Jackie Trent

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Trent's first stage appearance was as a ten-year-old ingenue in the pantomime Babes In The Wood, but her primary interest was a career in pop music. Her first single, "Pick Up the Pieces," was released in 1962, but it was not until two record labels and three years later that she scored her first hit, "Where Are You Now?" written by Tony Hatch, who at that time was involved in a highly successful professional collaboration with Petula Clark. Clark disliked Trent, who clearly had romantic designs on the married Hatch, so when the duo began co-writing material for her they initially credited the work to Hatch alone.[citation needed] With "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (1966) inspired by their affair, they went public with their relationship. A year later, they were married in Kensington, London. Although she recorded numerous singles and albums, both as a solo artist and in tandem with her husband, Trent was clearly a better songwriter than singer.[citation needed] (Her cover versions of several of Clark's recordings indicate she had no distinct style or sound to set her apart from the crowd). In addition to their compositions for Clark, over the years she and Hatch wrote a wealth of material for other artists, including Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Des O'Connor, Shirley Bassey, Vikki Carr, and Dean Martin. In the late 1960s, Trent returned to the stage with a UK tour of the musical Nell with Hermione Baddeley. The 1970s saw Hatch and Trent diversify into the world of

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Where Are You Now: The Pye Anthology

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Burt Bacharach Collection [Disc 2]

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The Best Easy Album Ever

More Music To Watch Girls By

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Every UK Number One - 1965

100 Huge Hits Of The 60s & 70s

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The Look Of Love - The Burt Bacharach Collection (Disc 2)

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The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection

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The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection [2-CD 50 Tracks] Disc 2

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Burt Bacharach Collection (Disc 2)

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More Music To Watch Girls By [Disc 1]

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Where Are You Now My Love

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