Petula Clark

Genres:	Comedy • Documentaries • Easy Listening • Holiday & Seasonal • Music Videos & Concerts • Musicals & The Arts • Pop / Rock • Soundtracks • Television
Descriptive "tags":	60s • female vocalists • pop • oldies • british
Decades Active:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • IMDb • MySpace • Official Homepage • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

15 November 1932, Epsom, Surrey, England. Her Welsh mother, a soprano, taught Petula to sing, which enabled her to commence a stage career at the age of seven and a broadcasting career two years later. Her youthful image and crystal-clear enunciation were ideal for radio and by 1943, she had her own programme with the accent on wartime, morale-building songs. She made her first film in 1944 and then signed for the J. Arthur Rank Organization appearing in over 20 feature films, including the Huggett series, alongside other young hopefuls such as Anthony Newley and Alec Guinness. By 1949 she was recording, and throughout the 50s had several hits on the Polygon and Nixa labels including ‘The Little Shoemaker’, ‘Suddenly There’s A Valley’, ‘With All My Heart’ and ‘Alone’. Around this period, Clark’s success in France led to many concert appearances in Paris and recordings, in French, for the Vogue label.

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