RARE 1951 PETULA CLARK 78 SONG OF THE MERMAID / TELL ME TRULY POLYGON P1022 E+

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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS VERY RARE 1951 POLYGON 78 FROM A VERY YOUNG PETULA CLARK

Born November 15th, 1932 with "a voice as clear as a chapel bell", Petula Clark first broke into the limelight during World War II, when, as a child, she sang for the troops in Piccadilly Circus. By war's end she was so popular in England she was asked to sing at a national victory celebration at Trafalgar Square in 1944. From there she went into movies, ultimately appearing in over 30 British and American films . Though she sang regularly on radio and TV as a child (she had her own TV show called Pet's Parlour at age 16) it wasn't until 1949 that she recorded her first song "Music, Music, Music".

She never stopped recording - over 50 years and over a 1,000 songs and still counting! Her first hits were children's songs like "Where Did My Snowman Go" (1952) and "The Little Shoemaker" (1954).

In answer to the rock-and-roll craze of the late fifties, Pet recorded Sailor, Romeo and My Friend The Sea and was back on the charts again. In 1961, Pet went to France to sing one song at a concert and they went completely bonkers over her.

Asked to record in French, Pet declined at first, but was later persuaded to do so by Frenchman Claude Wolff with whom she fell madly in love - they were married in June 1961. (They had three children, Barra, Katy, and Patrick). Petula really matured as a singer on the Continent with smash hit after smash hit in French, German, and Italian. Urged by her friends in Britain to record something in English, Pet allowed Tony Hatch to visit her in Paris where he presented his new song, "Downtown". Pet recorded it and it skyrocketed to number 1 in the USA. She quickly followed with "I Know A Place" that went to number 3. Petula received a Grammy for "Downtown" in 1964 and another for "I Know A Place" in 1965. All told, Pet has 15 top 40 hits in the USA (two #1 hits). Internationally, Petula Clark has charted in the top 40 somewhere, sometime, with 159 recordings. Her career caught up in a whirlwind, she has ridden it like the pro that she is. Numerous TV appearances both on her own specials as well as on the American TV shows, Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Here's Lucy, the Muppets, Shindig, Hullabaloo.

1966 brought "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and the number one smash "My Love." At the same time, she remained a huge star throughout Europe, topping the British charts in 1967 with "This Is My Song," taken from the film A Countess From Hong Kong. In addition to hosting her own BBC series, she also starred in the 1968 NBC television special Petula, which triggered controversy when sponsors requested that a segment with guest Harry Belafonte be cut in deference to Southern affiliates; ultimately, the show aired in its intended form. As the 1960s drew to a close, Clark's commercial stature slipped, although singles like "Don't Sleep on the Subway," "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" and "Kiss Me Goodbye" still charted on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1968 she revived her film career by starring in Finian's Rainbow , followed a year later by Goodbye, Mr. Chips .

In later years Clark focused primarily on international touring, headlining the 1981 London revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. After starring in the 1990 musical Someone Like You , which she also co-wrote, she made her Broadway debut in Blood Brothers in 1993. Additionally, in 1988, an acid-house remix of "Downtown" reached the U.K. Top Ten, another honour for the female singer awarded the most gold records in British pop history. In 1997, Queen Elizabeth made Clark a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

ABOUT THIS RECORD:- 

PETULA CLARK 

A SIDE:  SONG OF THE MERMAID 

B SIDE:  TELL ME TRULY

CONDITION - EX+   

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