Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932), is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.
Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist ever and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Clark also holds the distinction of having the longest span on international pop music charts of any British female artist — 55 years, from 1954, when "The Little Shoemaker" made the UK Top 20, to 2009, when her CD Les Indispensables charted in the Top 10 in Belgium.
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