Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Petula Clark recounts, on Thursday April 27, 2017, an event in 1968 when recording a song in California with Harry Belafonte, she put her hand on his arm and fuelled a race controversy. (Dave Sidaway / MONTREAL GAZETTE)
Such an admirable lady..
It was her lawyer Pete Pryor who took a stand on this, not her.
Why hasn't Petula Clark been made a Dame yey?
My goodness I knew who Petula Clark was since 6th grade but honestly I don't recall knowing who Harry Belafonte was anyway I grew up at a time when a Black and White TV in your home meant something so everyone was or were Black or White. Beautiful song.
Everyone here is praising Petula for her bravery. How about praising the actual person responsible for taking a stand and insisting the original version be aired. Her lawyer Pete Pryor.
There is an old saying: WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO [and WHAT] THEY ARE...believe them!!
This is what AMERICA was and is!!!
Much respect to PETULA CLARK.
Much respect to HARRY BELAFONTE.
And much respect to Petula’s lawyer - he was the one who actually took a stand and insisted the original clip be aired. Give credit where it’s due.
@@calisongbird Yes... much respect to the Lawyer too.
@@calisongbird - The lawyer works for THE HUSBAND. Petula Clark is the wife of THE HUSBAND, not the lawyer. The lawyer is only doing what the husband insists. Its the husband who has the only say on whether or not Petula touching Harry was offensive. The husband insisting the lawyer take legal action is the real driving force here. If the husband shared the sponsor's attitude, this would have been a different story for sure.
A person on substance you are Petula Clark.And of talent too.That's real history in the making!Thank you and God bless you!
In this instance I take back every mean thing I’ve said about lawyers! Good on you Petula
It's laughable that the sponsor freaked out about seeing a little white lady touching the hand of a large black man. If that sponsor was alive today and browsed the internet, he'd have a stroke!
He wasn’t “large.” He was 6’ tall, but slender.
Never knew this but made me like her even more.
It should also make you like her lawyer Pete Pryor. He was the one who took a stand.
A lady of great integrity.
Nat "King" Cole was physically attacked on stage during a performance and didn't touch anyone....
Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) RIP! ❤
Thank you Petula and Harry for making history. RIP Mr. Belafonte.
Petula Clark, you continue to be a gift and inspiration to all.
There is a poignancy to the coincidence of his death coming so soon after the 55th anniversary of that special. NBC needs to re-run it in its entirety. I know it is available on VHS and DVD, but still, it’s TV history. It should be on TV again.
Such a beautiful lady inside and out❤️👍👍
Brave Petula! Always a class act
Did you listen to the story? It was her lawyer Pete Pryor who was brave. He was the one who took a stand.
I remember that,IT WAS SO STUPID!
Horrible to think of that happening.
God Bless you, Petula.
I have always loved Petula from high school days even though heavy metal and acid rock were fast taking over in my generations. And I have long loved Harry Belafonte. I still do. Both of them, for their good character and their songs.
😘💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Pétula
How awful for Harry
Good!
Glad to find this. There was actually a taped part of the show which was before an audience. I was there. Harry Belafonte was not there. Petula sang several songs. One was done twice as she complained she could not hear the orchestra well enough. At the end of the taping she thanked Harry Belafonte for being part of the program. However he was not there on such date. Wish
Harry had been there for the portion I witnessed. We were part of a group of UCLA students which had been invited.
Good for her.
Good for her lawyer, Pete Pryor! He’s the one who took a stand.
@@calisongbird you are commenting on this to everyone..are you the lawyer or his son..?or his lawyer?😅
What a pretty and classy lady she is
Nice to see celebrities who have aged gracefully - she is still wonderful.
2024 How many people are aware of this situation... A case of REAL racism.
Racism is still with us it has just mutated. I am an adolescent of the 60's. I remember Petula's Downtown. America still sucks!
He was a greautifful voice! Smal peoples know them.
This is absolutely fascinating, because there is also an interview about this with Steve Binder, the producer she mentions, and HIS version is that it was the first couple of takes that had them standing apart and it just wasn't working, and then HE came up with the idea of her coming down and standing next to Belafonte.
It's weird that she says Binder was a "great guy," but then sort of paints him as the bad guy who was so uncomfortable that he tried to reshoot the number. But in Binder's version, it was the sponsor who objected and he was horrified by it. He also talks how racist one of the executives on the sponsor's team was, and how he had to fight to get Belafonte on the show at all.
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