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 as an entertainer on the BBC during World War II. In the 1950s she started recording melodic ballads and novelty songs in both French (e,g. Prends Mon Cœur and Ya Ya Twist) and English (e.g. Romeo and Sailor). However, her strongest period both artistically and commercially came with a string of upbeat tracks such as Downtown, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love and Don't Sleep In The Subway, all written by Tony Hatch and latterly Jackie Trent) and she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records worldwide.

Links to Peel
Only one play for Clark's work has so far surfaced in Peel playlists, yet it appears he collected her records at one time: Sheila states that he bought an unspecified 78 of hers from Cranes record shop in Liverpool but "never did anything like that again" : he heard Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel and two days later went back to the shop to buy it, thereby changing his collecting habits for ever.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * NonePetula Clark Put Your Shoes On Lucy 1949

Sessions

 * None

Other Shows Played

 * 03 June 1980: 'Put Your Shoes On Lucy (78)' (Columbia)