Clifford T. Ward

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Clifford Thomas Ward (10 February 1944, - 18 December 2001)was a popular English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist. Born in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, Ward was one of five children, having one sister and three brothers. He was educated at Stourport Secondary Modern School, and there he met his wife, Pat, when she was 13 years old, and he 14. At school he spent some time as a choir boy. Ward and Pat married when he was 17 and she 16, after Pat became pregnant with the first of their four children: Debbie, Martin, Sam and Polly. In 1962, shortly after leaving school, Ward formed a beat band 'Cliff Ward and The Cruisers'. The band was popular in Birmingham and also in demand at American Army bases in France.