''Petula'' is a 1968 Pye Records

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release by

Petula Clark Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer. She has one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. Clark's professional career began during the ...

leased to

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in the USA. The two albums precedent to ''Petula'': '' These Are My Songs'' and ''

The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent which was a 1967-68 hit for Petula Clark. After working exclusively with producer/songwriter Tony Hatch following their 1964 breakout collaboration "Downt ...

'' had been primarily produced by

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with

Tony Hatch Anthony Peter Hatch (born 30 June 1939) is an English composer for musical theatre and television. He is also a songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer. Early life and early career Hatch was born in Pinner, Middlesex. Encouraged by his mus ...

, the producer/songwriter who'd established Clark as a top recording star in 1964, contributing only one track to each album. With ''Petula'' Hatch again became Clark's exclusive producer overseeing all the album's tracks. ''Petula'' would prove to be the last Petula Clark album of original material produced by Hatch. The first advance single from ''Petula'': the Les Reed/

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Kiss Me Goodbye Kiss Me Goodbye may refer to: * "Kiss Me Goodbye" (Petula Clark song), a 1968 song by Petula Clark * "Kiss Me Goodbye" (Buck Tick song), a 1990 song by Buck-Tick * "Kiss Me Good-Bye", a 2006 song by Angela Aki, used as the ending theme song for '' ...

" had reached #15 US in April 1968, becoming the first hit single for Clark produced but not written by Hatch. Of the eleven additional tracks which would comprise ''Petula'', seven were written by Hatch and

Jackie Trent Yvonne Ann Burgess (6 September 1940 – 21 March 2015), better known by her stage name Jackie Trent, was an English singer-songwriter and actress. She was best known for co-writing (with Tony Hatch) several hits for Petula Clark in the 1960s an ...

. Hatch also had Clark cover "

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", " The Good Life" and "

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" and recorded Clark singing "Why Can't I Cry" which had been written by arranger Johnny Harris and wife Kim Clark. The song was also recorded by Tom Jones. The Hatch/Trent composition "Don't Give Up" - described by Hatch as a homage to "

Can't Take My Eyes off You "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for a we ...

" - was released as the album's second advance single in July 1968 and failed to sustain Clark's Top 20 comeback peaking at #37 on the '' ''Billboard'' Hot 100'' becoming Clark's final US

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hit.² "Billboard" reported that "Don't Give Up" was one of the most requested tunes at Las Vegas' Desert Inn Sky Room as of late 1968 and early 1969. Singer-pianist Murray Arnold claimed it was behind only "Didn't We" and "Little Green Apples." The track "Have Another Dream On Me" was referred to as "my latest" by Clark on her April 1968 NBC TV special. For reasons unclear, the song never came out on single, but "Don't Give Up" did. ''Petula'' rose significantly higher on the US album charts than the preceding ''The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener'' reaching #51 as opposed to #93. Clark's UK label

Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherhoo ...

released the album in the UK and Ireland (cat# NPL 18235) and also in New Zealand (cat# NSPL 18235). In France the ''Petula'' album was issued by

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with cat# CLD 723. *¹The titles of the singles "Kiss Me Goodbye" and "Don't Give Up" were displayed with the name "Petula" on the album's cover but the official title of the album is simply ''Petula''. *²"Don't Give Up" ranked in the Top 30 in both ''

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'' and ''

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'' with respective peaks of #27 and #23. The track reached #5 on ''Billboards

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chart.

Track listing

;Side one #" Don't Give Up" #"Have Another Dream on Me" #"Your Love is Everywhere" #"One in a Million" #"Beautiful in the Rain" #"

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) ;Side two #"

" ( Les Reed,

) #"Sun Shines Out of Your Shoes" #"We're Falling in Love Again" #"

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Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voca ...

) #"Why Can't I Cry" (Kim Clark. Johnny Harris) #" The Good Life" (

Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou" ...

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References

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