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However, it was not until her next single, "Anyone Who Had A Heart", that superstardom came knocking at her door. Epstein discovered the Hal David and Burt Bacharach song on a trip to the USA. It had already proved to be a massive hit for Dionne Warwick. Cilla, a keen follower of the US 'Top 100', already liked the song before Epstein suggested she record it. Her knockout rendition went on to become her first No. 1 of 1964. George Martin acquired the perfect follow-up, a dramatic ballad entitled "You're My World". This song of Italian origin earned Cilla the title as Britain's 2nd girl in UK chart history to have two successive No. 1s. Furthermore, this single broke Cilla into the tough US market and gained her long-lasting popularity throughout Europe and Australasia. During the '60s, Cilla sustained her place at the forefront of the Brit-Pop music scene, with one of the most impressive starts for a British female recording artist. This was at a time when a singer would need to sell in excess of 100,000 copies a day to get a single into the UK 'Top 20' chart. In August 1967, Brian Epstein died. Prior to his death, Epstein had engineered Cilla's transition into TV with her own variety series, 'Cilla' (BBC TV) which ran until 1976. This marked a new phase in Cilla's career in which she became a top rated TV host & entertainer with her husband Bobby as her Manager. Apart from providing Cilla with the opportunity to perform her music, it also showcased her endearing personality and her forte - her interaction with the general public. Cilla's immense popularity continued thereafter through an array of successful tours, pantomimes, TV sitcoms and her prime-time British TV shows which included 'Surprise!, Surprise!' (1983-1997), 'Blind Date' (1985-2003) and 'Cilla's Moment Of Truth' (1998-2001). In 1999, after 30 years of marriage, Cilla's beloved husband Bobby passed away. Her eldest son Robert, following in his father's footsteps, took over as her manager. In January 2003, Cilla announced during a special live ...