"Romeo" is a 1961 pop song recorded by Petula Clark.
Produced by Alan A. Freeman and featuring Big Jim Sullivan on guitar, "Romeo" was Clark's recording of a 1919 composition by Robert Stolz entitled "Salome" which had featured a German-language lyric by Arthur Rebner (de).
The lyric for Clark's "Romeo" was newly written by Jimmy Kennedy: Arthur Rebner is sometimes afforded a songwriting credit for "Romeo".
1 hit in France on 20 January 1962 – Clark's next two singles would also reach No.
"Romeo" also achieved hit status in Denmark (#3), the Netherlands (#10), Norway (#7)[4] and Australia (#25).