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Petula Clark
Singing with engaging innocence and natural charm, Petula Clark revealed her
vocal talent early as a child star entertaining the troops on BBC radio
broadcasts in the 1940s, becoming known as Britain's answer to Shirley Temple.
Aged 12 in 1944 she sang at London's Royal Albert Hall and was spotted by movie
director Maurice Elvey, who cast her in the war movie Medal For The General,
leading to other film roles in I Know Where I'm Going, London Town and Here Come
The Huggetts. She made her first record Put Your Shoes On Lucy in 1949 and had a
succession of 1950s hits with The Littl...
