Saturday, February 5, 2011

Petula Clark at the River Rock Casino Theatre

Went tonight with Linda, Shelly & Neil to the River Rock Theatre to see Petula Clark.  We remembered her for her hit songs from the 60s, "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", I Couldn't Live without Your Love", Don't Sleep in the Subway Darling" and of course "Downtown". 

She sang all of those tonight to much acclaim.  But we found her stage presence weak and her singing poor.  But I realized as the evening progressed that I didn't know anything about her beyond those hit songs.  In reviewing her wiki bio when I got home, I see that she was a child star, and was actually born in 1932 which makes her going on 79 - 80 years old.  Absolutely amazing! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petula_Clark  
Her hit songs from the 60s were made when she was in her 30s and of course I still imagined her that way.  Here she is today -

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