Embracing every aspect of show business, Petula Clark's worldwide popularity has made her a celebrated favourite and one of the most distinguished and enduring entertainers the world has known.

Few will realise Petula Clark's significant output as a composer and lyricist. Petula doesn't consider herself to be a songwriter, but there is evidence to the contrary; she has written over 200 works, including film themes and incidental music, an original London stage musical, an un-staged musical and a top 10 hit with You're the One recorded by The Vogues in 1965.

From her first published composition, Golden Guinea in 1959, her catalogue of self-penned material grew throughout the sixties whilst she was under contract to Pye Records in the UK and Vogue in France and peaking in the 1980s when writing with lyricist Dee Shipman.

"I don't look on myself as a songwriter. I'm a sometimes songwriter. I'll write a song if it comes to me, but nobody could say to me, "Will you write me a song?" Because I wouldn't know how to do that. It just has to come" - Petula Clark

Petula is continually updating her catalogue of fine compositions - some of her most recent works; Butterfly In The Snow, Refugee, The Rainbow, Never Enough, Reflections, Happiness, I Won't Care, Meant To Be, From Now On, Never Let Go, A Miracle To Me, Sacrifice My Heart and Living For Today are amongst the best of her career.

When Petula was recently asked whether she would like to be remembered for either singing, acting or song-writing Petula choose her song-writing; "because it is something that comes directly from me."

Here, we examine and celebrate the song-writing career of Petula Clark.

Just For The Record provides for a series of articles around particular recordings and songwriting projects. Keep checking back for future issues of Just For The Record.

Just For The Record:

• Issue 1: Put A Little Sunbeam In Your Life

• Issue 2: London Recording Studios Tour

• Issue 3: Joe 'Mr. Piano' Henderson

• Issue 4: Kenny Clayton

• Issue 5: From Now On

• Issue 6: Second Hand Songs (Part 1) Instrumentals

• Issue 7: Second Hand Songs (Part 2) Male Vocalists

• Issue 8: Second Hand Songs (Part 3) Female Vocalists

• Issue 9: Second Hand Songs (Part 4) The Groups

• Issue 10: Petula sings Bacharach & David

• Issue 11: The AZ Recordings

• Issue 12: Petula In The Middle East 1979 - 1983

• Issue 13: Petula On PRT Records 1980 - 1989

• Issue 14: When In Spain ... Petula's Spanish EPs

• Issue 15: Traces Of Love - A Musical TV Drama

• Issue 16: Songs From Stage and Screen (Part 1)

• Issue 17: The 1994 New York Sessions [Unfinished Album]

• Issue 18: Keeping Track - what vinyl tracks are yet to appear on CD?

• Issue 19: Keeping Track - the Reader's Digest Sessions

• Issue 20: UK Theatre and Concert Performances 1945 - 1959

• Issue 21: Petula Sings Sondheim

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