Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Petula Clark has issued a statement conveying her dismay at her 1960s classic “Downtown” being blared from an ...

Petula Clark doesn’t consider “Downtown” to be “jolly” music. In addition, she said the track is partly about loneliness. Notably, the track helped her become one of the most successful female singers ...

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Tony Hatch is not a household name, but he was instrumental in Clark’s career. He was behind all her biggest hits, including “Don’t Sleep in the Subway,” “My Love,” and “Downtown.” While groups like ...

Sixty years ago, on Jan. 23, 1965, "Downtown" reached the top of the U.S. charts and made Petula Clark a star. The tune told of escaping the drone of daily life by spending time in the heart of the ...

Debris remains on the sidewalks in front of buildings damaged in a Christmas Day explosion Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Officials have named 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the man ...

Sixty years ago, on Jan. 23, 1965, "Downtown" reached the top of the U.S. charts and made Petula Clark a star. The British singer, now 92, has had a decades-long career that began as a child singing ...