Petula Clark "Downtown" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +11

    Happy Easter 2024! Happy Spring 2024! I Love This Song! I Love Petula Clark!

  • @IowanMatthew683
    @IowanMatthew683 8 дней назад +5

    Still alive as of October 2024, 91 years young! Incredible.

  • @billkazen4683
    @billkazen4683 2 года назад +131

    Story was, her plane and/taxi were late for the show, so she just went on in her traveling dress and no makeup..she still nailed it!

    • @walterrow9658
      @walterrow9658 Год назад +26

      I remember seeing this performance and Ed Sullivan praising her for hustling from the airport just in time to do the show.

    • @sgtpppr
      @sgtpppr Год назад +12

      That's awesome. I LOVE the backstory!

    • @balticbabe1
      @balticbabe1 Год назад +3

      I remember that too!

    • @ericacruz8261
      @ericacruz8261 11 месяцев назад +7

      She’s wearing makeup

    • @SW2799
      @SW2799 10 месяцев назад +7

      Very accurate information. I think that information came from an interview she did in the early 1980s on television here in the USA. I remember it. She said something about the plane she was originally booked on from Paris to New York City did not leave, so she had to take a later flight. When she arrived in New York City (Kennedy Airport), evidently the traffic was horrendous into central Manhattan. From what I understood, she did make it in time for what she called “the notorious dress rehearsal.” But I forget if she actually got to practice the song before she went on.

  • @ShortFuse_
    @ShortFuse_ 2 года назад +68

    My brother and I saw Petula Clark live in concert in Vancouver BC in October 1984. We shook her hand after the show and congratulated her on a beautiful show. She sang all of the top songs and others as well. The next day we dropped off a dozen red roses at the hotel she sang at along with a long personal note letting her know how much we loved her music and her voice. We were 19 years old. We included our parent's address not thinking that anything would come of it. Six months later my mother called me to say Petula Clark sent you a postcard picture of her with a note that said: "To Chris and Andrew, Love Petula Clark." I still have the envelope and the card. She is pure class and a wonderful person.

    • @VaniaM90
      @VaniaM90 Год назад +3

      Qué increíble historia. Y qué suerte haberla tenido tan cerca para ver el gran talento que tiene.

    • @PaulMcElveen
      @PaulMcElveen 8 месяцев назад +6

      What a wonderful Experience! You getting to see the very pretty, extremely intelligent and extremely talented Petula Clark in concert, meeting her and getting an autographed picture postcard from the Splendid Petula Clark! I am sure she loved the dozen roses you sent her, you shaking her hand and congratulating her on her beautiful show! I would have done the same thing you and your brother did! Love your story!

    • @MrJfrederici
      @MrJfrederici 5 дней назад

      Thank you for that story, Chris or Andrew. 😊

  • @jamesvise2099
    @jamesvise2099 2 года назад +88

    Petula Clark was just another example of the great music of the 60s. How I loved that decade.

    • @markd8508
      @markd8508 6 месяцев назад

      I can't listen to this song without thinking of the Hanoi bombing run from Flight of the Intruder.

    • @richardplume3212
      @richardplume3212 6 месяцев назад

      4561s my number n hav a grandson hendrix life is sweet not mud peace

  • @admin98765
    @admin98765 5 месяцев назад +31

    No lip-syncing for Petula Clark. True to the recorded version. True class.

    • @RDRumpff
      @RDRumpff 4 месяца назад +2

      I loved Pet Clark in 1965, when I was 13 years old. I remember what a great lady she was! That's the dame year, I took a ride in a British motorcar--a 1959 Jaguar Mark IX. What a class-act! Great Memories! Richard Dwayne Rumpff, Celina, Ohio USA.

  • @tonystrychard2529
    @tonystrychard2529 Год назад +5

    this is the first appearance of Petula Clark singing Downtown on my birthday March 14th on the Ed Sullivan Show

    • @arnibah
      @arnibah 12 дней назад

      That must have been on a Sunday.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +5

    Happy Spring 2024! This Song is Wonderful! Petula Clark is Wondaful! This Video is Wonderful!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen Год назад +13

    This song truly belongs only to the beautiful singer, actress, entertainer, performer and person Petula Clark! Great performance and beautiful dress, shoes and hairstyle! I love this song I have always loved Petula Clark! I was born in 1978. Thank you for posting and sharing this wonderful performance. It makes me happy every time I watch and listen to it!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 9 месяцев назад +10

    Excellent Video of a pretty, catchy, classic, happy song Downtown with excellent vocalizations and performance by the lovely and extremely talented Petula Clark! Downtown is a fantastic song to dance to!

  • @davidsewellclarke4997
    @davidsewellclarke4997 Год назад +6

    This song was played every Christmas in Bielefeld Germany at Christmas in the shopping centre.

  • @stevekiss616
    @stevekiss616 Год назад +31

    I never tire of listening to her voice. I am going on 68 and she tops my list of artists who can always take me back to a special time.

  • @RolandSalazar-g2e
    @RolandSalazar-g2e 5 месяцев назад +14

    An absolute legend. A time when they didn't need to be naked and tattooed head to toe to get attention. No phony fireworks and feminine male dancers all around. Pure talent❤❤❤

  • @tanler7953
    @tanler7953 10 месяцев назад +8

    I always assumed her career started in the 1960s. I have since learned she was a child singer at the BBC who recorded many songs for the troops during WWII.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 18 дней назад +1

    Perfect Video!

  • @cz2165
    @cz2165 Год назад +3

    Back when Brits wouldn’t change their accent when singing. Love this so much.

  • @joecraig6265
    @joecraig6265 2 года назад +6

    She performed for troops in WW2 , for free, as a teenager.She aged well.I love her.

  • @kerryknauf8196
    @kerryknauf8196 3 года назад +89

    One of the classic songs of all time

  • @jamescarlin4244
    @jamescarlin4244 Год назад +4

    This show is exact time I was born. 3/14/65

  • @richardbrowning9953
    @richardbrowning9953 2 месяца назад +8

    Love this song it takes me back to my childhood 🙎‍♂️🎶🎶

    • @mikehorton2591
      @mikehorton2591 2 месяца назад +3

      I want to go back to those beautiful days.

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 Год назад +7

    One of the earliest memories of my life is of this performance of "Downtown" by Petual Clark on "The Ed Sulllivan Show". According to the date here, I was three years old, turning four two months later, and now 57 years later I'm blessed to see and hear this wonderful performance in its entirey. Thank you, "The Ed Sullivan Show" channel and thank you, Miss Clark.

  • @dianekeane7740
    @dianekeane7740 2 года назад +66

    Still rocking and relevant. Petula has a golden voice with a lovely, natural, feminine presence of grace and strength.

    • @Mike-yg8ig
      @Mike-yg8ig 2 года назад +3

      Well said. Her and Dionne Warwick were the dominant female artists of the 60's IMO.

  • @davidpierson6686
    @davidpierson6686 2 года назад +16

    The lyrics had meaning, and , you could understand them . . ."just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova, You'll be dancing with them too before the night is over, Happy again. . . " Also, the trumpet solo at the end of the song was a first for "the new music scene." Oh ! and todays young adults I believe don't even know what makes up a "Bossa Nova ! I guess I'm getting old - I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan the year before. Thank You Mr. Ed Sullivan.

  • @Stives1979
    @Stives1979 3 года назад +108

    Who's still listening to the golden voice of petula Clark I think she's got a whole lot of soul in her VOICE EPIC gives me goosebumps ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊

    • @roythurston7799
      @roythurston7799 3 года назад +1

      I am . Lol🤣😂

    • @Stives1979
      @Stives1979 3 года назад +1

      @@roythurston7799 3 cheers Roy oh yes what a singing voice epic stuff thanks for the share 🎼🎹🎼🎹🎼🎹

    • @joyceking7059
      @joyceking7059 3 года назад

      Me, and it sounds great!!

    • @amadoparragua6989
      @amadoparragua6989 2 года назад +1

      When music sounded like music

    • @donpaladino
      @donpaladino 2 года назад

      Yes and Amen!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 2 месяца назад +6

    Outstanding Performance! Outstanding Video!

  • @bobwerber2984
    @bobwerber2984 2 года назад +42

    It'll be 60 years ago soon. Still something about this song and her performance that seems to define the 60's in a way. Long live Petula.

    • @stevestruthers6180
      @stevestruthers6180 Год назад +4

      It's really hard to believe that almost 60 years have passed since this song came out as I recall hearing this and other Petula Clark tunes on the radio when I was little. It seems that the time has really and truly gone by in the blink of an eye.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen Месяц назад +3

    Excellent Performance! Excellent Video!

  • @philippesauvie639
    @philippesauvie639 3 года назад +173

    This song for me is the quintessential feel-good song of the 60s and there were quite a few and in 1964 with the Beatles hitting the States, Downtown holds its own!

    • @Mister8224
      @Mister8224 3 года назад +14

      The confidence she shows on the early appearance is commendable. Her whole future in the business hangs on this appearance yet she ignores the pressure & gives a superb memorable performance. Current athletes having difficulties dealing with performance anxiety should watch this to see how it's done. It is sad to see top athletes like Osaka, Biles & Serena unable to perform under pressure. This whole generation needs to TOUGHEN UP!

    • @tomsmith2013
      @tomsmith2013 3 года назад +7

      Spot on!

    • @WmsonTree
      @WmsonTree 3 года назад +6

      Exactly! Petula Clark was very good delivering a song for sure!

    • @chrisnorton4382
      @chrisnorton4382 2 года назад +4

      @@Mister8224 - her success in the USA may have rested on this, yes. However she was already a big star in Europe. She was very experienced with audiences and had been singing for over 20 years before linking up with master songwriter and arranger Tony Hatch to achieve superstardom.

    • @Mister8224
      @Mister8224 2 года назад +4

      @@chrisnorton4382 I know you're right Chris, but even with her successes before Sullivan, this is still a huge moment for Petula. I was only 12, but when I saw & heard HER(stunningly great) LIVE PERFORMANCE, I was right away a fan. She opened a huge new market by her performance & it lifted her cache into the stratosphere. WELL DESERVED.

  • @mabella3437
    @mabella3437 2 года назад +19

    Such a HAPPY song !!!! Masterpiece !!! Thanks for the great memories !!!!

  • @LadyLakeMusic
    @LadyLakeMusic 2 года назад +12

    Takes me right back!! Sundays at my grandparents for dinner and Ed Sullivan. What precious days 💕

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 5 месяцев назад +5

    Outstanding Video! Petula Clark Is Fantastic and Outstanding!

  • @steveambrose3378
    @steveambrose3378 2 года назад +5

    I want a Pet Clark doll, doing all the right wiggles, attached to my dashboard. That way, when rode rage inevitably drifts into my life lane, I can instead focus on an emblem that brings peace, joy and a beautiful tune into my situation.

  • @jimeaston5483
    @jimeaston5483 2 года назад +1

    My first celebrity crush. I was 9 years old. (67 now)😊

  • @netsuke3529
    @netsuke3529 9 месяцев назад +2

    This song is just EXCITING! London's Calling is another one.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 9 месяцев назад +4

    Perfect Song and Perfect Video!

  • @joseclaudiobento8395
    @joseclaudiobento8395 Год назад +3

    Petula Clark , oh my God, She sings with her Soul!

  • @temeculajoe
    @temeculajoe 3 года назад +83

    Petula is still singing and her voice is fabulous

  • @gregoryurbach3015
    @gregoryurbach3015 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great song, great performance, but certainly from another era.

  • @williampaull5745
    @williampaull5745 3 года назад +24

    Thank you Lord for Petula Clark . Amen .

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 8 месяцев назад +2

    I was born in the late fall of 1978. I Love the Splendid Petula Clark! I Love the Splendid Performance! I Love the Splendid Song Downtown!

  • @judd442009
    @judd442009 3 года назад +21

    "Downtown" is over 50 years old and still has a remarkable appeal about it with Petula Clark singing it.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +3

    I Love this Song and Video!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 2 месяца назад +5

    Amazing Performance! Amazing Video!

  • @brucepappas6298
    @brucepappas6298 3 года назад +80

    Great song by a great singer. Even though it's been 50 years since the show ended I still miss the Ed Sullivan Show.

    • @kevinmiller6324
      @kevinmiller6324 3 года назад +5

      Bruce Pappas-On the nights I'm home from work I can watch Ed Sullivan on Decades at 7 and 7:30 pm.

  • @jeffreyzeiss1326
    @jeffreyzeiss1326 3 года назад +32

    A very sweet and talented woman. She flew in straight from France for this performance and was exhausted and jet-lagged

    • @darrenplumpton9737
      @darrenplumpton9737 3 года назад +6

      You most certainly can not tell.
      That is Petula Clark to a tee.
      She is ALWAYS the constant Perfessional.

  • @chrisnewman7281
    @chrisnewman7281 2 года назад +70

    Sung completely live no auto tune or vocal effects. how many of today’s stars would do that?

    • @donpaladino
      @donpaladino 2 года назад +2

      ZERO

    • @snafutube
      @snafutube Год назад +6

      It’s not live, it’s mimed … and there is reverb on the vocal (not to mention compression/eq) they did have these things in the sixties you know? … but yeah, no autotune😢

    • @chrisnewman7281
      @chrisnewman7281 Год назад +4

      @@snafutube if you say so

    • @alext.8456
      @alext.8456 Год назад +1

      Me !

    • @chrisnewman7281
      @chrisnewman7281 Год назад +2

      @@alext.8456 what did you star in ? the school play?

  • @seanjmcguire
    @seanjmcguire Год назад +5

    you have to love how she ends it, so the audience knows she's singing live. A song tailor-made for her I've read, and she is superb in its execution.

  • @spyderlogan4992
    @spyderlogan4992 3 года назад +71

    As a 15 year old who saw and heard this performance, live, when it has broadcast, I knew then it was something special. It was a massive, gigantic hit record played constantly(twice an hour?) on WEAM AM radio in Northern Virginia. I'm happy to notice, now, that the orchestra arrangement did not overpower her vocal performance. And the muted trumpet improv at the end is the icing. Lyrics, Melody, Arrangement, Style. A true classic of the era. Add 'I Know a Place' and 'A Sign of The Times' to her Sullivan clips and you have a look into the past, gone but not forgotten. Thanks to this RUclips channel we all get to re-live these precious moments.

    • @andytaylor5476
      @andytaylor5476 3 года назад +4

      Yes it did feel special and tremendous from the get go. I felt that at 13.

    • @rosajohnson5212
      @rosajohnson5212 3 года назад +4

      It was played constantly in Southern Virginia, as well! I never tired of hearing it, though.

    • @tommoncrieff1154
      @tommoncrieff1154 2 года назад +4

      The genius behind this is Tony Hatch, also still living. He and Petula had been working together for a few years and he came up with this, incredibly different from the British and French songs she had sung previously. She jumped on it, but couldn’t have known how iconic it would be. Petula has her first British single released in 1948 but she’d been singing and acting since the start of WW2 as a child. During the war she and Julie Andrews toured England together in a variety show. She was actually quite oood by the standards of the 1960s to be an overnight pop sensation in a mini dress. She had 15 consecutive US Top 40 hits, including 2 at #1. Tony Hatch wrote most of them. She’s still singing live and touring at almost 90 years old, and is just as good as ever.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 8 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent Song! Excellent Performance! Excellent Video!

  • @ronaldtremblay9971
    @ronaldtremblay9971 Год назад +3

    Still gives me goosebumps. I was 9 years-old when the song came out... I had such a 'pre-adolescent crush" on Petula Clark, which lasted quite a few years. A classy lady with classy songs...of which you can actually understand the lyrics. Still one the best.

  • @michaelstoneburg7379
    @michaelstoneburg7379 2 года назад +19

    She has this thing going with her eyes that keeps me mesmerized. What a talent !

  • @richardpiper6265
    @richardpiper6265 Год назад +5

    I had all of her albums. Look at the expressions she makes to go along with the songs. She sang as a young girl in WWII. I was 14 when Downtown came out. Played it all the time with I Know A Place. She is the ultimate international singer.

  • @Ohnyet
    @Ohnyet 3 года назад +22

    Who remembers this when it came out first?

    • @60Cascade
      @60Cascade 3 года назад +2

      I was just a little shaver but man this brings back the memories of that time. Being in my parents car (a 62 Chevy Nova) and hearing this song coming out of those car radio speakers. Good times!

    • @shave-a-thon3415
      @shave-a-thon3415 3 года назад +2

      It was an amazing time. Just turn on the radio and every song played was fantastic. I bought the original 45 rpm single on Warner Bros. Records when it came out and still have it. I wonder if songwriter Tony Hatch made the trip over with her.

    • @fredcarani6764
      @fredcarani6764 3 года назад +2

      In seventh grade all my friends liked the Beatles but Petula was it for me.

    • @reneleclerc6119
      @reneleclerc6119 3 года назад

      I go back to "Teddy Bear." I first heard it sung by my older sister, Rita, then she played Elvis' record for me.

    • @michaelinhouston9086
      @michaelinhouston9086 5 месяцев назад

      I sure do - saw this original show.

  • @robertchesnosky5427
    @robertchesnosky5427 3 года назад +22

    PET CLARK. A TOWERING FIGURE IN POP MUSIC HISTORY HERE GIVES THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE OF THIS HER SIGNATURE SONG.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen Месяц назад +2

    Great Performance! Great Video!

  • @MichaelCharles-l8y
    @MichaelCharles-l8y 4 месяца назад +3

    I remember in the mid-sixties all my grade school teachers wore their hair like this or like Linda/Lucy Johnson or like Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 6 месяцев назад +3

    Splendid Video!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 8 месяцев назад +1

    I Love This Splendid Video!

    • @M.Robespierre3691
      @M.Robespierre3691 7 месяцев назад

      Are you ok?! I think you made your point by now....

  • @bruceatnip986
    @bruceatnip986 2 года назад +8

    Downtowns are not what they used to be. But if they could feel this,energy, they could be again. Great song by a great singer.

  • @tinajakob4683
    @tinajakob4683 2 года назад +2

    ich war 5 Jahr als ich diesen Song das erste mal gehört habe

  • @paul8926
    @paul8926 3 года назад +61

    This song always brings me back to childhood, before malls. We always went downtown during weekends and had a blast !

    • @donnalombardo212
      @donnalombardo212 3 года назад +2

      Same here it was better then

    • @lilblackduc7312
      @lilblackduc7312 2 года назад +1

      This is the 1st song I requested to be played. I was about 6yrs old.

  • @Ozark_Bule
    @Ozark_Bule 4 дня назад

    When we were all alive.

  • @Mike-yg8ig
    @Mike-yg8ig 2 года назад +8

    One of if not the best female artists of the '60's. Beautiful timbre. great range, phrasing, power and control. And yes soul too. A wonderful performer who set the soundtrack to the 60's along with the amazing Dionne Warwick. Life would be so much emptier without their great works.

    • @Mister8224
      @Mister8224 Год назад

      Top 5 vocal performance all time in my book!

  • @chriscarson7384
    @chriscarson7384 Год назад +3

    I saw this show the night it aired on Ed Sullivan. I was a little girl, but I was and remain captivated by Petula's voice. If I recall correctly, when he introduced her, Ed said the plane from London had been late and she didn't get a chance to rehearse, just did this cold. Amazing.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 4 месяца назад +3

    Epic Video!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +1

    Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2024! Where All the Lights Are Bright! This Classic, Catchy, Pretty Song Truly belongs only to the Very Pretty and Extremely Talented Petula Clark!

  • @pollyannapositive9192
    @pollyannapositive9192 2 месяца назад +2

    1st time heard this song was in Manila Philippines 🇵🇭

  • @flitetym
    @flitetym 2 года назад +1

    This was the definitive New York song of the ‘60s.

  • @vivianmancuso3063
    @vivianmancuso3063 3 года назад +7

    Grandma's favorite song. RIP! always treat someone the way you would want to be treated. "You never know who you might encounter. "... taught me well.

  • @clarkregan3593
    @clarkregan3593 2 года назад +6

    She makes the music and lyrics come alive with "Downtown" and "I Know a Place".... she's great!

  • @joelrudzinski6829
    @joelrudzinski6829 Год назад +1

    The Miracle of a REAL VOICE. No Tracks and Karaoke.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 8 месяцев назад +2

    I Like and Love Everything about this Video!

  • @injunmick8498
    @injunmick8498 3 года назад +39

    This was on the radio all the time, it seemed anyway, a top hit at the time.

    • @shmuli9
      @shmuli9 3 года назад +5

      It was a #1 hit in several countries, including the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

    • @michaelrochester48
      @michaelrochester48 3 года назад +3

      No 1

    • @kevinmiller6324
      @kevinmiller6324 3 года назад +2

      I was just thinking about this song, and was trying to remember the name of the artist before I saw it in the description. So it was Petunia Clark.

    • @susiepittman601
      @susiepittman601 3 года назад +2

      I remember it well.

    • @ronmailloux8655
      @ronmailloux8655 3 года назад +4

      I recall this tune so well. I was 5 years old listening on my dads radio in down town Vancouver and the neon lights were flashing .

  • @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974
    @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974 5 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic music..love it♥️🌹🌹♥️

  • @chrisclermont456
    @chrisclermont456 3 года назад +11

    Optimism. Hope. Compassion. Joy. Vulnerability. Rejuvenation. This song has it all!! Thank you, Me Clark!!

  • @williamdane4194
    @williamdane4194 3 года назад +26

    Great live vocal. Thanks Pet!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 5 месяцев назад +2

    I was born in the late fall of 1978. I Love the Catchy, Classic, Delightful, Fun, Happy, Iconic, Pretty, Uplifting Song Downtown! I Love the Classy Delightful, Elegant, Extremely Talented, Lovely, Very Intelligent, Very Pretty Actress, Composer, Dancer, Entertainer, Performer, Pianist, Singer, and Songwriter Petula Clark!

  • @statesresearcher
    @statesresearcher 4 дня назад

    This the ULTIMATE Pro New York City song ever created

  • @oldguy2082
    @oldguy2082 Год назад +1

    Remarkable at 90+ she still performing! One important about the Ed Sullivan show, nearly all the performances were live. Still listening to this 58 years later....

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +1

    Sensational Performance! Sensational Song! Sensational Video!

  • @marklonteen4791
    @marklonteen4791 2 года назад +2

    Love you, Petula.
    Always will.

  • @andrewmielke4011
    @andrewmielke4011 2 года назад +3

    Just listening to the song could make any one felling down and out, simply feel happy again, great song, great performer

  • @mireilleverrilli7906
    @mireilleverrilli7906 2 года назад +1

    Petula Méga Star🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @rma3_3_3
    @rma3_3_3 2 года назад +1

    Downtown
    ♡♡♡

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 3 года назад +25

    What blows my mind is that people think this is the beginning of her career. But she has been having huge hits since she was a teenager in both the UK and France. So when this became a hit she had about 10 or 15 years of already having huge hits in Europe

    • @andytaylor5476
      @andytaylor5476 3 года назад +2

      Downtown was Clark's first hit record in the US. Before that she was unknown in the US and many other international countries.

    • @michaelrochester48
      @michaelrochester48 3 года назад +2

      @@andytaylor5476 I think her biggest hit making before the song was France and England. She was a star in England when she was not even 10 years old, singing to the troops on the BBC

    • @raybrown3667
      @raybrown3667 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelrochester48 By the time that "Downtown" was released, Clark had already charted in many European countries, as well as in Quebec (where her French-language hits did well) and Australia. "Downtown" was intended to revive her career in the U.K., which had cooled somewhat at the same time that her recording career in France was soaring. But it took off in the U.K. and the U.S. simultaneously and became a massive international hit, peaking at or near the top of the charts in nations on six continents.

    • @alanmerritts
      @alanmerritts 3 года назад +2

      I had heard that the producers in America though she was much younger when she made her splash here and tried to hide that fact a bit as if that was taboo. Strange times.

  • @billchambersmarquez1964
    @billchambersmarquez1964 2 года назад +2

    I listen to the multilingual downtown she sings it in Italian French and German!!!! Its on utube

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wonderful Video!

  • @luannebednar2371
    @luannebednar2371 2 года назад +5

    She is incredible! The best female singer of the 60"s is still going strong in her 80's. She is my hero!!

  • @robertwiley3171
    @robertwiley3171 3 года назад +14

    I remember sitting along side my brother and sister with my parents leaving a restaurant and being serenaded by this incredible song. I'll never forget the magic of that moment in time. A car radio never sounded so Good!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 5 месяцев назад +1

    Spectucualr Video!

  • @ZeraphineDoll
    @ZeraphineDoll 2 года назад +1

    So classy, love her dress!

  • @bobdereimer5210
    @bobdereimer5210 3 года назад +13

    Downtown by Petula Clark ws the first record I bought at 10 years old. Thank you, Petula!

  • @buddypvaz124
    @buddypvaz124 2 года назад +1

    I am a big fan.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 4 месяца назад +1

    Terrific Lyrics and Melody! Terrific Performance! Terrific Song! Terrific Video!

  • @Danimal1577
    @Danimal1577 Год назад +1

    Petula's my girl yo 👱🏻‍♀️🇬🇧

  • @blakjack3053
    @blakjack3053 Месяц назад +1

    Wonderful song and singer!

  • @sgtpppr
    @sgtpppr Год назад +1

    What a sensational performance. After the break,"Yeah....."

  • @hudsony777
    @hudsony777 2 года назад +4

    Heard this many times but not this performance. First rate with even more emotion than the hit record. WOW

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love this Great song sung by the Great Petula Clark!

  • @roybean7166
    @roybean7166 3 года назад +27

    Read her wikipedia, it's super impressive. A child star, then a star in Italy and France before the British invasion of 60s.