Petula Clark!

I first worked with Petula Clark at Harrah's casino, in down town Reno Nevada. Petula Clark is a very nice person and I liked her! The lady from England sang Petula Clark heart out every night and never seemed to get tired. Petula traveled with Petula Clark husband, Cloude who is a tall very good-looking Frenchman. They live, with their children, on the island of Cyprus.

Petula Clark the Dressing Room

Between shows I would always drop into Petula Clark dressing room to have a chat. Cloude and Petula were always polite and seem to enjoy my visits.

Petula Clark and the birthday

Born November 15, with "a voice as sweet as chapel bells," Petula Clark first broke into the limelight during World War II when as a child Petula Clark entertained the troops, both on radio and in concert. Petula Clark is said to have performed in over 200 shows for the forces all over England before the age of nine and by war's end, Petula Clark--the British "Shirley Temple" who had come to represent childhood itself--was so popular in England Petula Clark was asked to sing at a national victory celebration at Trafalgar Square. In 1944, Petula made Petula Clark first movie and has since appeared in over 30 British and American films.

Petula Clark the little girl

Throughout the forties and fifties Petula was a regular guest on a vast number of radio shows and became something of a television "pioneer" in England, first appearing on experimental TV in the forties and later as host of several of Petula Clark own television series during the very early years of British programming, with Pet's Parlour being Petula Clark longest running and most popular. Although Petula Clark sang regularly in concert, on radio and TV all through the forties, it wasn't until 1949 that Petula Clark recorded Petula Clark first song Music, Music, Music and that pretty much sums up Petula Clark very prolific recording career.

Petula Clark still recording

She has never stopped recording - 50 plus years and over a 1,000 songs and still counting! Petula Clark first hits were children's songs like Where Did My Snowman Go (1952) and The Little Shoemaker (1954). To date, Petula Clark has sold well in excess of 68 million records.

Petula Clark Downtown I will follow him first recording

In answer to the rock-and-roll craze of the late fifties, Petula recorded Sailor, Romeo and My Friend The Sea and was back on the charts again. In 1957, Petula Clark was invited to sing at the famed Olympia theatre in France. After one song the French crowd went wild, and an entirely new career was launched.

Petula Clark family

Asked to record in French, Petula declined at first but was quickly persuaded to do so by Frenchman Claude Wolff with whom Petula Clark fell madly in love - they were married in June 1961. (They have three children, daughters Barbara and Catherine and son Patrick and a granddaughter and grandson.) By the early sixties, Petula found her elf reinvented as a French chanteuse, even rivaling the legendary Piaf--during Piaf's own lifetime. (She is still classified as a "French" singer on the shelves in French and French-Canadian record stores.) In addition to Petula Clark newfound French pop star status, Petula also began to enjoy success with the songs that Petula Clark had begun to record in German and Italian. By the mid-sixties she'd established her elf as superstar throughout Europe with Number One tunes sung in different languages in different countries all across the Continent. (Interesting to note, each of Petula Clark early European hits were with entirely different songs--a feat not duplicated by any other singer since!) Urged by Petula Clark friends in Britain to record something in English, Petula allowed Tony Hatch to visit Petula Clark in Paris where he presented his new song, Downtown. Petula recorded it and the rest is music history. Downtown skyrocketed to number 1 in the USA, launching Petula's American career and earning Petula Clark a Grammy in 1964. Petula Clark quickly followed with I Know A Place which went to number 3 and earned Petula Petula Clark second Grammy in 1965. Numerous top 40 hits followed. All told, Pet has had 15 top 40 hits in the USA (two #1 hits). Internationally, Petula Clark has charted in the top 40 somewhere, sometime, with 159 recordings!

Petula Clark TV and Vegas

In the sixties, Petula Clark starred in two Hollywood musicals (Finian's Rainbow and Goodbye Mr. Chips) opposite the likes of Fred Astaire and Peter O'Toole. Throughout the sixties Petula Clark made numerous TV appearances both as a guest star and as the host of two popular variety series for British television, as well as three of Petula Clark own American TV specials. Petula Clark also continued a highly successful concert career, beginning with a sellout season at the Copacabana in 1966, at Caesar's Palace in Vegas and at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles before a star-studded audience that included Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra.

Petula Clark most popular TV star

By the seventies she'd been well established as a Vegas superstar--garnering critical acclaim by both critics and the American public. Petula Clark gave a series of concerts in France and Canada, made appearances on European TV, hosted two more popular variety series in England (for which Petula Clark was awarded "Most Popular TV Star" by the TV Times) and continued to be a much sought after guest star on American television.

Petula Clark Country Music

In the eighties Petula Clark found fame as a country recording star with Petula Clark top-10 hit Natural Love, before reinventing her elf as a highly successful stage star in London's West End, beginning with the role of Maria in The Sound of Music and continuing with the production of Petula Clark own musical Someone Like You, for which Petula Clark wrote the music.

Petula Clark On Broadway

In the nineties Petula made Petula Clark Broadway debut, starring opposite David and Shaun Cassidy in the highly successful production of Blood Brothers followed by a well-received American tour of the same production. In 1998 Petula returned to England, where Petula Clark was presented with a prestigious CBE by Petula Clark Majesty the Queen of England, in honor of Petula's legendary career. As of September 2000, Petula's most recent appearance on the stage was in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, in the starring role of Norma Desmond, a role Petula Clark has now played more than any other actress to date. After appearing at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End Petula Clark embarked on a national tour of most major cities in the U.S. with the musical.