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Petula Clark says she ‘never had normal life’ as she reflects on 80-year career

The 93-year-old spoke about the pressures of being a child star.

Evening Standard

Petula Clark turned down Elvis Presley's advances

Petula Clark has told how she fled Elvis Presley's dressing room because she was convinced he "fancied" both her and Karen Carpenter.

BANG Premier

Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares: Petula Clark’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Sixty years after Downtown made her the second British woman to top the US charts, we rate the best of Clark’s exhilarating, perfectly enunciated pop

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"Girls talk to me when I play": Chris Spedding took up the guitar nearly seventy years ago and he's still in demand

Legendary sideman and session guitarist Chris Spedding on a "naughty" 70s, discovering the Sex Pistols and being an honorary Beatle

Louder

“They said, ‘We did a little thing for you, but we don’t know if it will make the album. I said, ‘You’re crazy – this is the single!’” the epic life of ‘Funky’ Claude Nobs, the man who inspired Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water

Claude Nobs was the man who co-founded the Montreux Jazz Festival – and crossed paths with Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa and Deep Purple

Louder

Berlin Nightclub welcomed all. Now, those it marked say farewell.

The iconic Chicago club shut its doors last month, after 40 years in business. One of the original co-owners said it changed lives.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yvonne Littlewood obituary

First female television producer and director in the BBC’s light entertainment department

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Harry Belafonte: singer who helped organise the March on Washington

Harry Belafonte, who has died aged 96, was not the first black entertainer to “transcend racial boundaries” in the US, said The New York Times.

The Week

Harry Belafonte obituary

Singer, actor and activist who matched his genial persona with political commitment

The Guardian - UK

Kenny Clayton obituary

Other Lives: Pianist, composer, arranger and musical director to the stars

The Guardian - UK

The 70 greatest No 2 singles – ranked!

From Presley to Prince, with just one song per artist, we celebrate 70 years of the the UK singles chart with a look at the best songs that didn’t quite make it to No 1

The Guardian - UK

Dawn French embraces her greys as fans dub her 'hairstyle role model' after ditching dye

Dawn French was among the guests at the Sondheim's Old Friends gala last night, which was held in honour of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim who passed away in November

Daily Mirror

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago April 28-May 4

“Lookingglass Alice,” the One of a Kind spring show, and “Jersey Boys” are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

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