Before Petula recorded and released 'Downtown' later in '64, she was a big star in French-speaking countries. Petula sings 'Je me sens bien auprès de toi', 'Vilaines filles, mauvais garçons', 'A London', 'Ya ya twist', 'Cœur blessé', 'Roméo', 'Les Colimaçons', 'Plaza de toros', 'Il y a tellement de filles' and 'Chariot'. Filmed at the Knokke Casino, broadcast on the Face Au Public programme on 12/4/1964. Can that be 57 years ago?! A 1960 performance of 'Tu es Ma Pluie et Mon Beau Temps' is here: [ Ссылка ]

In Record Collector magazine, issue 509, Sept 2020, Bob Stanley interviews Petula about her life, in a six-page feature and she talks in detail about her French stardom perod. A link to buy or subscribe to view is here:
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The feature coincides with the release of a limited edition 2CD of her restored Royal Albert Hall concerts of 1969, 1974 and 1983, that are exclusively available from here:
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More details of Petula's remarkable 70-year career are here:
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