Un Jeune Homme Bien (Petula Clark)

12 FEBRUARY 1966



Petula Clark had been recording since the 1940s, and by the 1960s was living in France. She spoke French well and recorded numerous songs in that language (as well as Italian, Spanish and German). While she had some big UK hits in the 1950s, and was a major star in continental Europe, her British career was in decline by the early 1960s before she had a huge hit with 'Downtown' in 1964.

In 1966 she released an album of French recordings which became known as ‘Petula ‘66’. One of the highlights is this very solid and faithful cover version of the Kinks’ ‘A Well Respected Man’, here titled 'Un Jeune Homme Bien'.

Un Jeune Homme Bien (Petula Clark)