla (Sheridan Smith) gets friendly in the ITV drama

Love's Just a Broken Heart: Cilla (Sheridan Smith) gets friendly in the ITV drama

The classic track was at number 46 in the midweek chart and looks set to climb further, according to sales figures from the Official Charts Company.

The song also reached the top of the Irish charts for Cilla but failed to chart in the United States.

It was written by the legendary song-writing duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick in November 1963. Her original recording made the Top 10 in the United States, Canada, Spain, Holland, South Africa, Belgium and Australia in January 1964.

Back in the day: Before she found added success as a TV presenter Cilla was a regular guest on shows; pictured above with Basil Brush - 'Boom! Boom!'

Back in the day: Before she found added success as a TV presenter Cilla was a regular guest on shows; pictured above with Basil Brush - 'Boom! Boom!'

Bobby's girl: Cilla Black with the man who guided her to stardom, her husband and manager Bobby Willis

Bobby's girl: Cilla Black with the man who guided her to stardom, her husband and manager Bobby Willis

Cilla Black hosted Blind Date, the television dating show. Camp comedian Duncan Norvelle was the host of a pilot show called It's A Hoot, that evolved into Blind Date with Cilla as host and 'Our Graham' as announcer

Cilla Black hosted Blind Date, the television dating show. Camp comedian Duncan Norvelle was the host of a pilot show called It's A Hoot, that evolved into Blind Date with Cilla as host and 'Our Graham' as announcer

 

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