{"id":4145,"date":"2012-12-03T01:08:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T09:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2015-11-17T03:53:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:53:22","slug":"what-lengths-did-petula-clark-go-to-to-keep-a-scene-with-harry-belafonte-from-being-cut-from-her-tv-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/12\/03\/what-lengths-did-petula-clark-go-to-to-keep-a-scene-with-harry-belafonte-from-being-cut-from-her-tv-special\/","title":{"rendered":"What Lengths Did Petula Clark Go to to Keep a Scene With Harry Belafonte From Being Cut From Her TV Special?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/music-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Petula Clark went to extreme great lengths to keep a scene between Harry Belafonte and herself in a TV special she made in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Petula Clark was one of the most popular recording artists of the 1960s (she already had had a long career by the time the 60s came around, as she had been performing professionally since the late 1930s, when she was only 7 years old!!! So she was one of the most world-weary Thirtysomething when she had her big hits int he 60s).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/petula.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00008UAPM&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her song &#8220;Downtown&#8221; was the biggest hit of her career, in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>In early 1968, Clark was given the chance to host her own special on NBC. She had, as a guest star on the program, the popular singer and noted civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte.<\/p>\n<p>The show made waves when, during the performance of an anti-war song written by Clark, &#8220;On the Path of Glory\u201d, Clark locked arms with Belafonte.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1968-petula-harry-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe program was sponsored by Chrysler, and a vice-president of the company, Doyle Lott, was present at the taping in early March of 1968.<\/p>\n<p>He took issue with the &#8220;interracial touching,&#8221; and asked them to use a different take of the song (they had filmed a number of different takes). Clark and her husband (co-producer of the special), Claude Wolff, objected.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure that they could not be overruled, Wolff told the producer of the special, Steve Binder, to actually DESTROY all other takes of the song! Binder checked with NBC, who said that they&#8217;d defer to whatever he decided to do. He agreed with Wolff. Binder later recalled telling the editor to erase the other takes and the editor actually made him sign a document attesting that Binder was taking full responsibility for the erasure of the other takes.<\/p>\n<p>The whole situation made major public waves, and attracted a lot of publicity for the show. <\/p>\n<p>Lott was let go by Chrysler on March 10, 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The show aired on April 8th, 1968.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/petclark.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the show aired with the &#8220;interracial touching&#8221; present, and, as you would imagine, no one really objected.<\/p>\n<p>And the critics loved the show, particularly that performance.<\/p>\n<p>So good on ya, Petula (and Claude Wolff and Steve Binder)!<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is b&#x63;r&#111;&#x6e;i&#x6e;&#x40;l&#x65;g&#101;&#x6e;d&#115;&#x72;e&#x76;e&#97;&#x6c;e&#100;&#x2e;c&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far. 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