Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) 4K

Petula Clark performing “Downtown“, released originally in 1964. It reached #1 in Canada, #1 in West Germany, #1 in New Zealand, #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100, and #2 in the UK Singles Charts. “Downtown“ was written and produced by British songwriter Tony Hatch, who wrote most of Petula Clark’s material during the ’60s, including her follow-up hit, “I Know a Place“ (which also deals with city life). Hatch was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013. This song was Petula Clark’s first hit in the US, which was slow to discover her talents. In the UK, she was already a star as a singer and a television performer, regularly appearing on the BBC. In the early ’60s, she also gained popularity in France when she started recording her songs in French. Petula Clark came to record “Downtown“ at a time when she had already established a successful career in French, Italian, and German-speaking territories. Clark recalled that