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Radio 4,2 mins

Charm, dons and guns: Petula Clark's night out with Sinatra

Today

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This weekend marks the centenary of the birth of Frank Sinatra. Singer Petula Clark met Sinatra when he was recording a cover of one of her biggest hits, Downtown. Speaking on the Today programme, she recounted the night she spent with the great crooner – that showed him at his charming best and threatening worst.

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