Petula Clark
Petula Clark
b. 15 November 1932, Epsom, Surrey
 
1939   [Age 6-7]
After her Welsh singer-mother trains her, Petula Clark begins her career as a performer.
 
1941   [Age 8-9]
She makes her first broadcast appearance.
 
1943   [Age 10-11]
She has her own program on the BBC which emphasizes morale during these bleak war years. The songs are optimistic and positive (a trait that will continue throughout most of her career).
 
1944   [Age 11-12]
She appears in her first film and signs with the J. Arthur Rank Organization, making 20 feature films
 
1954   [Age 21-22]
11 June. "The Little Shoemaker" [Polygon P1117; enters UK charts; #7]
 
1955   [Age 22-23]
18 February. "Majorca" [Polygon P1146; enters UK charts; #12]
25 November. "Suddenly There's a Valley" [Pye Nixa N 15013; enters UK charts; #7]
 
1957   [Age 24-25]
26 July. "With All My Heart" [Pye Nixa N 15096; enters UK charts; #4]
15 November. "Alone" [Pye Nixa N 15112; enters UK charts; #8]
 
1958   [Age 25-26]
28 February. "Baby Lover" [Pye Nixa N 15126; enters UK charts; #12]
1959   [Age 26-27]
November. Clark moves to Paris and marries Claude Wolff, an executive with Vogue Records, her label.
 
1961   [Age 28-29]
26 January. "Sailor" [Pye 7N 15324; enters UK charts; #1]
13 April. "Something Missing" [Pye 7N 15337; enters UK charts; #44]
13 July. "Romeo" [Pye 7N 15361; enters UK charts; #3]
16 November. "My Friend the Sea" [Pye 7N 15389; enters UK charts; #7]
 
1962   [Age 29-30]
8 February. "I'm Counting on You" [Pye 7N 15407; enters UK charts; #41]
28 June. "Ya Ya Twist" [Pye 7N 15448; enters UK charts; #14]
 
1963   [Age 30-31]
2 May. "Casanova/Chariot" [Pye 7N 15522; enters UK charts; #39]
 
1964   [Age 31-32]
12 November. "Downtown" [Pye 7N 15722; enters UK charts; #2]
 
1965   [Age 32-33]
11 March. "I Know a Place" [Pye 7N 15772; enters UK charts; #17]
12 August. "You Better Come Home" [Pye 7N 15864; enters UK charts; #44]
14 October. "Round Every Corner" [Pye 7N 15945; enters UK charts; #43]
4 November. "You're the One" [Pye 7N 15991; enters UK charts; #23]
 
1966 [Age 33-34]
10 February. "My Love" [Pye 7N 17038; enters UK charts; #4]
21 April. "A Sign of the Times" [Pye 7N 17071; enters UK charts; #49]
30 June. "I Couldn't Live without Your Love" [Pye 7N 17133; enters UK charts; #6]
 
1967 [Age 34-35]
2 February. "This Is My Song" [Pye 7N 17258; enters UK charts; #1]
25 May. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" [Pye 7N 17325; enters UK charts; #12]
13 December. "The Other Man's Grass" [Pye 7N 17416; enters UK charts; #20]
 
1968 [Age 35-36]
6 March. "Kiss Me Goodbye" [Pye 7N 17466; enters UK charts; #50]
Petula Clark's website.

Petula Clark with songwriter/producer, Tony Hatch
 
London Outline The Zombies
  3-feb-10