Downtown: Petula Clark
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August 3, 2018 at 1:28 pm
E and Pet on the same day …..NOW WHAT ?????
August 3, 2018 at 5:22 pm
And it isn’t even your birthday!!
August 3, 2018 at 4:06 pm
I think she was a one hit wonder and this was that hit.
August 3, 2018 at 4:30 pm
Bob,
I totally disagree so does Wikipedia, “”Downtown” was the first of 15 consecutive Top 40 hits Clark achieved in the United States, including “I Know a Place,” “My Love” (her second U.S. No. 1 hit), “A Sign of the Times,” “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love,” “This Is My Song” (from the Charles Chaplin film A Countess from Hong Kong) and “Don’t Sleep in the Subway.”[8] The American recording industry honoured her with Grammy Awards for “Best Rock & Roll Recording of 1964” for “Downtown” and for “Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance of 1965 – Female” for “I Know a Place.” In 2004, her recording of “Downtown” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.”
August 3, 2018 at 9:16 pm
That’s the song I remember. Memory is the second thing to go with age. 🙂
August 3, 2018 at 9:30 pm
Bob,
It happens!! I am a fan so I knew most of the rest.
August 3, 2018 at 4:54 pm
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
August 3, 2018 at 5:01 pm
My Dear Hedley,
If I hadn’t weighed in, I figured you would. I know what a Pet fan you are!!
August 3, 2018 at 5:05 pm
And I give myself 5 gold stars for being super polite and just giggling like a schoolboy
August 3, 2018 at 5:08 pm
MDH,
I did wonder at your restraint!!
August 3, 2018 at 7:38 pm
According to Billboard Pet was to enjoy 15 Top 40 hits, USA way
Now one of the lovely things about Downtown is that Jimmy Page played guitar and enjoyed his first US success. Hard to understand why he wanted to form Led Zeppelin!
To take it one step further Page and Pet were both from Epsom….hang on a sec…me too, why wasn’t I on Downtown ?
August 3, 2018 at 7:46 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I’m thinking they didn’t know you were available. Really, who would think Hedley was still around?
You are always a wealth of information!
August 3, 2018 at 9:50 pm
I am rather good at Epsom. Yes Page Motors in Epsom was long established and I believe owned by Jimmy’s Uncle. My Mum bought her green mini there
Dazed and Confused ?
August 3, 2018 at 10:12 pm
MDH,
I follow along quite well!
August 6, 2018 at 10:14 am
I love your blog. Never left comment but your memories and Petula Clark really got me needing to leave one. Hers was the very first album I owned! Thank you for posting.
Margie from ATX
August 6, 2018 at 11:11 am
Margie,
You are most welcome! Thanks for commenting and thanks for being around. It’s always fun to meet a Coffee regular (bad pun, I know!!)