Is That You Petula An Autobiography – Petula Clark

I heard noises from the wings: ‘What the hell is going on?’ Then the stage manager appeared and, in a very matter-of-fact manner, said, ‘Come with me, young man.’ And Jesus got escorted off the stage. After the show, I collared the stage manager. ‘What happened to him?’ I asked. ‘Where is he? Is he OK?’ ‘Do you want to see?’ he asked me. He led me to the door to the casino, opened it, and pointed.

And there was Jesus, in the casino, playing craps. On that same States trip, I also recorded a CBS TV show, Here’s Lucy. It was a sitcom starring Lucille Ball and was a follow-up to her long-running, very successful, I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show. And Lucille Ball was an amazing woman: slightly crazy, and a whirlwind force of nature. Lucille was the absolute boss on that show.

She ruled the roost and was in charge of every single shot. She had a cast on her leg, which she kept whipping on and off as she filmed. Not even that could slow her down. She was unstoppable. My pregnancy was quite noticeable by this point, and Lucille reworked the script on the spot to accommodate this.

And when she realised that not only did I have a French husband, but he was right there with me, she immediately demanded that he should be in the show, too. Claude wanted nothing to do with this. He had no interest in being on a television screen. He did what he did every time we went to a TV studio: grabbed one of their telephones and talked on it non-stop. This didn’t bother Lucille, who was determined that Claude was to be part of the action.

‘Where’s the Frenchman?’ Lucille would yell when it came to his part. ‘He’s on the phone,’ the reply would come. And the technicians would roll their eyes, put down their equipment and go for a coffee while they waited for Claude to finish his call. Which could take forever. ‘He doesn’t want to do it,’ I told Lucille. ‘Can’t you use some other Frenchman?’ But she was having none of it: ‘No way! It’s got to be Claude!’ She was adamant.

Petula Clark is a singer, songwriter, actress and performer whose remarkable career spans more than eight decades – the longest of any British entertainer. She first stepped into the limelight as a child during WWII, singing to the troops on wartime radio and in concert, before appearing in a string of films. After a series of UK hit records in the 1950s, Petula followed her heart, and her future husband Claude Wolff, to France, where she became that country’s most popular female vocalist.

She then became an international superstar when she topped the charts for the first time in the US with Downtown in 1965. She has won two Grammy awards and has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. Petula has starred in Hollywood classic movies such as Finian’s Rainbow alongside Fred Astaire and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, with Peter O’Toole. Her stage work – on both sides of the Atlantic – includes long-running, critically acclaimed performances in The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard.

She has also captivated audiences in concert halls and theatres around the world, performing for generations of devoted fans. She has received countless honours including a CBE in the UK for her services to music and drama, and in France, the rank of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres. She continues to perform and lives between Geneva and London.

This is her first, and only, book. OceanofPDF.com Petula Clark with Ian Gittins IS THAT YOU, PETULA? An Autobiography OceanofPDF.com Contents Introduction: Is that you, Petula? Chapter 1: How great was my valley? Chapter 2: A soldier’s child Chapter 3: Binding in my bosom Chapter 4: A pink car to go with my hair Chapter 5: Je suis chaude Chapter 6: Joining the human race Chapter 7: When America calls, you pick up Chapter 8: Oh, Germaine!

Chapter 9: Dancing in cow dung Chapter 10: Chips and pickled onions Chapter 11: I’m sorry, Elvis, but we have to go … Chapter 12: Where’s the Frenchman? Chapter 13: We’re going to wipe out everybody in 209 the house Chapter 14: Is it a moose or a mouse? Chapter 15: The hills are alive …

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