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" This Is My Song ", performed by Petula Clark for A Countess from Hong Kong ( 1967 ), reached # 1 on the UK Charts.
Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire.
Chapman also contributed sketches to the BBC radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and television programmes such as The Illustrated Weekly Hudd ( starring Roy Hudd ), Cilla Black, This is Petula Clark, and This Is Tom Jones.
A hotel receptionist told a guest that Moon bought the hotel from singer Petula Clark.
Produced by recording artist Richard Barone, the sold-out event included performances by Cy Coleman, Debbie Harry, Nancy Sinatra, Rita Moreno, Marian McPartland, Chris Connor, Petula Clark, and others.
** Petula Clark, British singer, actress, and songwriter ( Downtown )
Stars on the shows included America's The Supremes, Britain's Petula Clark and Australia's The Seekers.
* British — Ali Campbell: " Nothing Ever Changes ( Pierrot )", from Flying High ( 2009 ); David Bowie: Pierrot in Turquoise ( 1993 ; includes following songs from the film of the same title: " Threepenny Pierrot ", " Columbine ", " The Mirror ", " When I Live My Dream & 2 "); Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix: " Birthplace of Harlequin ", " Columbine Confused ", " Pierrot's Song of Positive Thinking ", and " Pierrot in the Roof Garden ", from The Entropy Tango and Gloriana Demo Sessions ( 2008 ); Petula Clark: " Pierrot pendu " (" Hanged Pierrot "), from Hello Mister Brown ( 1966 ); Placebo: " Pierrot the Clown ", from Meds ( 2006 ); Rick Wakeman: " The Dancing Pierrot ", from The Art in Music Trilogy ( 1999 ); Soft Machine: " Thank You Pierrot Lunaire ", from Volume Two ( 1969 ).
In 1969, a relatively unsuccessful musical film version appeared, starring Peter O ' Toole and Petula Clark, with songs by Leslie Bricusse and an underscore by John Williams.
The subculture surfaced on Broadway as musical comedy in The Nervous Set ( 1959 ) by Neurotica editor Jay Landesman and Theodore J. Flicker with music by Tommy Wolf and lyrics by Fran Landesman ; this was the source of two jazz standards, " Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most " and " The Ballad of the Sad Young Men " ( recorded by Gil Evans, Anita O ' Day, Roberta Flack, Petula Clark, Rod McKuen, Shirley Bassey and others ).
His dance partner was Petula Clark, who portrayed his skeptical daughter.
In 1954, he made his screen début opposite Petula Clark in The Runaway Bus, which had been written for his specific comic talents, but he never became a major film presence.
With Petula Clark in The Runaway Bus
The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard " Smile ", first recorded by Nat King Cole and later covered by artists as Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Trini Lopez, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Michael Bublé, Petula Clark, Liberace, Judy Garland, Madeleine Peyroux, Plácido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson and Robert Downey, Jr. ( included on the soundtrack for the film Chaplin ).
In a later episode, the cardinal again played Michael Palin, is shortly seen doing an impersonation of Petula Clark singing " Don't Sleep in the Subway ".
He appeared in London's West End production of Time and returned to Broadway in Blood Brothers alongside Petula Clark and his half-brother, Shaun Cassidy.
Petula Clark released a recording of it in 1953 to coincide with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and despite neither making the charts, both versions were popular on BBC radio's Children's Favourites programme.
By 1973 over 200 " covers " had been recorded of Norman's songs, including by Cliff Richard, Jack Jones, Petula Clark, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pat Boone, The Imperials, and The Oak Ridge Boys.
A French recording by Petula Clark charted in the Top Ten in both Canada and France.
During the 1960s he appeared on TV specials alongside such artists as Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, Lena Horne and Nana Mouskouri.
International stars have included Laura Pausini, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Amália Rodrigues, Björk, Abdel Halim Hafez, Dave Matthews Band, Lara Fabian, Willy DeVille, Amália Rodrigues, Lou Reed, Josephine Baker, Annie Cordy, Majida El Roumi, Linda de Suza, The Animals, Petula Clark, Bülent Ersoy, Can, Ewa Demarczyk, Celine Dion, Cher, Deep Purple, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Krall, Dir En Grey, The Doors, Elis Regina, Eric Burdon, War, Fairuz, Dave Gahan, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Kraftwerk, Nana Mouskouri, Haris Alexiou, Olivera Vuco, Mika, Wings, Paul McCartney, Oliver Dragojevic, Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Sarit Hadad, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga, The Corrs, Lola Beltrán, Luciano Pavarotti, Mariza, Maysa, Liza Minnelli, Morrissey, The Shadows, My Bloody Valentine, Nelly Furtado, New Order, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Phil Collins, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Hodgson, Primal Scream, Stevie Nicks, KISS, Sabah, Scorpions, Simple Minds, Frank Sinatra, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tereza Kesovija, The Beatles, The Cure, The Jackson 5, Barry Manilow, The Mars Volta, Stephen Stills, Yolandita Monge, Otis Redding, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Tin Machine, Mika, Björk, Umm Kulthum, Zohar Argov, Dionne Warwick, Violetta Villas, The Velvet Underground, Leon Redbone, Leonard Cohen, Manu Dibango, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Sid Vicious, James Brown, Alla Pugacheva, Lili Ivanova, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane and Arcade Fire, Zdravko Čolić & Tangerine Dream among many others.
Sherman had one other Top 40 hit, a 1965 take-off on the Petula Clark hit " Downtown " called " Crazy Downtown ," which spent one week at # 40.
* January 23 – " Downtown " hits # 1 in the US singles chart, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles.
She was to be followed by other major British and American recording stars including Wanda Jackson, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Brenda Lee, The Supremes, Peggy March, Pat Boone, Lesley Gore, The Beatles and even Johnny Cash, among many others.
In the 1967 Cash Box Poll, she was second to Petula Clark, and in 1968's poll second to Aretha Franklin.

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Recorded at Blackwell's Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas, and released on July 6, 1979, The B-52's contained re-recorded versions of " Rock Lobster " and " 52 Girls ", six originals recorded solely for the album, and a remake of the Petula Clark single " Downtown ".
Additionally, her 1969 NBC special Portrait of Petula, already released on DVD for Region 2 viewers, is also being produced for Region 1.
In November 2006, Bunton released the charity single for the BBC Children in Need appeal, recording Petula Clark's 1960s song " Downtown ".
** Petula Clark for " Downtown "
** Petula Clark for " I Know a Place "
Although she was not a member of the school, Petula Clark was under contract to Rank for a period of time and starred in a number of films released by the studio, including London Town ( 1946 ), one of the costliest flops in British film history.
Noted performers who have covered " Here, There and Everywhere " include Beegie Adair, Clay Aiken, David Benoit, George Benson, Peter Breinholt, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Count Basie Orchestra, John Denver, Céline Dion ( for a George Martin / Beatles tribute album ), Episode Six, Jose Feliciano ( instrumental ), Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders ( instrumental ), Bobbie Gentry, Stéphane Grappelli, Ofra Harnoy, Emmylou Harris, The Flying Pickets, Jay and the Americans, The Lettermen, Locksley, Kenny Loggins ( on Kenny Loggins Alive ), Claudine Longet, John McDermott, Carmen McRae, Olivia Ong, Maaya Sakamoto, George Shearing, The Singers Unlimited, Sissel, Göran Söllscher, Marina Verenikina, and Andy Williams.
This song was later recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, and Phil Collins, whose rendition for the film Buster reached number one in 1988.
In 2004, Petula Clark reprised her role as Norma opposite Michael Ball in a concert production of the show that ran for two nights at the Cork Opera House in Ireland, which was later broadcast on BBC Radio.
In 1989, she contributed to the book for the Petula Clark West End musical Someone Like You.
After the war, the Rank Organisation hired her husband to head Gainsborough Pictures, where she was in charge of the scenario department, writing scripts for a number of light comedies, including two for child star Petula Clark, Easy Money and Here Come the Huggetts, both in 1948.
** Petula Clark for " Downtown "
* Petula Clark ( 1957 – 1971: in addition to dozens of singles, her output for Pye included seventeen albums.
" Cream Puff War " ( 1966 ), the first Warner Bros. single by The Grateful Dead, showing the orange label with chevron border used on WBR's American 45s for much of the 1960s. In 1964, Warner Bros. successfully negotiated with French label Disques Vogue and Warner Bros .' British distributor Pye Records for the rights to distribute Petula Clark's recordings in the US.
Rod McKuen has written over 1500 songs, which have accounted for the sale of over 100 million records for such diverse artists as Glenn Yarbrough, Madonna, Perry Como, Petula Clark, Waylon Jennings, The Boston Pops, Chet Baker, Johnny Cash, Pete Fountain, Andy Williams, the Kingston Trio, Percy Faith, the London Philharmonic, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Mathis, Al Hirt, Greta Keller, Gene Ween and Frank Sinatra.
Petula Clark has re-recorded the " Downtown " four times, in 1976 ( with a disco beat ), in 1984 ( with a new piano and trumpet intro that leads into the song's original opening ), in 1988 with Dutch producer Eddy Ouwens for the album " My Greatest " for release in the UK, Germany and Benelux only, and in 1996.

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