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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Sun Jan 16, 2022, 11:29 PM Jan 2022

Petula Clark is 89 yo and has been performing for 80 years.....

20 December, 1942

Queensberry All Services Club
London, England

BIRTHDAY PARTY
Celebrating ten years of Empire entertainment programmes.
Lineup: Vera Lynn, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch, Elsie & Doris Waters, Sidney Burshall, PETULA CLARK. Introduced by Gerry Wilmot. Geraldo and his Orchestra. (BBC Radio Broadcast)

7 August, 2021
Wednesday (Family Night): 7.00pm
Thursday - Monday: 7.30pm
Thursday, Saturday & Sunday: 2.30pm

THEATRE: MARY POPPINS
Petula will be starring in the role of the BIRD WOMAN
PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE
London, England UK

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Petula Clark is 89 yo and has been performing for 80 years..... (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

Love Petula... wcmagumba Jan 2022 #1

Been thinking about this recently: elleng Jan 2022 #2

They did a lot of lip syncing back then, but she was belting that song out! C Moon Jan 2022 #5

Music for a new millenium The King of Prussia Jan 2022 #7

"Finian's Rainbow" with Fred Astaire one of my favorites. oasis Jan 2022 #3

This was her big hit that I remember as a kid: Petula Clark Downtown. original version Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #4

My mother thought the message of this song was just terrible- encouraging people to run away from... 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #9

Same here. I was 12 and I just thought it was a catchy tune. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #10

We saw her live in High Wycombe in 2016 The King of Prussia Jan 2022 #6

Is this making anybody else feel old? 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #8

wcmagumba

(5,651 posts)

1. Love Petula...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Jan 16, 2022, 11:35 PM

Jan 2022

I missed seeing her a few years back when she appeared in Branson, MO for a couple of years (I lived in the area, but was unable to attend). Two of my favorite movies featuring the actress are "Finian's Rainbow" and "Goodbye Mr. Chips". Great performances in both films by Petula among others in her career.

elleng

(141,926 posts)

2. Been thinking about this recently:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Jan 16, 2022, 11:45 PM

Jan 2022

'Entertaining' is a difficult profession.

C Moon

(13,473 posts)

5. They did a lot of lip syncing back then, but she was belting that song out!

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 02:05 AM

Jan 2022

The King of Prussia

(751 posts)

7. Music for a new millenium

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 02:36 AM

Jan 2022

oasis

(53,360 posts)

3. "Finian's Rainbow" with Fred Astaire one of my favorites.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 12:52 AM

Jan 2022

Rhiannon12866

(250,315 posts)

4. This was her big hit that I remember as a kid: Petula Clark Downtown. original version

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 01:51 AM

Jan 2022

3catwoman3

(28,597 posts)

9. My mother thought the message of this song was just terrible- encouraging people to run away from...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:55 PM

Jan 2022

...rather than deal with their problems.

I was 14 when this song came out in 1965 and just thought it was a good song. I wasn't corrupted by this innocent little ditty.