[DOC] [TLE] Petula Clark - Wikipedia [PAR] Petula Clark, CBE 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 1950s she started recording in French 
and having international success .... Her 1961 recording of "Sailor" became her 
first No.1 hit in the UK, while such... [DOC] [TLE] Downtown (Petula Clark song) - Wikipedia [PAR] "Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by 
Petula Clark in 1964, became an international hit, reaching No. 1 in Billboard Hot 
100 and No. .... Petula Clark thus became the first UK female artist to have a US #
1 hit during the rock and roll era and the second in the ...... Read  Edit  View 
history... [DOC] [TLE] Downtown by Petula Clark Songfacts [PAR] This was Petula Clark's first hit in the US, which was slow to discover her ... 
making Petula the first female singer from the UK to hit #1 in the US during the ... 
Petula Clark came to record this song at a time when she had carved a 
successful career .... Sara, no "Downtown" was not used as the theme for TV's "
Mary Tyler Moore... [DOC] [TLE] Clark, Petula - Dictionary definition of Clark, Petula | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] She made her film debut in 1944, and was one of Britain's first television stars in 
the ... that included the Grammy Award-winning hits Downtown, I Know a Place
, ... to France, 1961; had first U.S. number-one single, Downtown, 1964; starred 
in ... du Disque Franais (French record industry), Most Successful Singer, 1962;
... [DOC] [TLE] When Harry Met PetulaApril 1968 | The Pop History Dig [PAR] Feb 7, 2009 ... Downtown was the first of fifteen consecutive Top 40 hits for Clark in the ... In 
early 1968, NBC invited her to host her own TV music special in the U.S. Black 
singer ... an anti-war song that she had composed, Petula Clark innocently ... The 
number was one of the most moving musical interludes on TV ever. [DOC] [TLE] On January 23, 1965: Petula Clark became the first female Brit to hit ... [PAR] Song Number 7 of the 100 songs of my life - "Downtown" Petula Clark, 1965; I 
remember ... Singer Little Brenda Lee turns 70 today - she was born 12-11 in 
1944. .... This great song was released in 1964 and made number 1 in the U.S 
and ... Lulu - A Scottish singer and actress most famous for To Sir With Love (the 
song... [DOC] [TLE] Goldmine July 1979 - Petula Clark [PAR] It was the British Invasion of the Sixties which gave Petula her biggest break, but 
... In 1956, she signed to Pye Nixa records, and released her first album, ... One 
year later, Pet had her first rock and roll hit, "With All My Heart"/"Alone". .... By the 
end of 1966, CashBox named Petula the "Number One, Female Singer of 1966". [DOC] [TLE] Petula Clark - Classic Bands [PAR] Though she sang regularly on radio and TV as a child (she had her own TV show 
called ... Her first hits were children's songs like "Where Did My Snowman Go" (
1952) and "The ... Pet recorded it and it skyrocketed to number 1 in the USA. ... 
honour for the female singer awarded the most gold records in British pop history. [DOC] [TLE] Petula Clark: My love-in with America - CNN.com [PAR] Aug 25, 2014 ... The Beatles exploded on the American scene, kicking off the British ... 
overwhelming, screaming reception to start their U.S. tour in 1964. .... Petula 
Clark was living in Paris with her family and had a successful ... Part of the British 
Invasion, she has had 15 Top 40 hits in the United States, two of them at No. 1. [DOC] [TLE] Petula Clark | Biography & History | AllMusic [PAR] The most commercially successful female singer

Question: Called the most successful female singer in British history she had her first U.S. No. 1 hit in 1964 with “Downtown”
Answer: Petula Clark