For the week ending 26/07/2008, Petula’s UMTV album Then & Now is placed at #57 in the official UK album chart dropping 28 places but still within the all important Top 75. Last week the album was also awarded a Silver Disc for sales of 60,000 copies sold.
UMTV have now made available an iTunes single version of Petula’s 1967 recording of Colour My World used in the recent DFS TV advert campaign. This download is available for just GBP 0.79 and by visiting the following direct link to the recording on: iTunes
Petula’s UMTV album – Then & Now continues to feature in the UK’s top selling 30 albums coming in at #29 which is great news!
Further radio promotion lending to support the album during its 4th and 5th week happened earlier today with Aled Jones on his BBC Radio 2 programme and next Sunday (20/07) on Eric Hall’s radio programme (full details below).
Petula will be featured in a special pre-recorded interview on Aled Jones’ BBC Radio 2 show GOOD MORNING SUNDAY. Petula’s interview will be broadcast on Sunday July 13th, 2008 between 07:00-09:00. Listen Online here…
On July 20th Petula will do a live phone-in to the Eric Hall Show on BBC Radio Essex. The programme is broadcast between 3 and 6pm and the live phone-in will be for approximately 30 minutes.
Listen live on DAB, on 103.5 and 95.3FM and on-line to Eric Hall’s programme.
Petula’s most consistent song writing collaborater Dee Shipman has just issued her 1970 unreleased album. The 11 song collection of popular standards and evergreens from the worlds of film and musical theatre was expertly produced by Norman Newell and features sumptuous orchestrations by Roger Webb. The collection concludes with a new recording from the unfinished Dee Shipman / Roger Webb musical ‘Emma’. To hear sound clips and order the new album visit
01. YOU’RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME (from ‘Inside Daisy Clover’) 3:07
02. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (from ‘The Happy Ending’) 3:04
03. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS (from ‘The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg’) 3:49
04. DINDI 3:55
05. WHAT IS A YOUTH (from Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’) 2:41
06. THE BEST IS YET TO COME 3:00
07. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (from ‘Swing Time’) 5:07
08. LOVE WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS (from ‘On A Clear Day You Can See Forever’) 4:13
09. MY LIFE BELONGS ONLY TO YOU (from ‘The Dancing Years’) 3:46
10. WHAT DID I HAVE I DON’T HAVE NOW (from ‘On A Clear Day You Can See Forever’) 3:28
11. ONE HAND, ONE HEART (from ‘West Side Story’) 3:19
BONUS TRACK
12. SHE ISN’T ME – with Sadie Nine (from ‘Emma’) 4:48
Petula’s UMTV collection Then & Now is still showing a healthy presence in the album charts – this week being placed at number 23! This new album now means that Petula has spent an incredible 50 weeks in the UK album charts since her first UK album chart entry in 1966.
The Express (UK), July 4, 2008
Singer Petula (CBE), 75, is best known for her Sixties hits such as Downtown and is Britain’s biggest selling female solo recording artiste. Her album, Then and Now — The Very Best of Petula Clark (UMTV), is out now.
Peggy Lee: Black Coffee (Verve)
She was my first idol and I played this over and over again in my teens. At the time everyone was listening to Judy Garland but Peggy seemed wonderfully subtle and jazzy by comparison.
Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie (Blue Note)
This features great tunes Basie had written with his amazing band, which was at the top of its class. I used to dance around the living room to this as a girl and got to know every note.
The Eagles: Hotel California (WEA)
One of the great albums of the Seventies. I have a fixation with it and was once on a sailing boat in the Caribbean where the captain almost threw us off because we played it from dawn until dusk.
Doobie Brothers: Minute by Minute (Warners)
Not just a great album but also the first time I’d heard the amazing Michael McDonald sing on record. I think he’s the best white male singer around.
Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (Island)
I love everything about this: the way she sings, the arrangements and its overall attitude. A great, great record.
Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations (CBS)
This Canadian pianist is best known for his Bach recordings. I was told he was a big fan of mine and I’d love to have met him but sadly he has died.
The UMTV album ‘Then & Now’ has maintained its strong position in the top 20 – falling just two places to #19! Its high presence in the chart this week is no doubt because of Petula’s appearances on both ‘This Morning’ and on Friday’s broadcast of ‘Loose Women’. How great to see Petula together with Jane McDonald – it was clear to see Jane’s genuine appreciation of Petula’s work when chatting with her and the rest of the Loose Women panel on last Friday’s show!
If you haven’t yet purchased your copy of Petula’s latest chart album ‘Then & Now’ – Morrisons are selling all single chart CDs for just £6! This offer is valid for this week only and applies to all chart albums that are single discs.
Visit Morrisons website to find your nearest store.
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