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Petula Clark (Music)
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Petula Sally Olwen Clark CBE (born November 15, 1932 in Ewell, Surrey) is an English singer and actress whose career spans eight decades. She began performing during World War II as “the British Shirley Temple”, singing for British troops over BBC radio. As she grew up, she branched out into acting. In the 1950s, she moved to the Continent and began recording in French.Clark is best known as part of the first wave of The British Invasion. After a decade of success in Europe, she scored her first American hit with “Downtown,” which topped the Billboard chart. More hits followed: “I Know a Place,” “My Love,” “This Is My Song,” "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener," "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," and “Don’t Sleep in the Subway,” among others. She was nominated for nine Grammy Awards over a four-year period, winning twice.note Best Rock & Roll Recording ("Downtown") in 1965; Best Contemporary Vocal Performance – Female ("I Know a Place") in 1966.As an actress, Clark's best-remembered role was alongside Fred Astaire in Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 film version of the musical Finian's Rainbow, a performance which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. | |
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Neon City | |
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Neon City: Bright city lights are fun, dazzling, and distracting in "Downtown": | |
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Omniglot: She has recorded in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. | |
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Colorful Song | |
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Colorful Song: "Color My World" cites multiple colors in the environment: yellow sunshine, green grass, blue sky, as a metaphor for how her lover brightens up her world. | |
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Grass Is Greener | |
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Grass Is Greener: "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" is a song built around this turn of phrase. It encourages the listener to "be thankful for what you've got". | |
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Train Song | |
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Train Song: In "Don't Sleep in the Subway", sleeping on the subway train is considered settling: | |
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