tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post8890541000158491834..comments2024-03-17T22:58:56.270-05:00Comments on AKSARBENT: Petula Clark, Happy Belated BirthdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-1899737691050451442010-11-20T03:22:13.540-06:002010-11-20T03:22:13.540-06:00Love Petula for the swiss army knife of an enterta...Love Petula for the swiss army knife of an entertainer that she is, and for being a trouper, but for my money Shirley Bassey can trump her at roof-raising.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ9U-MhMvGU<br /><br />If you like Dusty Springfield, I recommend Terry Gross' National Public Radio Interview with Vicki Wickham, who cowrote Springfield's "official" biography, Dancing Enzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667309559832622964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-71345381158601533692010-11-19T18:40:50.122-06:002010-11-19T18:40:50.122-06:00I think, with respect, that she was as talented in...I think, with respect, that she was as talented in an overall way as any of them, and much more so than Bassey.<br /><br />Springfield is her hero, Cleo her friend, and I think for some time she lived in the same apartment block in Geneva as Bassey.<br /><br />Her voice at it's best is purer than any of them, although she certainly wasn't as brilliant at soul as Dusty or as jazz orienatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com