Any Petula Clark fans out there?

[DerekG]

Petula Clark was part of the British Invasion, and I believe she was the most successful female singer to come out of said era.

There's just something so majestic and uplifting about her voice.

My faves include:

"Downtown" (natch)

"My Love"

"A Sign of the Times"

"I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (For some reason, I always thought this song was about God)

[HEyHEY]

1. HEyHEY loves it!

Big petula fan! Remind me of my mother

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. YES LOVE HER!

[Kool Kitty]

3. Yes.

Loved her. Loved all the women of the British Invasion. Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black...all of them.

[HEyHEY]

4. who was the girl that did the tunes for "to sir with love?"

[Kool Kitty]

6. Lulu!

How could I forget her? Her name was Lulu. (Another Brit girl singer that I really love-Marianne Faithful.)

[Stargleamer]

5. Big Time

Yes, her music is so definitive of the 1960's. Besides the ones you list, I also love "I Know a Place".

[springriverdog]

7. Downtown

didn't she do downtown

[Kool Kitty]

8. She sure did.

And welcome to DU, springriverdog. :hi:

[springriverdog]

9. thanks

Hi kitty

[Striker Davies]

10. Petula is a great singer, especially jazz.

Way back in the early 1960s I am certain I heard her do "The Acheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe," and it was just tbe best jazz singing I had ever heard (and I was a devotee of the genre). Has anyone else heard this? I've searched for years, but I've never been able to find it on any album of hers.

[Dogmudgeon]

11. Oui, Bien Sûr!

Here, I though I was the only one left.

Happy to see I'm not.

Most of her catalogue is in French, which goes back to the 1950s -- she married Claude Wolff, head of Warner Brothers European A&R division. She had the original hits with what would become "I Will Follow Him" (Chariot), "He's A Fool" (Entre Nous, Il Est Fou), and "Sailor" (not a hit in the USA, though).

I also heard she replaced Julie Andrews on her tour after her disastrous throat operation.

Anyway, I thought that along with bands like The Association, the New Colony Six, and The Free Design, that she was a "guilty pleasure" that no one else had paid much attention to in 30 years. I'm glad to find out that I've been wrong about all of them!

--bkl

[RebelOne]

12. Yes, remember her well.

Now "Downtown" is going to be stuck in my head all day.

[arwalden]

15. There Are Worse Songs That Could Be Stuck In Your Head...

... I won't mention them though. Just keep singing "Downtown".

That song ALWAYS puts me in a happy mood.

-- Allen

[Bake]

13. Great singer

Plus, she was "easy on the eye." Ahem.

Bake

[Maccagirl]

14. Yep-been a fan since childhood

I saw her in the touring company of "Blood Brothers" with David Cassidy a few years back and she looked and sounded fantastic. My favorite song of hers is "Don't Sleep in the Subway".

[dbt]

16. "Colour My World!"

Try getting that one out of your head, 'specially the guitar riff!

:loveya: Pet,
dbt

Bonus points for knowing the correct pronunciation of her first name!

(PS: How about "Don't Sleep In The Subway?")

[terrya]

17. I love her. "THis is my song" is my favorite.

And the movie "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" has this song (done in a very nice scene) and others in the movie.

Petula Clark was a great singer. Another nice song is "Who Am I?

Terry