mjzee Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Petula Clark isn't much for hanging out in the past. This may explain why the 1960s British pop star long ago chucked the miniskirts and trumpet-sleeved baby-doll dresses that were part of her mod, mod, mod, mod world. "My daughters are furious because I haven't kept any of that stuff. They would love to have go-go boots or some of the other things I used to wear," said Ms. Clark, 79, whose children will have to content themselves with mementos like mom's two Grammy Awards and her 10 gold records for such hits as "This Is My Song," "My Love" "I Can't Live Without Your Love" and, of course, the catchy little ditty that started it all, "Downtown." More here: WSJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Tony Hatch on a roll! Rabbit on a bun... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvjzZVf44M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 She and Tony Hatch had a great run of pop records 1965-67, "Downtown", "I Know A Place", "Round Every Corner", "A Sign of The Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "My Love", "Who Am I", "Colour My World", "Don't Sleep On The Subway" are all fabulous. "Who Am I" should have a been much bigger hit than it was. Spectacular production on many of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Good for Tony Hatch, who will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: Yahoo News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 For the Brits. From Us (Aussies) To You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I saw Petula in Las Vegas in August of '73. The warm-up act was Joan Rivers. It was a great evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 IIRC Glen Gould really liked her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 IIRC Glen Gould really liked her. I knew there was a flaw causing my distaste for much of his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I have always been partial to the song 'La Gadoue' that Serge Gainsbourg composed for her http://www.wat.tv/video/serge-gainsbourg-petula-clark-29klb_2fgqp_.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 IIRC Glen Gould really liked her. That's one of the most out there connections I've heard. But why wouldn't Gould like Bacharach inspired 60's pop? Everyone else does. Except maybe Chuck Nessa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I think I was the wrong age for Pet. In the early 60s, I used to be friendly with a girl who managed in a record shop in Ealing. She used to get blues & R&B singles in on the day of release, knowing there was a bit of a market there. One day she told me a GREAT story, though I never knew if it was true. She got a call from the organisation that put together the UK pop charts for the New Musical Express. They'd apparently had a fire in the office, had lost all the information they used to compile the charts and needed to produce something for the publishing deadline, so were doing a quick telephone sample. And she told them that Pet Clark's cover of Lee Dorsey's 'Ya ya' was her best seling single. So it entered the top thirty! I always thought it was extremely odd for a French language cover of an R&B song to be a hit in Britain MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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