Petula Clark "Sign Of The Times" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Ed Sullivan Show was a television variety program that aired on CBS from 1948-1971. For 23 years it aired every Sunday night and played host to the world's greatest talents. The Ed Sullivan Show is well known for bringing rock n' roll music to the forefront of American culture through acts like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. The entertainers each week ranged from comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, to Broadway stars Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, to pop singers such as Bobby Darin and Petula Clark. It also frequently featured stars of Motown such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the only places on American television where such a wide variety of popular culture was showcased and its legacy lives on to this day.
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[@folgore1]

America clearly lost something truly tremendous when the Ed Sullivan show went off the air. It was an unparalleled venue for talent!

[@franevanisko8806]

There is no longer a place for joyful entertainment. Now, everything needs to be a contest. Pathetic.

[@dougfredricks2017]

@@folgore1 Today's 📺 shows are Goat 🐐 Tripe 🙄

[@folgore1]

@@dougfredricks2017 While on a deployment with the military, I once went on leave in Budapest, Hungary and tried Tripe in a restaurant there. Very, very bland! Didn't taste bad; it just tasted like nothing. (So yes, very appropriate metaphor for today's television!)

[@user-ne3yw2cu6c]

I was 12 yo when this aired and remember it clearly... it was an amazing time, now lost. Petula Clark is still alive today, she will be 92 on Nov. 15 2024.

[@rodallen5840]

I was 12 then and listened to her on my transistor radio pressed against my window at night....Ft. Wayne Indiana station and WLS Chicago...70 now and 71 this Nov.

[@mojo500100]

From the comments--this clip is obviously a hit, and it resonate with lots of us. As I watched this broadcast in the 60’s, as a 10-year-old in the U.S., Pet Clark became my first crush 😊 Whenever I come across clips of her, she still brings a warm smile and good memories. A great and talented lady.

[@bobknob5819]

Hard to believe Petula is 91 in 2024. Those dancers are so much fun to watch.

[@pamatat1956]

Watching this in 2024 actually makes me cry.😂😂😂.the 60s were the brst decade for pop /contemporary music. Petula Clark is one of my favorite singers of all time❤❤❤

[@dt8787]

Petula was my mom's favorite. When this show aired, I was 11 and my mom was 36. She watched Ed Sullivan every Sunday and never missed Petula Clark, Tom Jones or Herb Alpert.

[@user-wk2zb4ss1k]

USMC 64--68. Sunday August 14Th 1966. I was 20 years old going on 21 and serving with the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Saratoga. We had just arrived at Her Majesty's Royal Navy Base at around 03: 30 AM at Portsmouth England coming from Norfolk Va. And as luck would have it, but not in a good way we did not get to see this episode of the Ed Sullivan show. But I still have many precious memories. God Bless.

[@user-hb4ry8ty7w]

Petula was good. Even the Beatles loved her.

[@lauranathan1618]

8 days before I came into the world...Proud to say that I was born into a world where Petula Clark was gracing us with this amazing voice

[@spiritcreek9813]

Go-Go boots! Ed Sullivan show was a star maker, best variety show ever!

[@DaveLL500]

That close-up shot of Petula Clark starting at 00:58 is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@rscott2187]

We didn't have a color tv till '68 or '69, enjoying watching it. Back when you could sit on the hood of a vehicle, even walk on it never worried about a dint!

[@rascal211]

I was born at the right time, 1957. Old enough to remember the mid 1960s.

[@danfoss1535]

But not old enough to not remember them

[@Agoateeman]

Me too. Great year and just in time for a lot of super sixties music.

[@rascal211]

@@danfoss1535 Never did drugs so age didn't matter there with me.

[@normanmeharry58]

As is said, "if you remember them, you weren't there ""

[@normanmeharry58]

As is said, "if you remember them, you weren't there ""

[@robertchesnosky3508]

PET CLARK WAS ALWAYS A CLASS ACT.

[@hispeedbullet2661]

What a marvelous voice - brings a smile to my face every time since I was about 8. Loved her and Peter O’Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips 😊

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

Petula is such a gorgeous lady with such a gorgeous force one amazing talent. I love the dancers to absolutely phenomenal..

[@darrenplumpton3551]

HOW INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL is Petula Clark in this brilliant video? WOW!!!!

[@JamesMartin-zt8ki]

Yes!

[@allanelder2711]

Check out her appearance on the Ed Sullivan show singing "Colour my world".

[@normanmeharry58]

She's credibly pretty.

[@stephenstephen1505]

Shame on the UK governments for not making Petula a dame. A child star, a forces sweetheart, a great '60s star and continues performing to this day. Amazing!

[@allanelder2711]

She may have been offered an honour but refused it for personal reasons, as David Bowie did. Another possibility is that when she married Claude Wolfe she may have become a French citizen thus not being able to receive a British honour.

[@cocoaorange1]

I think she is a Dame, but I could be wrong.

[@allanelder2711]

@@cocoaorange1 she's not a Dame, her honour is a CBE.

[@canocorn7938]

I think Frank Sinatra made her a dame

[@johnward374]

​@cocoaorange1 Yes you are wrong.

[@mongo64071]

The cars are best part of this video. Simply gorgeous cars. Petula is ok too.

[@virginiagrundman4012]

Remember when you were 14 and the world was your oyster? New music weekly, new outrageous clothes that our parents hated. I looked forward to going to school every day.

[@margaretlouise6200]

My mother hated my long bangs. Said I should cut a window in them. I think she wanted those Anne Baxter Nefertiri bangs, one inch above the eyebrows.

[@iVenge]

Man, do I remember. Wish I had a time machine.

[@virginiagrundman4012]

@@iVenge I've been in bed recovering from a horrendous cold for 7 days now. At 14 one was invincible! Nothing fazed you. Stay up all night listening to music, eating junk food, walking a mile to school in the snow, etc. In our memories, we live in a perpetual 'happy place'. So...excuse me while I go back to thinking I'm 14 and INVINCIBLE again...at least for an hour.

[@margaretlouise6200]

I remember how exciting the "British Invasion" was...the music, the BOYS in the bands, the totally new and different looks in clothes, makeup and hair. It was a revolution!

[@virginiagrundman4012]

@@margaretlouise6200 yeah! Every week was exciting. And radio...played the same songs every half hour.

[@DSRQ1]

Wow, look at those cars! Aston Martin, Austin Healy, Jaguar, all ragtops!

[@bongodave13]

They'd be worth a fortune if they were still that clean today.

[@westfale520]

Imagine you inherit a forgotten old barn and in it are exemplary larger, these cars. the song is I think from 1966 .a Jaguar XKE. from 1966 already get for 140 000 dollars . And in the garage next door there is a Mercedes Benz 230 SL from 1966 and an Alpha Romeo Spider from 1966 😆

[@finbarrmcgrath1686]

Yes!!!!!

[@jkaufman357]

Some classic British iron, all right!

[@warrenwatkins9650]

And they're just scratching them up like some cheap-ass Ford.

[@lonnyjaw]

I always loved her songs that always gave me such a happy and content feeling!!

[@kevinmcneal4451]

Great song...great singer...great broadway dancers

[@LKx979]

I truly can't believe that the world was once cool enough for something like this to exist.

[@that_thing_I_do]

Keywords: was once cool.

[@Slimjim260]

It was

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

The world is cool. This looks like a 60s parody.

[@edgregory1]

​@@MaximilianvonPinnebergNot a parody, and the world is certainly not cool anymore.

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

@@edgregory1 😂😂😂😂😂 very funny. Perhaps you’re not cool on this world.

[@user-kx2vu5us3w]

Wow what a groovy song by petula clark big part of the British Invasion also great singing voice,RIP.

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Hers was the voice of a certain moment. It was THAT amazing. I remember from my preschool days how it was everywhere.

[@justincase2271]

Everything in this clip is simply gorgeous.

[@yokoblue3208]

歌、ダンス、ファッションのすべてが素敵でおしゃれです！

[@sammencia7945]

The cars! OMG those pristine, brand new, 60s cars!

[@moemcgovern7345]

Our music was So much fun! It made us feel good.

[@billstoudenmire5251]

Most of Petula’s songs pointed toward hope, love and new opportunities. Her songs always lifted my spirits.

[@fuglbird]

I bet she sold a lot of Jaguars and Aston Martins. As an eight year old I was not looking for a car; but I loved her!

[@CactusTwo]

Me alegro! Buena suerte ✌🇨🇱

[@user-qv4ni9hd8m]

Me too! 🙂 Kim

[@allanelder2711]

A British broadcaster recently stated "that a day without a Petula Clark song was a day without sunshine." I couldn't put it better myself!

[@jimfay5567]

Like, "Don't Sleep in the Subway"?

[@backhandgrip23]

What a great voice.

[@patrincon6299]

I'm seventy two n still cry each time I hear the song!!!!! Lv t

[@TheYamahog12]

This song makes you cry? Wow.

[@LannieLord]

@@TheYamahog12 It is NOT her best song.

[@144wychwood]

I'm turning 60 early next year and still in denial about it. Then I watch this and realize I'm old enough to recall the late 60s. I was only few years old but seem to recall seeing this on Ed Sullivan show which was staple in our house back in 60s and early 70s. Where DID the time go?

[@pimpompoom93726]

I'm turning 70 this year and that's scary. I still remember the 1960's like yesterday, 1966 was a great year. Kids today have no idea!

[@mikegalvin9801]

​@@pimpompoom93726Same age. Remember listening to British Invasion and Motown pop songs on the radio up in my room, watching The Avengers and The Man From Uncle on TV - my brother favored astronaut but I was definitely going for secret agent "when we grow up." Kids lived outdoors which is one reason looking back at old class photos I realized there was no such thing as childhood obesity.

[@wuderoofe]

Time went on a damn job instead of you 😓

[@bhbluebird]

That time between then and 60 is way too short once it is gone.

[@leebowens2631]

Every Sunday evening the Ed Sullivan show !

[@patriciahayes2664]

I so remember that song. It was one of my favorites.

[@ciarraibuzz]

The dancers were great, too. That was a sweet era for pop music. Petula Clark was at the top.

[@joycemanning1254]

A fun time

[@user-hg2yz2vu9d]

The best voice/ The best songs/ the best looking /the best talent Petula Clark The very best of the best.

[@edgregory1]

It was an a go go dance display.

[@johnthompson1280]

A Sign of the Times lifted my spirits back in 1966 and it was my number 1 favorite of that year.

[@williamyehle2137]

So lucky to appreciate this music

[@paulforder591]

Petula's my favourite 60s pop singer--that was a stellar performance! Her songs are, then as now, always upbeat & worth a listen. 😸😃🇬🇧🎤🎹

[@AntonHu]

Fantastic dancing, especially the lead pair. If only I were half so fit!

[@charlesgriner8987]

How easily I forget just how colorful the 1960s were

[@Ralphieboy]

and we just loved anything British

[@debraweaver6308]

B​@@Ralphieboy I know that I sure did!!!!

[@SoloPilot6]

It's not that the 60s were especially colorful, this was the era when most people had black and white TVs, so shows like this pumped color EVERYTHING as a way to convince people to buy new color sets and to make people glad that they bought them. The NBC peacock was nothing more than an ad for color TVs, and every show title sequence bragged "In Color" . . . As a result of seeing the colors like this, fashion designers splashed colors around in real life. Then, about 1972, people got bored with the circus colors, and they rapidly went away.

[@Ralphieboy]

Disco was more glittery than colorful

[@hiramhackenbacker9096]

On TV maybe and in the music world.

[@monicapushkin3274]

WOW!!!!! Never seen this before. Absolutely spectacular.

[@alainriviere7950]

SUPERSTAR!

[@rivaridge7211]

Aw, bless her wonderful and talented heart for always! Today is November 15, 2023 - Petula Clark's 91st birthday. Bless her beautiful voice forever - she is still out there singing to this very day.

[@tedgegi155]

Love those cars, especially that Jaguar XKE.

[@SoloPilot6]

A purist simply calls it an "E-Type" . . .

[@daveschlom4033]

She was a mad crush for little boy me. My favorite fishing spot here I call Petula Clark. People ask me why..."Because it's DOWNTOWN!" People over 50 get it. She was a stunner and her songs were definitely 60s anthems.

[@kimkrause8590]

Petula a dame A child star, a forces sweetheart a great 60:s star and continues performing to this day Amazing! Today's pop stars, not one ounce of class great song wonderful song I love that song so much I love Petula Clark so much 💋🎵🎶💓❤️💖♥️🎼🎸🎤💯🌹🧡😘😍🥰🤩💘💛💞💚💙💜❤️‍🩹💝💕

[@TJ_USA]

What a perfect voice

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

It doesn't get any better than this!

[@lakersfanplus]

Simeone once said, "If you can remember the sixties, then you weren't really there." I was there yet do remember Petula Clark. Great entertainer!

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

This Performance Is Perfect! This Recording is Perfect! This Song Is Perfect! This Video is Perfect!

[@gulfgypsy]

I miss variety shows like Ed Sullivan - It was something I'd look forward to all week. Petula Clark had such a sweet and vibrant voice - She just wonderful!

[@JackPeters-yk9wg]

Best of times ...we were strong...music was great...

[@darrenplumpton9737]

Petula Clark: Incredibly beautiful. Superlative vocalist. Very petite. AWESOME.

[@MikeinVirginia1]

I was 13, and have often wished I could go back there for a short visit!

[@bartschwartz9233]

Watched as a little kid and all the wild hi impacts colors. I always loved the clothes and miss them

[@georgearmour5259]

Loved her clean feel good music

[@bixster2260]

Liked watching the dancers. 1969 was a big year for me, I was 16 and moved with my family to a much better life. I love singing along with Pet in my car to this very day.

[@danieljames2015]

Great beautiful British Star, beautiful voice, beautiful British Cars, colour, confidence, how great were the 60's compared to our mixed up Country now

[@chuddlevideos]

Back then old people were saying the same thing about the 60s. 😂

[@SoloPilot6]

@@chuddlevideos . . .but at least we weren't eating TIDE PODS . . .

[@CarysCreatesThings]

This was filmed in the USA. Also what do you mean by “mixed up” exactly? If you’re referring to the mess the Tories have caused over the past 14 years, I agree.

[@LannieLord]

No Wuhan Lab in 1969 !

[@user-hg2yz2vu9d]

🎉THE SENSATIONAL SOUND OF THE SIXTIES. Petula Clark is THE Standout Mega-Star of The Sixties. And here's why.

[@joem715]

Those crazy, colorful, beautiful 60s fashions. I love it!

[@ftsjr]

I love Petula ❤

[@lynnegreen2002]

A great reason to buy a color TV! ❤

[@gregchristianson9631]

The times were great and people enjoyed life with great music.

[@user-ep4yc8ev6p]

I know this is the 60s I remember this song❤

[@havindy]

Great voice, great cars.

[@clevlandblock]

Once upon a time, foreign cars like these roamed American streets. These were the Big Three from England, the Aston Martin, The Healey 3000, and the Jag. God, I miss the 60s British cars.

[@darrenplumpton9737]

PETULA CLARK:5'2" of GORGEOUSNESS PERSONIFIED.

[@artamussumatra6286]

100% agree! Pure Beauty in sound, and vision! ❤️👍

[@darrenplumpton9737]

@@artamussumatra6286 We both have a eye for INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL women then Artamus? PETULA CLARK is BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL BEYOUND BELIEF. WOW!!!! She is not only blessed with STUNNING GOOD LOOKS but also a PHENOMENAL voice as well. Petula is a LEGEND.

[@riogorgos]

When music could be fun.

[@John_Fugazzi]

This hit was in March of 1966, between January's My Love and summer's I Couldn't Live without Your Love. In the mid 60s she had one hit after another.

[@timolake5273]

I remember my first pair of bell bottoms in 4th grade that my grandma bought for me🙂🙂🙂🙂Must have been 1966…

[@Mickey1-jy2tg]

The male dancer in the red vest who loses his hat is Broadway legend Michael Bennett who earned many Tony Awards for choreography and also won Best Director for "A Chorus Line".

[@chuddlevideos]

The dancing was pretty elaborate. I don’t know how they remember all those steps.

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

Thanks! I wondered who choreographed this.

[@AntonHu]

Would that be Donna McKechnie beside him in the white mini-dress?

[@frankstefini3392]

Excellent dancers and choreography.

[@Mickey1-jy2tg]

​@@AntonHu I don't think it is her. She was a featured dancer on Hullabaloo on another network at this time.

[@johnossmann7036]

So, when this aired I was 8 years old. And this type of entertainment was on constantly among the 5 or 6 channels we had in the NY/NJ area and it came over the air for free. Now we have hundreds of channels that we pay high monthly amounts for and it is next to impossible to see anything this good.

[@LannieLord]

Remember being home , sick from school and GUMBY was on ?

[@darrenplumpton3551]

PETULA CLARK is THE Greatest Female Vocalist Of ALL TIME. Petula is totally 💯 per cent unmatchable.

[@StellarFella]

The free and mod Brits left their indelible signature on the 60's. We needed the exuberant music of the 60's to help soothe the loss of JFK and the draining of the national psyche due to the Vietnam debacle. My father was a Marine in Vietnam in 66/67. I was 13 and my emotions were all over the place, but Petula's music was a refuge for me.

[@derekkoonin3460]

I’ve been listening to Petula Clark since I was a kid in the 60’s and am still listening to this day. ❤

[@425TOM]

Fantastic performance. The guy whose hat came off is a fellow named Michael Bennett. He was instrumental in the creation of a Pulitzer prize winning musical call A Chorus Line.

[@jeffshaw4039]

First time seeing this it's great.

[@MGB-learning]

Love that red Jag!

[@TheLions1957]

The grooviest video ever!

[@MarshallArtz007]

Super-groovy! 💃

[@kenrowland7864]

Its a sign of the times alright.....Look at this compared to what we''re dealing with today !!!!!!🥺😮‍💨

[@orlandosoto6080]

It is a kick in the lower maximum 🤷

[@EdKazO-Vision]

Calm down Boomer. There is a lot of great music today if you’d bother to look. But it’s more fun to complain and sound exactly like your parents.

[@CityLadyLA]

Learn respect. The US is the least respective country of elders. You'll change your tune in a few decades when it's your turn. ​@@EdKazO-Vision

[@decemberschild1504]

@@CityLadyLA Respect is earned. And if younger people don't respect their elders or have a work ethic you approve of, I would ask "who raised them to behave that way?" You want respect? Try treating others with respect instead of just criticizing & demanding it.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

@@EdKazO-Vision I am no boomer and know modern music is bland. Modern pop lacks depth of complex counterpoint, backup harmonizing, lack of good choruses, lack of creative guitar solos. 1960's music experimented with use of sitars, Hammond organs, harmonicas, theremins etc.. Plus analog sounds better. I am a musician and listen to recordings in detail and take note. The non musician also listens to details whether they are aware or not. Modern music lacks creativity instrumentally, lacks lyrical poetry, instrument diversity plus deficient in finding new beats and progressions that have not already been done long ago. The song in video is not so good by 60's standards.

[@caroltenge5147]

Dancers are superb too!

[@boris8787]

I saw Petula live in Guildford in 2016 - now the *Sign of the Times* makes me think about how crazy WOKE the UK has become since 1966. 💔💔💔

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Gotta give it up to CBS. When they invested in color videotape, they made sure to go all-out on the sets and clothes! 1966 being the 1st full year TESS would broadcast in color. I'm sure adults who could afford Color TV sets had a feast for the eyes. Imagine being the first on your block to watch old Ed in living color!

[@jcavilia1]

Yeah, and the clothes and choreography here are so perfectly 1966.

[@jdollinter]

My cousin Ray rescued me from the pouring rain in his families black ‘59 Galaxie and this song was keeping pace with his windshield wipers like two metronomes, in and out at top speed.That’s the first time I experienced that, and to this incredible song. I was in 4th grade. Never forgot it. Thanks

[@mickjagger8439]

AM radio I bet!

[@jdollinter]

@@mickjagger8439 KJR Seattle

[@alicehenderson7983]

@jdollinter, I was 8 in the 3rd grade, she was the bomb, best singer ever, great childhood memories

[@noremacmada]

Super cool snapshot into American culture I'm assuming before Feb '68. Background dancers are special.

[@ferociousgumby]

That is a truly GREAT pop music voice. Just brilliant.

[@jerrybrownell3633]

Tony Hatch one of the most under rated songwriters ever finally got his due when he was elected to The Songwriters Hall of Fame in June 2013.

[@darrenplumpton9737]

How come his former wife Jackie Trent wasn't applauded as well? She wrote some of the most wonderful and inspirational lyrics to Tony's music for Petula Clark. All three were MAGNIFICENT songwriters.

[@sibionic]

He wasn't underrated - he was always recognised.

[@kennethfurlong8922]

shes so cute and genuine its hard to believe she that good this is my first time hearing her since i was 5 or 6

[@user-tm7vi5ld1u]

Worth watching just for the cars!👍

[@MarshallArtz007]

Terrific singer!

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Gosh, I miss this brand of TV. The shows on today like The Voice and American Idol can never match Ed's hour of fun and true talent.

[@philipswilson]

Simple Music can make you sing. a Simple hug can make you feel better, Simple things can make you happy, I hope my Simple Hello makes you smile...

[@henryrogers5500]

Many of the singers on these newer talent shows are talented, it’s just the newer material they choose is pure crap. But agreed 100%! Petula Clark is phenomenal! Loved her music as a kid in the 1960s. Still do. I play her vinyl on our turntable.

[@brucewalters8635]

Her, Diane Warwick and Linda Ronstat were my fav female singers from the 60's when I was just a kid. Lot's of high quality music back then. It was real artistry. No props, colored lights etc. Just pure musicianship and powerful vocals abilities. Song writing was thriving. Timeless.

[@user-ik9mo8wm7q]

What? No Karen Carpenter along with Dionne and Petula.

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Great song She’s a great artist

[@user-fc1gq5xd9e]

she was a doll, could sing too...

[@frankgrima1190]

Petula clarke was a legend ❤

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

The very pretty and extremely talented actress, singer, dancer, entertainer, pianist, and songwriter Petula Clark is a fantastic and lovely lady! I was born in 1978! I love all her songs! The handsome and very pretty dancers are excellent! I have and always will be a fan of Petula Clark! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic performance!

[@buffalopatriot]

The Sixties. What memories.

[@HektorBandimar]

Very sixties, I love it! Petula is lovely, and a fabulous singer.

[@jimb6781]

Wow,the 1960s. LETS GO BACK.