Person Open DS/UK/132 Clark; Petula (15 November 1932); CBE; British singer, actress and composer Clark Petula 15 November 1932 British singer, actress and composer Female Sally Olwen Clark https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?OuBOmaGOWf1RG Epsom, Surrey, England (born)

British Musician; Singer / Composer White Daughter of Doris Phillips and Leslie Noah Clark (both nurses). Her mother was of Welsh ancestry. Heterosexual Petula Clark, CBE is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spans eight decades. Clark's professional career began during World War II, as an entertainer on BBC Radio. From the 1950s she started recording in French and scored international hits in both French and English with songs such as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart" and "Prends Mon Cœur". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's global success extended to America with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch (and Jackie Trent). These 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 Charlie Chaplin), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" and "Kiss Me Goodbye". In America she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records.[1] She also has enjoyed success in musical films (Finian's Rainbow) and in stage musicals (The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Sunset Boulevard). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petula_Clark (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 3/8/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 4db58e99-a8d5-4177-b008-2c9dc358e83b