Petula Sally Olwen Clark, born November 15, 1932, in Epsom, Surrey (England).
She became a familiar singing voice on wartime radio and in concerts for the troops. By the end of the 1940s she was an established singing star and she also appeared as an actress in many films of the era working with such stars as Peter Ustinov, Anthony Newley and Alec Guinness.
Her first major recording contract was with Polygon Records in 1950 and her first chart success was in 1954 with “The Little Shoemaker”. Her breakthrough on the continent was in 1957 with “With All My Heart”. In 1965 Petula Clark won America with her number one double Grammy award winning song “Downtown” and she won another Grammy for the follow up “I Know A Place” and in 1966 she became the first British female singer to top the American charts twice with “My love”.
Her 2018 published French Canadian album “Vu d’ici” peaked at #39 on the itunes daily national chart in Canada and in 2019 reached the physical album and sales chart in the U.K. – 70 years after her first record release.