London: British singer-songwriter Jackie Trent, who wrote for Frank Sinatra and Petula Clark, has died at the age of 74.

Trent, who also composed the theme song to Neighbours, died in hospital in Menorca, Spain on Saturday after a long illness, her spokesman told the BBC.

Recent 30th anniversary celebrations for the cast of Neighbours.

She hit the top of the charts as a singer in 1965 with Where Are You Now (My Love).

Born Yvonne Burgess in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1940, Trent began her career as a child, singing in British Legion and working men's clubs.