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Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records. She also holds the distinction of having the longest span on the international pop charts of any artist — 51 years — from 1954, when "The Little Shoemaker" made the UK Top Twenty, to 2005, when her CD L'essentiel - 20 Succès Inoubliables charted in Belgium. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Guinness World Records 2008 edition. ...

Early years

Born to an English father and Welsh mother in Ewell, Surrey, England, she was christened Petula Sally Olwen Clark. Her father Leslie coined her first name, jokingly alleging it was a combination of the names of two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla. As a child, she sang in the church choir; her first public performances were in Bentalls Department Store in Kingston upon Thames, where she sang with an orchestra in the entrance hall for a tin of toffee and a gold wristwatch. In October 1942, she made her radio debut while attending a BBC broadcast with her father, hoping to send a message to an uncle stationed overseas. During an air raid, the producer requested that someone perform to settle the jittery audience, and Clark volunteered a rendition of "Mighty Lak a Rose" to an enthusiastic response in the theatre. She then repeated her performance for the broadcast audience, launching a series of some 500 appearances in programmes to entertain the troops. In addition to radio work, Clark frequently toured the UK with fellow child performer Julie Andrews. She became known as "Britain's Shirley Temple" and was considered a mascot by the RAF and the United States Army, whose troops plastered her photos on their tanks for luck as they advanced into battle.^[1] This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... Note that Temple Ewell is in Kent Ewell is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A church choir is a choir that usually performs at a church. ... Bentalls is a department store in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... English Toffee (the chewy sort) in cellophane wrapping Toffee is a confection made by boiling molasses or sugar along with butter, milk and occasionally flour. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on 1 October 1935[2]) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. ... Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is an American former child actress. ... RAF redirects here. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...

In 1944, while performing at London's Royal Albert Hall, Clark was discovered by film director Maurice Elvey, who cast her as an orphaned waif in his weepy war drama Medal for the General. In quick succession, she starred in Strawberry Roan, I Know Where I'm Going!, London Town, and Here Come the Huggetts, the first in a series of Huggett Family films based on a British radio series. Although most of the films she made in the UK during the 1940s and '50s were B-movies, she did work with Anthony Newley in Vice Versa (directed by Peter Ustinov) and Alec Guinness in The Card. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Albert Hall redirects here. ... Maurice Elvey (November 11, 1887 - August 28, 1967), the most prolific film director in British history [1], helmed nearly 200 movies between 1913 and 1957. ... Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) and Torquil MacNeil (Roger Livesey) look on at a Ceilidh. ... London Town is one of the most infamous flops in the history of British cinema. ... Promotional poster Here Come the Huggetts is a 1948 film, the first of a trio about a working class English family. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Anthony George Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of Hackney; died on April 14, 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. ... Vice Versa is a 1948 British comedy film, the third screen adaptation of the 1882 novel of the same name by F. Anstey. ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 â€“ March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (2 April 1914 â€“ 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. ... Petula Clark and Alec Guinness in the 1952 film The Card originated as a novel by Arnold Bennett. ...

In 1946, she launched her television career with an appearance on a BBC variety show, Cabaret Cartoons, which led to her being signed to host her own afternoon series, titled simply Petula Clark. A second, Pet's Parlour, followed in 1949. In later years, she starred in This is Petula Clark (1966) and The Sound of Petula (1972-74). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jimmy Hanley (22 October 1918-13 January 1970) was an English actor. ... A comedy/variety series that ran on the BBC from 1966 through 1968. ... Petula Clark in an episode from The Sound of Petula The Sound of Petula was a musical variety series hosted by Petula Clark that aired on the BBC from December 17, 1972 through December 21, 1974. ...

In 1949, Clark branched into recording with her first release, a cover of Teresa Brewer's "Music! Music! Music!," in Australia. Her father, whose theatrical ambitions had been thwarted by his parents, teamed with Alan A. Freeman to form their own label, Polygon Records, in order to better control her singing career. She scored a number of major hits in the UK during the 1950s, including "The Little Shoemaker" (1954), "Majorca" (1955), "Suddenly There's a Valley" (1955) and "With All My Heart" (1956). Although Clark released singles in the US as early as 1951 (the first was "Tell Me Truly" b/w "Song Of The Mermaid" on the Coral label), it would take thirteen years before the American record-buying public would discover her. Teresa Brewer (born as Theresa Breuer, May 7, 1931, Toledo, Ohio â€“ died October 17, 2007, New Rochelle, New York) was an American pop and jazz singer who was one of the most popular female singers of the 1950s. ... Music! Music! Music! is a popular song. ... Most well-known for being Petula Clarks producer from 1949 until 1963, when he was taken over by Tony Hatch. ... Polygon Records was one of the first British independent record labels. ... The Little Shoemaker is a popular song. ... // Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953; resuscitating his singing career in the process Bing Crosby received a Best Actor nomination for his work in The Country Girl January 14 - First documented use of the abbreviated term Rock n Roll to... See also: 1954 in music, other events of 1955, 1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT. The label drops the list price on LPs from $5. ... Suddenly Theres a Valley is a popular song. ... See also: 1954 in music, other events of 1955, 1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT. The label drops the list price on LPs from $5. ... With All My Heart is a popular song, based on an originally French and Italian language song called Gondolier. ... // January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes is released by Carl Perkins on the Sun Records label. ...

It was around 1955 that she became romantically linked with Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson. Their relationship lasted a couple of years, professionally culminating in a BBC Radio series in which they performed together. Speculation that the couple planned to marry became rife. However, with the increasing glare of being in the public spotlight, and Clark's growing fame (her career in France was just beginning), Henderson — reportedly not wanting to end up as "Mr. Petula Clark" — decided to call the whole thing off. They remained on friendly terms, and in 1962 he penned a ballad about their break-up, called "There's Nothing More To Say," for Clark's LP In Other Words. Joe Henderson (b. ...

International fame

In 1958, Clark was invited to appear at the Olympia in Paris where, despite her misgivings, she was received with acclaim. The following day she was invited to the office of Vogue Records to discuss a contract. It was there that she met publicist Claude Wolff, to whom she was attracted, and when told he would work with her if she signed with the label, she agreed. Her initial French recordings were huge successes, and in 1960 she embarked on a concert tour of France and Belgium with French star Sacha Distel, who remained a close friend until his death in 2004. Gradually she moved further into the continent, recording in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and establishing herself as a multi-lingual performer. The Olympias entrance and billboard Paris Olympia is a music hall at 28, Blvd. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Vogue For the American record label, see Vogue Records Disques Vogue was founded in France in 1947, the same year that the USA Vogue closed shop. ... Sacha Distel (January 29, 1933 â€“ July 22, 2004) was a French singer who had hits such as a cover version of the Academy Award winning Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (originally recorded by B.J. Thomas) and Scoubidou. He was born in Paris. ...

In June 1961, Clark married Wolff, first in a civil ceremony in Paris, then a religious one in her native England. Wanting to escape the strictures of child stardom imposed upon her by the British public, and anxious to escape the influence of her father, she relocated to France, where she and Wolff had two daughters, Barbara Michelle and Katherine Natalie, in quick succession. (Their son Patrick was born in 1972.) While she focused on her new career in France, she continued to achieve hit records in the UK into the early 1960s, developing a parallel career on both sides of the Channel. Her recording of "Sailor" became her first number 1 hit in the UK in 1961, while follow-up recordings as "Romeo" and "My Friend the Sea" landed her in the British Top Ten later that year. In France, "Ya Ya Twist" (a cover of the Lee Dorsey rhythm and blues song, "Ya Ya" and the only successful recording of a twist song by a female) and "Chariot" (the original version of "I Will Follow Him") became smash hits in 1962, while German and Italian versions of her English and French recordings charted as well. Her recordings of several Serge Gainsbourg songs were also big sellers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... I Will Follow Him is a song recorded by Little Peggy March. ... Serge Gainsbourg (April 2, 1928 â€“ March 2, 1991) was a French poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. ...

In 1963 and 1964, Clark's British career foundered. Composer-arranger Tony Hatch, who had been assisting her with her work for Vogue in France and Pye Records in the UK which continued to distribute Clark's records in that country, flew to Paris with new material he hoped would interest her, but she found none of it appealing. Desperate, he played for her a few chords of an incomplete song that had been inspired by a recent first trip to New York City, which he intended to present to The Drifters. Upon hearing the music, Clark told him that if he could write lyrics as good as the melody, she wanted to record the tune as her next single. Thus "Downtown" came into being. Tony Hatch (born 30 June 1939 or 1940) is a British composer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and arranger. ... Pye Records was a British record label. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B vocal group, originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953. ... Downtown is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch following a first-time visit to New York City. ...

The "Downtown" era

Neither Clark, who was performing in French Canada when the song first received major airplay,^[2] nor Hatch realized the impact the song would have on their respective careers. Released in four different languages in late 1964, "Downtown" was a success in the UK, France (in both English and French versions), Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Italy, and even Rhodesia, Japan, and India. During a visit to the Vogue offices in Paris, Warner Brothers executive Joe Smith heard it and acquired the rights for the United States. "Downtown" went to number 1 on the US charts in January 1965 and sold three million copies in America. It was the first of fifteen consecutive Top 40 hits Clark scored in the US, including "I Know a Place," "My Love," "A Sign of the Times," "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," "This Is My Song" (from the Charles Chaplin film A Countess from Hong Kong), and "Don't Sleep in the Subway." The American recording industry honoured her with Grammy Awards for "Best Rock & Roll Record" for "Downtown" in 1964 and for "Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance" for "I Know a Place" in 1965. In 2003, her recording of "Downtown" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. ... Warner Bros. ... I Know a Place was a 1965 single by Petula Clark, significant the singers second U.S. top ten single. ... My Love is a song performed by Petula Clark which, like most of her hits of the era, was written by Tony Hatch. ... This, the forgotten album, of the Black Alley Screens; the Newry based drunken-monkey-scuttle-fucks, is an honourable attempt at recording an album as badly as possible. ... I Couldnt Live Without Your Love was a 1966 single written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark. ... This Is My Song was an international hit song for British singer Petula Clark (and in the UK for Harry Secombe). ... For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer). ... A Countess from Hong Kong was a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charles Chaplin. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dont Sleep in the Subway. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have qualitative or historical significance. Alphabetical listing by title: List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D List of Grammy Hall...

In 1964, Clark wrote the musical score for the French crime caper A Couteaux Tirés (Daggers Drawn) and played a cameo as herself in the movie. Although it was only a mild success, it added a new dimension — that of film composer — to Clark's career.

Clark's recording successes led to frequent appearances on US variety programs hosted by Ed Sullivan and Dean Martin, guest shots on Hullabaloo, Shindig!, The Kraft Music Hall, and The Hollywood Palace, and inclusion in musical specials such as The Best on Record and Rodgers and Hart Today. Ad scanned from TV Guide for the week of March 31 - April 6, 1968 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ad scanned from TV Guide for the week of March 31 - April 6, 1968 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other persons named Edward Sullivan, see Edward Sullivan (disambiguation). ... Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 â€“ December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. ... Guest host Petula Clark introducing her new single, Round Every Corner, on the October 25, 1965 broadcast Hullabaloo was a musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. ... Shindig! was the name of a music variety show which was aired every week on the American ABC network from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. ... The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long television variety show produced by Nick Vanoff. ... Rodgers and Hart was the songwriting team consisting of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ...

In 1968, NBC invited her to host her own special in the USA, and in doing so she inadvertently made television history. While singing a duet of "On the Path of Glory," an anti-war song she had composed, with guest Harry Belafonte, Clark touched his arm, to the dismay of a representative from Chrysler, the show's sponsor, who feared the brief moment would offend Southern viewers when racial conflict was still a major issue in the US. When he insisted they substitute a different take, with Clark and Belafonte standing well away from each other, she and husband Wolff, producer of the show, refused and delivered the finished programme to NBC with the touch intact. It aired on 8 April 1968 to high ratings and critical acclaim, and marked the first time a man and woman of different races exchanged friendly bodily contact on American television.^[3] This article is about the television network. ... Harold George Belafonete, Jr. ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clark subsequently hosted two more specials, another for NBC and one for ABC, which served as a pilot for a projected weekly series. She declined the offer in order to appease her children, who disliked living in Los Angeles. 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Clark toured in concert extensively throughout the States, and often appeared in supper clubs such as the Copacabana in New York City, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, and the Empire Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where she consistently broke house attendance records. During this period, she also appeared in print and radio ads for Coca Cola, television commercials for Plymouth, print and TV spots for Burlington Industries in the US, television and print ads for Chrysler Sunbeam, and print ads for Sanderson Wallpaper in the UK. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Copacabana is a famous New York City nightclub. ... The Ambassadors Cocoanut Grove circa the late 1950s. ... Cocoanut Grove is a name for at least two nightclubs: The one in Boston, Massachusetts was the site of the major Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942 The Cocoanut Grove at the legendary Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... The hotels name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance. ... This article is about the beverage. ... Plymouth sailboat logo used from 1996 to 2001 Plymouth was a brand of automobile based in the United States, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 2001. ... Burlington Industries was a diversified U.S. fabric maker. ...

Clark revived her film career in the late 1960s, starring in two big musical films: Finian's Rainbow (1968) opposite Fred Astaire (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe Award), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) with Peter O'Toole. (Her last film to date is the British production Never Never Land, released in 1980.) After this, her output of hits in the States diminished markedly, although she continued to record and make television appearances into the 1970s. By the mid-1970s, she scaled back her career in order to devote more time to her family. Finians Rainbow is a 1968 American movie musical. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 â€“ June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Goodbye, Mr. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Inspired by the classic childrens tale Peter Pan, the 1980 film starred Petula Clark as the aunt of a young girl who runs away from home and finds shelter in an abandoned London townhouse occupied by a gang of ruffians, thus becoming the equivalent of Wendy role-playing mother...

Herb Alpert and his A&M record label benefitted from Clark's interest in encouraging new talent. In 1968, she brought French composer/arranger Michel Colombier to the States to work as her musical director and introduced him to Alpert. (He went on to co-write Purple Rain with Prince, composed the acclaimed pop symphony Wings, and a number of soundtracks for American films.) Richard Carpenter publicly has credited her with bringing him and his sister to Alpert's attention when they performed at a premiere party for her film Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Herbert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass or just TJB for short - a now-defunct brass band of which he was the... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 â€” November 14, 2004), was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. ... There are multiple meanings for Purple Rain, all related to Prince: His album Purple Rain The song Purple Rain from the same album The film Purple Rain in which he starred All three were released in 1984. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Richard Carpenter are Richard Carpenter (Film), British Author Richard Carpenter, an American musician and composer - see: Carpenters ...

Post-"Downtown" era

In 1954, Clark had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but it wasn't until 1981, at the urging of her children, that she returned to legitimate theatre, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End. Opening to rave reviews and what was then the largest advance sale in British theatre history, Clark — proclaimed by Maria Von Trapp herself as "the best Maria ever" — extended her initial six-month run to thirteen to accommodate the huge demand for tickets [1]. In 1983, she took on the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Later stage work includes Someone Like You in 1989 and 1990, for which she composed the score; Blood Brothers, in which she made her Broadway debut in 1993 at the Music Box Theatre, followed by the US tour; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, appearing in both the West End and U.S. touring productions from 1995 through 2000. In 2004, she repeated her performance of Norma Desmond in a production at the Cork Opera House in the Republic of Ireland, which was later broadcast by the BBC. With more than 2500 performances, she has played the role more often than any other actress. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Constant Nymph is a novel by Margaret Kennedy which tells the story of a teenaged girl who falls in love with a family friend who eventually marries her cousin. ... Maria Augusta von Trapp (nÃ©e Kutschera; January 26, 1905 â€“ March 28, 1987) was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. ... For other uses, see The Sound of Music (disambiguation). ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856â€“2 November 1950) was a world-renowned Irish author. ... Candida is a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw. ... Someone Like You, with music by Petula Clark and lyrics by Dee Shipman, is a musical based on a concept developed by Clark and Ferdie Pacheco over a period of several years. ... For other uses, see Blood Brothers (disambiguation). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Music Box Theatre, showing Deuce, May 2007 Music Box Theatre (entrance) Music Box Theatre (interior view) The Music Box Theater is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 239 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sunset Boulevard (1950 film). ... Cork Opera house was originally built in 1855, although its existence has not been continuous; having survived the burning of much of Cork city by British forces in reprisal for an ambush of a military convoy in 1920 by Irish rebels, the Opera House nevertheless was burned down in its... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ...

In both 1998 and 2002, Clark toured extensively throughout the UK. In 2000, she presented a self-written one-woman show, highlighting her life and career, to tremendous critical and audience acclaim at the St. Denis Theatre in Montreal. A 2003 concert appearance at the Olympia in Paris has been issued in both DVD and CD formats. In 2004, she toured Australia and New Zealand, appeared in sell-out performances at the Hilton in Atlantic City, the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto, Humphrey's in San Diego, and the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, and participated in a multi-performer tribute to the late Peggy Lee at the Hollywood Bowl. Following another UK concert tour in early spring 2005, she appeared with Andy Williams in his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri for several months, and returned for another engagement in the fall of 2006, following scattered concert dates throughout the US and Canada. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region MontrÃ©al Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor GÃ©rald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - Total 365. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeskÃ© DrÃ¡hy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers DatorfÃ¶rening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Atlantic City redirects here. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... San Diego redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[3] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[2] Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 â€“ January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... Hollywood Bowl in 2005. ... For other persons named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation). ... A typical busy night on The Strip (Hwy 76) The Titanic Museum is shaped to look like the real Titanic and is a popular tourist attraction in Branson The Duttons performing their famous song where they all play each others violins at their theater in Branson Missouri Herkimer and Cecil...

In November 2006, Clark was the subject of a BBC Four documentary entitled Petula Clark: Blue Lady and appeared with Michael Ball and Tony Hatch in a concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane broadcast by BBC Radio the following month. In December that year she made her first appearance in Iceland. Duets, a compilation including Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and the Everly Brothers, among others, was released in February 2007, and Solitude and Sunshine, a studio recording of all new material by composer Rod McKuen, was released in July. She was the host of the March 2007 PBS pledge-drive special My Music: The British Beat, an overview of music's British invasion of the US in the 1960s, followed by a number of concert dates throughout the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. She can be heard on the soundtrack of the 2007 independent film Downtown: A Street Tale. Une Baladine (in English, a wandering minstrel), an authorized pictorial biography by Francoise Piazza, was published in France and Switzerland in October 2007, and the following month Clark promoted it in bookshops and at book fairs. In Her Own Write, a compilation of songs she wrote and a score she composed for the documentary film Petain, was released by Sepia Records in November 2007. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... Michael Ball (born Michael Ashley Ball, 27 June 1962, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England) is a British actor and singer, best known for the song Love Changes Everything and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les MisÃ©rables, Alex in Aspects of Love, and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Tony Hatch (born 30 June 1939 or 1940) is a British composer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and arranger. ... The present-day Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, sketched when it was new, in 1813. ... Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April 1939â€“2 March 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 â€“ January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 â€“ December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. ... Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Bobby Cassotto, May 14, 1936 â€“ December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s. ... Don (born February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born January 18, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success in the 1950s. ... Rod McKuen (born April 29, 1933) is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1998, Clark was honored by Queen Elizabeth II by being made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross...

Filmography

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US and UK chart albums

Clark released her debut album on the Nixa label in 1956, but none of her LPs charted in either the US or the UK until 1965.

Charted US and UK singles

Although Clark released her first single in 1949, her first chart record was not until 1954, since the first UK pop singles chart was not published until 1952.

US Top Fifteen Adult Contemporary hits: "You'd Better Come Home" (#4), "My Love" (#4), "A Sign Of The Times" (#2), "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (#1), "Colour My World" (#10), "This Is My Song" (#2), "Don't Sleep In The Subway" (#1), "The Cat In The Window" (#9), "The Other Man's Grass" (#3), "Kiss Me Goodbye" (#2), "Don't Give Up" (#5), "Happy Heart" (#12), "Look At Mine" (#14), "My Guy" (#12), "The Wedding Song" (#9), "Loving Arms" (#12) The Little Shoemaker is a popular song. ... Suddenly Theres a Valley is a popular song. ... With All My Heart is a popular song, based on an originally French and Italian language song called Gondolier. ... Alone (Why Must I Be Alone) is a popular song. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... I Will Follow Him is a song recorded by Little Peggy March. ... Downtown is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch following a first-time visit to New York City. ... I Know a Place was a 1965 single by Petula Clark, significant the singers second U.S. top ten single. ... The Vogues were a singing quartet from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. ... For other persons named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation). ... My Guy is a 1964 #1 hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...

French singles

Notable German releases

Other noteworthy recordings

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Contents

Early years

International fame

The "Downtown" era

Post-"Downtown" era

Filmography

US and UK chart albums

Charted US and UK singles

French singles

Notable German releases

Other noteworthy recordings

See also

References

External links

Contents

Early years GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

International fame

The "Downtown" era

Post-"Downtown" era

Filmography

US and UK chart albums

Charted US and UK singles

French singles

Notable German releases

Other noteworthy recordings

See also

References

External links

Early years