Petula Clark

The most commercially successful female British artist of the 1960s, Petula Clark's bright, romantic style on her swinging London-era hit "Downtown" continues to solidify her status as a pop icon. A child performer during WWII, she initially rose to fame in the U.K. on radio, film, and early pop hits like "The Little Shoemaker" and "Sailor." After moving to France in the early '60s, she reinvented her sound and gained international acclaim with the Grammy-winning title track to Downtown, becoming the first British woman to top the U.S. charts. Throughout the '60s, she enjoyed ...