Downtown with Petula Clark, London

Petula Clark biography

Petula Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child performer and has had one of the longest careers of any British entertainer, spanning more than eight decades. Clark's professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954 she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "Prends mon cœur", "Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo", and "Chariot". Hits in German, Italian, and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's success extended to the United States with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. These include her signature song "Downtown" (US number one), "I Know a Place", "My Love" (US number one), "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Who Am I", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" (by Charlie Chaplin) (a UK number one), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" and "Kiss Me Goodbye". Between January 1965 and April 1968 Clark charted with nine US Top 20 hits in the US, where she was sometimes called "the First Lady of the British Invasion". Discography Petula Clark Sings (1956) A Date with Pet (1956) You Are My Lucky Star (1957) À Musicorama (1958) Petula Clark in Hollywood / Pet Clark (1959) Prends mon coeur (1959) Tête à tête avec Petula Clark (1961) Rendez-vous avec Petula Clark (1962) In Other Words (1962) Petula (1962) Le soleil dans les yeux (1963) Ceux qui ont un coeur (1964) Hello Paris (1964) Petula au Canada (1964) Downtown (1965) I Know a Place (1965) The World's Greatest International Hits (1965) Petula '65 (1965) My Love (1966) I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (1966) Petula Clark '66 (1966) Colour My World (1967) These Are My Songs (1967) C'est ma chanson (1967) Petula Italiana (1967) The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (1968) Petula (1968) Portrait of Petula (1969) Just Pet (1969) Memphis (1970) Warm and Tender / The Song of My Life (1971) Comme une prière (1972) La chanson de Marie-Madeleine (1972) Now (1972) Come On Home (1974) I'm The Woman You Need (1975) Je reviens (1977) Destiny (1978) Where The Heart Is (1998) Here For You (1998) Solitude & Sunshine: The Songs of Rod McKuen (2007) Lost in You (2013) From Now On (2016) Living For Today (2017) Vu d'ici (2018)

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