Vocal perfection,beautifully controlled, no cranking. Legend and still a looker.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
William Cole: For myself William Petula's immaculate way of putting a song across and knowing exactly how it should be sung is why she is such a standout vocalist. In fact in my humble opinion.... Petula Clark is the Greatest Female Vocalist Of ALL TIME. And W-O-W !!!!is she BEAUTIFUL.
@samspade8612
4 жыл бұрын
Petula, Linda Ronstadt, Whitney, Diana Ross, ect.... We were certainly blessed with real female vocalists. What passes for music these days is empty noise. Petula is a shining star forever.
@Ndlanding
4 жыл бұрын
Whitney? She sing so out of tune that it makes me leave the room.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
Sam Spade: ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!! What you have written in your stupendous comment is exactly how I feel. However what REALLY got me is how you finished with a quite GLORIOUS turn of phrase. What you say about the Sensational Petula Clark is so bang on and so utterly PERFECT. Thank you so very,very,VERY much for your thoughts on this LOVELY and very BEAUTIFUL lady. A shining star that will last forever. As I have said.... BRILLIANT.
@blujay9191
2 жыл бұрын
I have to add Marilyn McC oo and Lani Hall to that list.
@TheNordog
Жыл бұрын
We still Dame Shirly Bassy with many big hit records to her name.
@profile2047
Жыл бұрын
No the real singers were before them. Everything after the 50s are empty amateur artists. I mean. If a vocalist is good you don’t need to compare them and try and put other people down to attempt to make them sound better.
@MrVasmikey
4 жыл бұрын
I get a lump in my throat when I hear her sing. Wonderful!
@loudmusic1427
Жыл бұрын
What an absolute sweetheart. Her stateside hits are ingrained. Every boomer in America grew up singing along withPetula on our transistor radios. Part and parcel to a generation.
@ARIZJOE
4 жыл бұрын
Pet Clark and her friend Dusty, they were the greatest. Those women did not need any fancy dancers.
@richl
11 жыл бұрын
This is a woman and artist that you can really love. She speaks straight to you.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
richI: SPOT ON !!!!
@michael0.770
4 жыл бұрын
Pet Clark exudes class!
@plauditecives
4 жыл бұрын
She's so well spoken. Lovely voice.
@Bobb4443
5 жыл бұрын
This woman is the complete definition of “charming”.
@moeb434
4 жыл бұрын
I like her timeless girlish giggle!
@kurtweber6326
3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@jannak9024
2 жыл бұрын
I adore Petula Clark...she was my first teenybopper concert!
@onthewatch6178
11 жыл бұрын
My appreciation has never waned for Petula Clark, 48 years after Downtown (I was 10 at the time.) Nothing but talent, class, style and a person who really seems like it would be a lot of fun to share a cup of tea with. And that Wrecking Crew movie: I hope everyone gets a chance to see it, it is truly an amazing experience.
@rosemarieroyster6338
4 жыл бұрын
That song made me want to move downtown and I finally did! She was right.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
On The Watch: I feel EXACTLY the same way about this very beautiful and dear lady with,in my humble opinion, the greatest female voice of all time. It is so very wonderful to see that her impeccable lifelong career is still going strong. Thank you for your kind words for a lady who I have been a lifelong fan of. Very much appreciated.
@kenbeckerman1028
4 жыл бұрын
I met Petula Clark once, she's a very nice lady.
@shieldmaiden2660
2 жыл бұрын
Love Pet! "Downtown" is my London song.
@petulafan76
11 жыл бұрын
Petula is a true legend!
@davidskaar3232
4 жыл бұрын
Timeless joy Thank you.
@ibleebinU
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love Pet Clark! But then again, who doesn't?
@UNOwen1
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a life-long fan of this whole era, and I have an 'ear' which picks out members of the Wrecking Crew. I also have loved Ms Clark, and this song is one I always liked - it wasn't until years later I found out how she didn't like this track, but, still, I find it amusing how this track (which I DO like) turns out to be by the 'maestros' of this period, sung by one of the most iconic voices of the period.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
U N Owen: I am a lifelong fan of Petula Clark and I also only found out a short while ago that Petula didn't like two of my ABSOLUTE favourite songs of hers. My Love and This Is My Song (the English version.) I can not understand why because for me they are both masterclasses of pure musical genius. (Mr Hatch and Mr Chaplin.) My love for the fantastic words and the amazing pace it is sung at This Is My Song is without ANY doubt whatsoever one of the most stunningly beautiful love songs ever written. The outstanding and timeless vocals of Petula and the superb romantic words of Mr Chaplin are a match made in musical heaven. I will love them forever
@bemorebulldog3680
2 жыл бұрын
I was getting that feeling listening to Colour My World. Did they play on that? Seems like they were everywhere!
@bigbass421
9 жыл бұрын
Tony Hatch, is indeed the man behind all of the most familiar Petula Clark hits. And she had a LOT of top ten hits! Those recordings, sound incredible, after 50 years! I JUST listened to her major hits yesterday. Those sessions sound like they were done live on a big soundstage, with a complete orchestra, with strings, brass, and backup singers, full rhythm section with acoustic and Fender basses- and everybody sight reading their parts- and just a couple of mics and a brilliant conductor.
@catsarereallycool
6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful voice.
@bobbyb.6644
4 жыл бұрын
First Album I ever purchased was hers.Long time ago🤗
@pierre-olivierturmel1705
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I always love Petula Clark and thought of This is my song one of the greatest of all. Here, we heard the french version, C'est ma chanson and it will always bring back childhood memories. Cheers Petula and the Wrecking Crew.
@Tonetwisters
3 жыл бұрын
I presumed all her hits were out of London. The '60s music in America was musical paradise on earth. The widest variety of hits from the widest variety of musical styles, you could ever imagine at the time.
@patrickhicks9880
2 жыл бұрын
She's so down to earth
@Sargebri
4 жыл бұрын
She should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years ago.
@kiloechocharlie1342
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but the R&RHOF disgraced itself years ago anyway...
@danielfronc4304
4 жыл бұрын
Recognized by fellow artists who themselves made vinyl gold? Absolutely! However, being "in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" is meaningless and such a charade since it is so subjective and decided by so very few. It's not anything like the baseball, football, etc. Halls of Fame which are objective and have numbers to support one's right to be there. Music is highly subjective and what it achieves is in the feelings it brings out in it's listeners. Altogether too many artists deserve to be recognized for the beautiful joy which they gave us, which is something that the R&RHOF could never reflect. It is simply a canard and always will be. It merely celebrates itself and those who wanted to be artists but never would, who decide who get invited to the ceremony. It makes me think of a medieval kingdom's feast where one would go to gorge and drink themselves sick.
@johnireland6301
2 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful and so loved.
@happymoogman
11 жыл бұрын
She's brilliant. What a great sound.
@fredpulm
11 жыл бұрын
Living Legend! Period.
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
fredplum: A ABSOLUTE ACCURATE and VERY,VERY, VERY TRUE STATEMENT INDEED.
@clarkewi
4 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing era.
@jennifursun3303
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought her music was done in the UK love Hal Blaine
@professormause
2 жыл бұрын
U should make an album full of stuff you don't think are hits. I LOve the song.
@thomasnorman9723
8 жыл бұрын
she had beauty when she was younger....now.......she is more than beautiful, words cannot describe what she has.....maybe love, it certainly looks blessed
@darrenplumpton9737
2 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL and very BEAUTIFUL comments about a very talented and very much loved lady. Petula Clark is the very essence of all that was great in the "fabulous Sixties and Seventies." It is so wonderful that her lifelong career is still going strong. I have so much admiration for this extremely special lady and I will listen to her tremendous music till the day I die. Thank you once more Mr Thomas Norman.
@cbranalli
4 жыл бұрын
Petula Clark "Downtown" when Downtown was an exciting place to go.
@johnnyd63
4 жыл бұрын
Now Downtown is the place to buy crack and hang with the homies.
@socrates1818
11 жыл бұрын
The best female popular recording artist of all time
@dday9257
4 жыл бұрын
socrates1818 If you’re talking about the UK Dusty Springfield comes in at number one.
@mikeyenfield
3 жыл бұрын
@@dday9257 Yes Dusty got all the attention in the U.K. but in the USA , and Europe in the 60’s Petula outsold Dusty. We can still appreciate and celebrate both .
@dennis7511
4 жыл бұрын
Pet Clark to me was the 1960s.
@sexymama1966
10 жыл бұрын
I knew that the talented Mr. Blaine on most hits of the 1960s but didn't know he was on this one.
@DEBOJU930
11 жыл бұрын
yes my dear friend, simply the best.
@mireilleverrilli7906
2 жыл бұрын
Petula Méga Star🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐😘💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Petula
@grb1184
7 жыл бұрын
Great movie. Watch it and Mr Tedesco's outakes before commenting. That's the deal folks. Pop music. It's a messy "business". But Pet will always be just adorable. For me, her French version of "This is my song" is preferable to the english. It just kills me! Thank you Mr Tedesco for continuing the legacy of your father. That was grueling work they did.
@AnthonyReichardt
11 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic look behind the scenes of the 1960's L.A. music scene. Excellent work, Denny!
@rjmcallister1888
4 жыл бұрын
When Pet Clark first went to LA in 1966 to appear on TV, producer-writer Tony Hatch showed her "My Love" on the plane. She hated it, but when she heard the arrangement done for her, she did it reluctantly as well, at Western, and with The Crew. It only went to #1, and she learned these guys were quite good in replicating her Vogue Records sound from the UK.
@cfarveith
7 ай бұрын
Such a great artist with so many great songs.
@danielgcooper54
5 жыл бұрын
This is great.
@zorza-zorza28
2 жыл бұрын
🌺 Thanks ♫ ♡ ♫ Warm greetings ☆ Nice day ☆🌺
@gerrynightingale9045
4 жыл бұрын
*Detroit had it's own 'Wrecking Crew' that were on virtually every 'Hit' from "Motown"* *And possibly the 'Greatest Songwriting Team' in history with 'Holland/Dozier/Holland' that wrote so many 'Hits' it's difficult to count them all* ( *I was lucky when I was 10 & 11 in '64-'65 because then it was possible to sneak-around at Cobo Hall and listen to all the groups rehearse their stuff on-stage to see how it would sound there because Detroit had the toughest audiences to perform for, and in those days it was all 'Live' with no gimmicks, so you damn well better be good!* ) *AND THEY WERE GOOD!* *I'm so damned old I remember when the "The Rollin' Stones" were the 'opening act' for "Herman's Hermits" because the 'Hermits' had already had 2 #1's and the Stones were barely in the 'Top-Twenty'* *I feel sorry for the kids today who 'missed it all' where music is concerned*
@WhiteCamry
4 жыл бұрын
Also known as 'The Funk Brothers'
@janshelton189
3 ай бұрын
They also opened for the Ronettes.
@chrisbolton7160
7 жыл бұрын
Lovely lady!
@Bobb4443
5 жыл бұрын
Incredibly impressive lady!
@SThompsonRAMM_1203
3 жыл бұрын
Could we please hear this interview without the background music overpowering her soft voice?
@musicexpert2
Жыл бұрын
Really! Highly annoying. Or raise her voice.
@eliortegajr9710
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@lordritchie
11 жыл бұрын
when she's talking about her London session drummer she fails to mention his name who has to be Bobby Graham , who was the Hail Blaine of England. Played on so many hit records in Europe.
@djangorheinhardt
4 жыл бұрын
Clem Catini, Mick Underwood, and a few others,especially Clem who played on over a thousand sessions.
@raymondbonington9355
4 жыл бұрын
Played on early kinks and Dave Clark 5 hits , sadly passed away .
@charlesw9875
4 жыл бұрын
Apart from Phil Spector, I doubt any of the Wrecking Crew would have over-dubbed Petula's delicate voice with a song played so loudly in the background for such a long time.. FADE, FADE,. FADE, okay?
@michaelcalia6072
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, very poorly mixed.
@jameswerkheiser4224
3 жыл бұрын
It truly was a "Wrecking Crew" who dubbed the background music.
@alvendi2012
7 ай бұрын
Thank you. I thought iust was just me who found the background music over powering to a soft spoken voice.
@clarkewi
6 жыл бұрын
great singer
@jean-pierrethibaudeau7201
4 жыл бұрын
Charlie Chaplin wrote that song?? Wow, I am even more impressed with Chaplin. A total genius.
@jamesdrynan
2 жыл бұрын
With a little investigation, the melody was co-written with David Raskin with the lyrics supplied by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. Historically, many famous people were credited with writing songs when others were involved.
@sg-yq8pm
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesdrynan Wrong, Chaplin wrote the words and music to 'This Is My Song', neither David Raskin nor John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons had any involvement with it, you are thinking of 'Smile'.
@fosbury68
7 жыл бұрын
Whoever her drummer was on her London sessions (Downtown, Sign of the Times, I Know a Place, etc) was no slouch - especially the drums on Sign of the Times - really carries that song.
@MikeHF
7 жыл бұрын
Gary Chester played drums on Downtown.
@fosbury68
7 жыл бұрын
I think those early PC hits were recorded in London at PYE studios. Gary was a NYC session player.
@MikeHF
7 жыл бұрын
He played drums on Downtown as well as other tunes of hers. I have an old Modern drummer magazine that features an interview with Gary Chester and he mentions doing sessions for Petula Clark as well as others. Between Him and Hal Blaine they pretty much played on most of the hits of the 60s.
@gwangi64
7 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Bobby Graham who played on Petula Clark's big mid-60s hits, along with lots of others like the Kinks and the Dave Clark Five. Downtown, I Know a Place etc were all recorded in London and Chesters seems to have worked exclusively in the US.
@TheBim1987
6 жыл бұрын
whatever anybody says, Pet's London drummer was Bobby Graham
@thehotyounggrandpas8207
8 жыл бұрын
Was never a fan but I could listen to her talk about this stuff for days!
@USCG.Brennan
Жыл бұрын
You forgot "Downtown" on this video......probably her best and longest lasting hit!!
@jonny1yz
8 жыл бұрын
Always loved her....I'm 58 and she was my girlfriend back in the sixties and seventies! I wish!
@grb1184
8 жыл бұрын
No, no Jonny, I loved her and she was MY girlfriend then and now, you sprout. Well ok, she was married and had two fine children in France. What did we know? Just great work and dedication from the entire "Crew", arrangers and composers such as Tony Hatch. That "pop" music was very disciplined, tight and produced for a different top 40 world then. Hard work. BTW, check out her French and German versions of the same tracks/songs. Great comments and video too.
@hoz49
7 жыл бұрын
Well, Pet sure got around, cause I loved her too. I'm 68. She's still a cutie!
@MysterD515
7 жыл бұрын
Could you lower the volume of the background music please?
@Jay-vr9ir
4 жыл бұрын
So common for today i believe the young people that put these videos together , do not realize , it is suppose to be background music .
@paulfox1431
4 жыл бұрын
I find it impossible to understand Petula with background music or conversation. Plus her audio (which I really want to hear) is way too soft give this soft spoken Icon lots of volume. I’ll figure out how to lower the volume if it’s too loud Please !
@moeb434
4 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song by Pet, so, I don't care!
@marceloalvesfonseca4864
3 жыл бұрын
It os the best músic in ALL times And Petula thd better singer in the world for ever . I am happy for tô be lived and health. I got Very fashinashion and emocion when she Sing and to see live. God to keep.
@SThompsonRAMM_1203
3 жыл бұрын
@@moeb434 , so go play the song. I’d like to hear the interview.
@pocketcharts12
10 жыл бұрын
The best.
@user-ii3vl3zy6m
4 ай бұрын
One of my favourite female voices from the 60s! A pity that her French output is so little known in the USA and UK, quite a lot of which she composed herself. And what a talented songwriter she was! Some of them she recorded in English as well, but please do yourself a favour and discover the original french versions, they are so much more charming: Regardez-les (Just Say Goodbye, beautiful lyrics by the great Pierre Delanoe, head&shoulders above those of T. Hatch) Puisque tu pars (Now that you're gone) Un mal pour un bien (You're The One) La mer est comme toi Folle de toi L'ile de france Il n'y a qu'une femme (under her pseudonym Al Grant - wonderfully funny lyrics, years ahead of Women's Lib) And on and on I could go - if you still can find it, get her 9-volume French "Anthologiy"-series!
@MichaelStarkey
8 жыл бұрын
Petula, I
@bobsillas3553
3 жыл бұрын
loved, Love this is your song every time it came on I would sing with you PETULA. Shame about Phil Spector I guess he found his PERFECT spot. loved to been there when Leon Russell got on top of piano and flipped him the green weenie.
@dwightwhikehart764
10 жыл бұрын
THEY ALSO FAIL TO MENTION THE GREAT WRITER AND PRODUCER TONY HATCH I BELIEVE!! HE IS THE ONE WHO WROTE DOWNTOWN AFTER VISITING NEW YORK CITY IN LATE SUMMER 1964!!
@djbethell
9 жыл бұрын
The Hatch/Trent/Clark years were an insurmountable moment in music history, and never to be repeated. "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "I Know a Place", "You'd Better Come Home", "After You", "Round Every Corner", Colour My World", "You're The One, "Don't Give Up", "The Other Man's Grass...", "Don't Sleep in The Subway", "Have Another Dream", "Goodbye Mr. Chips", Got To Get Away", "Life And Soul Of The Party", "Look St Mine"... I could go on; the creations were (sadly not), endless but as near as.
@onusgumboot5565
6 жыл бұрын
why are you shouting?
@jeffffhills
4 жыл бұрын
Jackie Trent. Not just Tony Hatch. She contributed as much as he did, but didn’t get the recognition that he got. A great singer in her own right.
@bemorebulldog3680
2 жыл бұрын
@@djbethell Great songs. Songwriters don't get enough credit.
@alphabeets
11 жыл бұрын
How many more years before the movie gets released?
@easguitar
11 жыл бұрын
Was that TT on mandolin near the end??
@theshameofthesun
7 жыл бұрын
bit of a weird one ...this rolls Hal on John Lennon was good, as is Petula I think its great
@Ndlanding
4 жыл бұрын
Eh? Didn't quite get that...
@traceydsm
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't see this in the documentary. Was this an outtake?
@a.bevdfray8589
5 жыл бұрын
NO BACKGROUND MUSIC!!! GEEZ.
@jennifursun3303
4 жыл бұрын
wonder if she used Bobby Graham for her recordings in the UK
@miriamgreen3973
Жыл бұрын
Hal Belsky!
@johnendicott2517
11 жыл бұрын
Flower Power
@blueticecho5690
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Mr. Tedesco how in the hell does a guy from Central Nebraska get immerse into this stuff..
@sblack48
4 жыл бұрын
Tedesco on mandolin?
@allenjones3130
Жыл бұрын
Sure, why not?
@musicexpert2
Жыл бұрын
Jesus, I hope all your other posts aren't like this. Either raise her voice so the music doesn't drown her out, lower the music volume, or redo the interview & ask her to quit mumbling!
@photonotavailable7936
4 жыл бұрын
Music is too loud, unnecessary.
@lennydellarocca4046
2 жыл бұрын
Annoying having the music in the background.
@peteryoungpeteryoung965
4 жыл бұрын
Erm! Did she even mention the Wrecking Crew, it's all about her.
@n1hnr941
3 жыл бұрын
Terrible video. Music in background playing over her voice. I can't understand a thing she is saying
@j.p.7708
6 жыл бұрын
Nice job on the back ground music,👎🏻 amateur.
@edwinwilkerson6051
6 жыл бұрын
Inglebert Humperdink's version was much better........... you lucked out petunia......without your producers and managers and Charlie Chaplin as a neighbor you would be a zero.........Chaplin wanted Al Jolson to sing it you were second choice and convenient.........
@annemoore733
6 жыл бұрын
Such unkind words... did Petula snub you at some point? Jolson couldn't sing because he had died many years before. Hope your life is happier than your comment.
@edwinwilkerson6051
6 жыл бұрын
Petunias producer tricked her into singing the song and released it without her permission.....not too many singers have a no.1 song crammed down their throat, it was her best song..Asa Yoelson died in 1950 and Charlie was not aware...Petunia was great she had a very bad attitude happens to a lot of people......Chirpy Chirpy cheep cheep sold more records than all of Petunias put together..........lol
@annemoore733
6 жыл бұрын
Edward, she admits she didn't think the song would be a hit. Is that what you are calling a bad attitude? Maybe you are the one with a bad attitude? Maybe?
@edwinwilkerson6051
6 жыл бұрын
she did everything she could to keep the song off the air but it was too late it had already gone to no.1 I would say that is a negative attitude.....she was not very talented just very lucky..........now Engelbert had a voice and his version was much better than petunias had his been released first petunias producer would not have bothered to have her record it.........Charlie was 76 when he wrote it......the oldest man to have a hit song until Taco with "putting on the Ritz" Irving Berlin was 95 .......he wrote it in 1927 and became a hit in 1982
@vestibulate
6 жыл бұрын
Edwin Wilkerson "Chaplin wanted Al Jolson to sing it you were second choice and convenient........." That's brilliant. It's really a shame Al turned it down by virtue being dead all those years. But I guess that's life.
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