She also recalls living just outside London during the Blitz and watching the dogfights in the air and running to air-raid shelters with her sister. Her first ever live audience was at the Colliers' Arms in Abercanaid. Ĭlark grew up in Abercanaid, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, in a small stone house with no electricity or running water, and a toilet at the bottom of the garden. Clark's stage name "Petula" was invented by her father, who joked that it was a combination of the names of his two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla. Clark's mother had Welsh ancestry and her father was English. Both of Clark's parents were nurses at Long Grove Hospital in Epsom. Sally Clark was born on 15 November 1932 in Ewell, Surrey, England to Doris ( née Phillips) and Leslie Noah Clark. She has also enjoyed success in the musical film Finian's Rainbow and in the stage musicals The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Sunset Boulevard and Mary Poppins. In the US, Clark was sometimes called "the First Lady of the British Invasion".Ĭlark has sold more than 68 million records. These songs 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 Charles Chaplin), " Don't Sleep in the Subway", " The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener", and " Kiss Me Goodbye". In late 1964 Clark's success extended to the United States with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. Her international successes have included " Prends mon coeur", " Sailor" (a UK number one), " Romeo", and " Chariot". In 1954 she charted with " The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. She has had one of the longest careers of any British singer, spanning more than seven decades.Ĭlark's professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. Petula Clark CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter.
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