
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spans eight decades. Clark's professional career began during World War II, as an entertainer on BBC Radio. From the 1950s she started recording in French and scored international hits in both French and English with songs such as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart" and "Prends mon cœur". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's global success extended to America 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", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "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), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" and "Kiss Me Goodbye". In America she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records. She also has enjoyed success in musical films (Finian's Rainbow) and in stage musicals (The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Sunset Boulevard). |
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Birth and Death Data: Born November 15th, 1932 (Epsom)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1952 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 83281 | 8/22/1952 | Song of the mermaid | Petula Clark | vocalist | |||
Decca | 83282 | 8/22/1952 | Tell me truly | Petula Clark | vocalist | |||
Decca | 85042 | 8/17/1953 | Where did my snowman go? | Petula Clark | vocalist | |||
Decca | 85043 | 8/17/1953 | Take care of yourself | Petula Clark | vocalist | |||
Decca | 85044 | 8/17/1953 | Christopher Robin at Buckingham | Petula Clark | vocalist | |||
Decca | 85045 | 8/17/1953 | Three little kittens | Petula Clark | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clark, Petula," accessed April 22, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/308745.
Clark, Petula. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 22, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/308745.
"Clark, Petula." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 22 April 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81074400
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q236212
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/2655705/
MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40e69149-45a7-4dab-8128-c5a4d9654eeb
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