Cliff Richard blasts The Beatles' music

Cliff Richard has blasted pop legends The Beatles' musicianship - branding their guitar solos "horrific".

The veteran crooner dominated the British music charts when the fab four first appeared on the music scene in 1962 - and is in disbelief their poor guitar playing was deemed sufficient enough to be included on their debut album.

He says: "Some of the guitar is so out of tune it's unbelievable. I couldn't believe that here they were in this hi-tech age and they couldn't go back and do it with a tuned guitar."

And the 67-year-old insists he has enough hit records to back up his claims, adding: "I've sold more singles than... everybody."