Even Petula Clark wasn't as successful charting in the UK as she was in the US from Downtown onwards. The reason? Your best bet for getting a hit in the UK in the 1960s was to perform your single on UK television. Radio play was a tricky business at that time [[hence the rise of Pirate radio).

Aretha's "Queen of Soul" moniker is certainly known in the UK. Don't forget, the recent Aretha with new orchestral backing CD originated out of the UK. She is by no means an also-ran there.