Petula Clark - Downtown ( The Dean Martin Show Episode 50 Jan 26 1967 )

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  • @OldGrayCzechWolf
    @OldGrayCzechWolf 10 месяцев назад +171

    Things were better in the 60s. Must be my age getting me nostalgic.

    • @DanYHKim2
      @DanYHKim2 6 месяцев назад +6

      The world was full of possibilities. Even this song is about that.

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 5 месяцев назад +3

      They really weren't! It just seems that way, because you're old

    • @ausplus
      @ausplus 3 месяца назад +1

      Me too x

    • @fosbury68
      @fosbury68 3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, RUclips was awesome in the '60's.

    • @corneliuspraeda6452
      @corneliuspraeda6452 3 месяца назад +2

      Hmm well, we had hundreds of Americans dying every month in Vietnam, so maybe not.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 10 месяцев назад +61

    I love this Video!

  • @MBCGRS
    @MBCGRS Месяц назад +79

    What passes for talent these days makes you want to cry...

    • @colleenmcnamaradusti4861
      @colleenmcnamaradusti4861 Месяц назад +3

      Hi there, what passes for talent today gets me to the point that I don,t know whether to puke or shit! Maybe I,ll try crying? In any case, I know exactly what you mean. Today,s music, if that,s what you want to call it, just plain sucks! Jeff D. age 68

    • @kellymcclendon6601
      @kellymcclendon6601 26 дней назад +1

      Absolutely.

    • @Dangermoose-rv6bb
      @Dangermoose-rv6bb 21 день назад +2

      Oh be quiet, old timer. I love Petula Clark but there's talent in every generation, including 'these days'.

    • @JasMcKenzie
      @JasMcKenzie 18 дней назад

      The older generations always bash the popular music, fashion, language, haircuts etc. of the younger generations. You think people who grew up in the early 1900s criticize this stuff?

  • @JeffMarine
    @JeffMarine 29 дней назад +22

    This is Music!!! Not that crap we have to listen today!!!!! The 60's and 70's had the BEST music ever!!!!

    • @lenah4160
      @lenah4160 12 дней назад

      I agreed 👍🏾

  • @michaelbaker3598
    @michaelbaker3598 11 месяцев назад +79

    I was 3... but everything here is better ... better than we are now. .. class...dignity...talent..grace etc. Etc

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 8 месяцев назад +4

      I was very young maybe 4 when I absolutely only wanted to hear this song.

    • @dougyeager6812
      @dougyeager6812 7 месяцев назад +4

      Amen! I was 7.

    • @MrCaptainBlack1
      @MrCaptainBlack1 6 месяцев назад

      If you were 3 you knew nothing. STFU

    • @w.k.5974
      @w.k.5974 4 месяца назад

      capitalism-cancer of the world

    • @153ofpeter
      @153ofpeter 3 месяца назад +2

      😶+ 13, I was, and still feels that the age of future-promising with the hanging Rainbow on the God's Promise to Noah's family, and until now!!!

  • @markfaris4735
    @markfaris4735 2 года назад +40

    When God created voices, he had Petula Clarke at the top of his list.

    • @mireilleverrilli7906
      @mireilleverrilli7906 9 месяцев назад +3

      Bonjour, c'est peut-être un peu exagéré mais pas faux.....? Savoir ?
      J'aime beaucoup Petula et depuis plus de soixante ans. Je sais que je ne suis pas la seule.

    • @stevem-h5e
      @stevem-h5e 2 месяца назад

      God spelled backwards is "dog." Think about that for a minute.

    • @jofo3197
      @jofo3197 Месяц назад

      I always thought Adam and Eve were the first voices.... lol

  • @colleenmcnamaradusti4861
    @colleenmcnamaradusti4861 3 года назад +114

    I saw this on the TV in 1967!! I remember!! I was just 11yrs. old!! My father watched this show faithfully!! Jeff Dusti age 65

    • @josephweaver5385
      @josephweaver5385 Год назад +7

      1956 baby!

    • @colleenmcnamaradusti4861
      @colleenmcnamaradusti4861 Год назад

      @@josephweaver5385 You tube sends me a notice whenever someone replies to a comment I make. You and I are so lucky to have lived some of the greatest years in history. I,m even luckier though! I have 2 older sisters. 1 is 5yrs. older and the other 10yrs. older. I got to listen to 50,s and 60,s music whether I liked it or not and what,s not to like? To top it off my dad owned an Auto Body repair shop in Littleton,Ma. where I grew up. I can remember the coupes and hot rods. When I saw the movie American Graffiti it reminded me of sweeping the floor at the garage for my dad! My naive mother worked in the office part time. One day after The Doors released "back door man"" and 1 of the guys was singing I,m a back door man as he was walking across the shop my mother heard him and asked me, what,s a back door man? OMG did I turn red in the face! I could feel it. My answer was ahh, umm, I,m not sure, just ask dad, he should know and ran out of the office! Jeff D.

    • @angelacooper2661
      @angelacooper2661 Месяц назад

      I hadn't even been thought of, my brother Anthony was born in 1967!

    • @colleenmcnamaradusti4861
      @colleenmcnamaradusti4861 Месяц назад

      @@josephweaver5385 YES I AM!

  • @glennhaller9783
    @glennhaller9783 Год назад +21

    My favorite song as a kid.. my grandma played this for me and it brings back great memories

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 11 месяцев назад +88

    This Video is Vintage! It is Timeless! It is not old at all! It is Classic Pure Musical Magic in Every Aspect!

  • @king-xerxus7040
    @king-xerxus7040 3 года назад +206

    Back in the day when television was something the entire family could sit together and enjoy.

    • @cbroz7492
      @cbroz7492 2 года назад +3

      The Golden Age of the 'variety show'..or shows..plural..

    • @king-xerxus7040
      @king-xerxus7040 2 года назад +4

      When being indoors sitting together with family watching television was more gratifying than being outdoors running with friends.

    • @1tonyboat
      @1tonyboat 2 года назад +5

      Those were the days .. and the was a song also....

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 5 месяцев назад

      Lol..They STILL can!!

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, the Americans with their new German friends were able to enjoy the benefits of capitalist prosperity at the time while we Poles had to suffer under the communism imposed on Poland by the Soviets. Yes, your new friends were responsible for the suffering of communism in our country, just as they were responsible for the suffering before. But that didn't bother the Americans!

  • @jejunamja
    @jejunamja Год назад +174

    Was born in 62, but I remember this song as a child being played all the time on the radio as a kid . My mom really like this song so brings back memories of that time.

    • @hm-ys4ym
      @hm-ys4ym 3 месяца назад +2

      ditto 61, my favorite song at 3 years old

    • @nigelreid5486
      @nigelreid5486 2 месяца назад +5

      Same here. Born 61.

    • @jayha7071
      @jayha7071 2 месяца назад +2

      Born 60 going to the store in my mom's mercury comet

    • @frankcolumbo4481
      @frankcolumbo4481 Месяц назад +1

      Ditto!!! Born in 62 and heard it on the radio while my mom
      Was driving the chevy wagon when I was a tyke and loved it!

    • @danmore7587
      @danmore7587 Месяц назад +1

      Your right.
      This decade was the best

  • @johnunderwood262
    @johnunderwood262 2 года назад +144

    Yes I am listening in 2022 I am 90 years young and remember this lady well

    • @that_thing_I_do
      @that_thing_I_do 8 месяцев назад +8

      Keep on young man.

    • @sarahjones79
      @sarahjones79 7 месяцев назад

      if only they could see then what the under tors were leading up to

    • @tmlafrance
      @tmlafrance 7 месяцев назад +1

      2024

    • @brettallison5753
      @brettallison5753 7 месяцев назад +5

      I hope you are reading this in 2024. God bless

    • @TommyRibs
      @TommyRibs 2 месяца назад +2

      Hopefully you are still listening to the great Petula Clark in 2024.

  • @antoniosilvestro9045
    @antoniosilvestro9045 2 месяца назад +44

    Happy birthday. 92 today ❤

  • @cindyOC1
    @cindyOC1 2 года назад +54

    Was born in 1960. One of my favs growing up. 💞

    • @MrQuakeroat
      @MrQuakeroat 9 месяцев назад +1

      1960 was a vintage year 😉

    • @nyy1960
      @nyy1960 Месяц назад +1

      Me too Cindy

  • @chriszerkel5874
    @chriszerkel5874 2 года назад +102

    Those were the best songs, best times, a great era. I'm 67, and I miss it.

    • @suesmith776
      @suesmith776 4 месяца назад +3

      Me too!

    • @stevem-h5e
      @stevem-h5e 2 месяца назад

      Yes. I miss the Vietnam War and Nixon in the White House. And the Race Riots and political assassinations were always a laugh.

  • @NeTxGrl
    @NeTxGrl 2 года назад +31

    60's and 70's had the best music imo.

  • @robertfindley921
    @robertfindley921 2 месяца назад +55

    I remember when I was 3 or 4 years old sitting in the backseat of my parents Chrysler listening to this song as my mother drove to the store.

    • @stevem-h5e
      @stevem-h5e 2 месяца назад +1

      You remember the Chrysler when you were 3 or 4?

    • @Diponty
      @Diponty Месяц назад

      @@stevem-h5e I knew all the planets in the solar system when I was 4, in order from the sun out. And my parents used to put me in the boot to get in the drive in free. (well for me at least) And that car was a Morris, or was it a Ford prefect?

    • @lizzieb6311
      @lizzieb6311 Месяц назад

      I remember when people didn’t feel the need to make a$$hole comments…

    • @melanieleon5130
      @melanieleon5130 Месяц назад +1

      Yes!! I was that young listening

    • @melanieleon5130
      @melanieleon5130 Месяц назад +1

      I have so many memories due to music at 3 yrs old

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 10 месяцев назад +11

    Petula Clark's Beautiful Yellow Dress and Shoes are perfect for a Happy Easter and A Happy Spring!

  • @phillipcotton833
    @phillipcotton833 Год назад +27

    LOVED the fashion,& style of the 60's!!!

  • @paulmaloney2383
    @paulmaloney2383 2 года назад +398

    Those were the times of great music, entertainment and fashion, never to be duplicated

    • @jamesforbes2871
      @jamesforbes2871 2 года назад +17

      She is as charming in person as she seemed to be in that film clip. I met her while she was in Marseilles, back in the '60s. I was instantly in love. You're right, it was a magic time.

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 2 года назад +9

      I agree 👍 and this song was one of my favorite as a kid basically inspires you cheer up you will meet somebody but not at home watching TV just go downtown and mingle with people museums shops cafes

    • @johnbower3344
      @johnbower3344 2 года назад +11

      agreed, so much trash today tv and radio. And fashion> ? everyones in their pajamas. disgusting.

    • @randyschaub5452
      @randyschaub5452 2 года назад +9

      Today, we’ll wear a t-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops to a wedding or funeral.

    • @jamesforbes2871
      @jamesforbes2871 2 года назад +3

      @@randyschaub5452 ...
      In a world that seems to look at narcissism as an elevated status, dress codes and civilized conventions are lost. They show up in court dressed the same way, too ... guaranteed to influence the judge negatively.

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby Год назад +24

    People had voices then.

  • @The_Resistance_1961
    @The_Resistance_1961 3 месяца назад +30

    50 years later I still listen to Petula.

  • @sgtslaughter1953
    @sgtslaughter1953 2 года назад +404

    My father, rest his soul, absolutely loved Petula Clark and this song. He would whistle the song all the time. I was only 14 at the time but I still remember it like it was yesterday. Love You Dad!

    • @CristinaF210
      @CristinaF210 2 года назад +15

      Dad's are absolutely awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @sartainja
      @sartainja 2 года назад +10

      Your dad was a great gentlemen with superb taste in music and an eye for pretty classy women. I loved that song as well. We will never see that those day again.

    • @andrewlilley3660
      @andrewlilley3660 2 года назад +5

      Really, she was not a patch on Dusty Springfield, she was real talent!

    • @xm5883
      @xm5883 2 года назад +9

      I am 68 years old and I love Petula's Clark downtown.

    • @davidlium9338
      @davidlium9338 2 года назад

      Was h

  • @gailbirchall2163
    @gailbirchall2163 3 года назад +16

    Takes me back to better days and quality of singers and songs

  • @stevenikitas8170
    @stevenikitas8170 2 года назад +25

    Those were the days when EVERYONE in America watched television. I remember them well.

  • @brucew3630
    @brucew3630 2 года назад +32

    i love you for keeping our past alive thank you

  • @999carpet
    @999carpet 4 года назад +1630

    Fabulous song, lyrics, and wow what a gorgeous, talented woman she is, love her. Still love this song, ... anyone else listening in April 2020.

    • @catherinesecula5287
      @catherinesecula5287 4 года назад +14

      me

    • @stevenshirk
      @stevenshirk 4 года назад +13

      Actually I'm listening to it in May

    • @breng5767
      @breng5767 4 года назад +25

      And I am listening in June 2020

    • @jkr-o1o
      @jkr-o1o 4 года назад +5

      @@breng5767 me too

    • @bobadkins7377
      @bobadkins7377 4 года назад +9

      999carpet I purchased her ‘Greatest Hits’ album a couple of months ago. Several great songs. I listen to it often, although the LP was badly produced and is noisy. Glad someone else appreciates this talent.

  • @petel2551
    @petel2551 2 года назад +184

    She sings it beautifully live, likes it's a walk in the park, shows what a great artist she is. You can't beat a great feel good song like this.

    • @goldenwarrior6996
      @goldenwarrior6996 Год назад +7

      I totally agree !!! She is one great lady !!!!

    • @kathrynmcmorrow7170
      @kathrynmcmorrow7170 Год назад +2

      This one performance is without a doubt pretty dazzling. Her head here looks too big for the body and that's true of other famous screen actors.

    • @JupiterThunder
      @JupiterThunder Год назад +1

      Didn't she drop the 2nd verse? 🧐

    • @marcovaleros7233
      @marcovaleros7233 Год назад +2

      Agree

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby Год назад +3

    Love those chorus boys!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 10 месяцев назад +13

    I really enjoy everything about this classic video!

  • @tumbleweedking5668
    @tumbleweedking5668 4 года назад +546

    When I was younger I always wondered why old fools clinged to the past. Now at 63 guess who's clinging to the past. No wonder that old 30s orchestra music brought tears to those elderly peoples eyes.

    • @reneegunter7238
      @reneegunter7238 4 года назад +48

      I'm 57. Lost both of my parents this year. I love old music that takes me back to happier days.

    • @kickboxer8173
      @kickboxer8173 4 года назад +19

      Renee Gunter condolences. my prayer for you. we will meet them again someday. and its gonna be forever beautiful music.

    • @MrMjp58
      @MrMjp58 4 года назад +7

      Great comment.

    • @massimopoletti8531
      @massimopoletti8531 4 года назад +33

      It is not only a matter of “reminders” of old Times it’s the regret for a life style that don’t exist anymore

    • @moisesparra1309
      @moisesparra1309 4 года назад +6

      Belleza de cancion.

  • @teresaareces4995
    @teresaareces4995 2 месяца назад +6

    Clear voice, beautifully groomed and well mannered, class ❤
    You don’t see that anymore !

    • @NCF8710
      @NCF8710 Месяц назад +1

      No tasteless tats, ridiculous hair color or hideous piercings.

  • @TheRoyalBavarian
    @TheRoyalBavarian 2 года назад +22

    When I was very young I loved this song. I thought this was about our downtown in Omaha Nebraska. I didn't know there were other downtowns.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 4 года назад +242

    We need more music like this in today's times.

    • @goobergreatest9289
      @goobergreatest9289 4 года назад

      k

    • @hades773
      @hades773 4 года назад +4

      This song played before the RV bomb in Tennessee went off this past December Christmas morning.

    • @The_Temple
      @The_Temple 4 года назад +2

      Well .... not anymore .... an asshole had to go ruin it

    • @tiffbeevachou108
      @tiffbeevachou108 3 года назад

      Then it would be todays music and you'd complain about that

    • @AndresMunoz-bm4xe
      @AndresMunoz-bm4xe 3 года назад

      @@hades773 x

  • @rogerwaloway168
    @rogerwaloway168 2 года назад +16

    Petula Clark was talented and beautiful. She was and is One of a kind.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen Год назад +16

    Wonderful Video with excellent beautiful and handsome dancers in beautiful costumes and shoes and excellent vocalizations and performance of the catchy. classic, pretty song Downtown by the beautiful, lovely, and extremely talented Petula Clark in a beautiful dress and shoes, on a beautiful set!

  • @Alexia24601
    @Alexia24601 2 года назад +132

    I was a little girl in the 60s, and this song, plus "Windy" and "Georgy Girl" define my childhood. They were on the radio all the time. Such wonderful, happy memories!

    • @elizabethmcgregor4062
      @elizabethmcgregor4062 2 года назад +6

      WOW!! ABSOLUTELY!! me 2!!

    • @karenbaumann7751
      @karenbaumann7751 2 года назад +6

      Yes! We little 60s girls all thought we were Windy!

    • @CLIVEGRAHAME
      @CLIVEGRAHAME 2 года назад +2

      Yes - as a kid I recall it hitting the charts- rather a long good time !

    • @georgiasmith64
      @georgiasmith64 2 года назад +6

      @@karenbaumann7751 everyone knows it's🎶 Windy🎶

    • @Mark_Wheeler
      @Mark_Wheeler Год назад +3

      I was a little boy in the 60s, and those songs you mentioned are indelibly etched in my brain. I saw The Seekers perform Georgy Girl on TV, and I fell head over heels for Judith Durham. I also had it bad for Petula Clark. Such wonderful memories!

  • @Stives1979
    @Stives1979 4 месяца назад +20

    Who's listening to this jewel right now in 2024 great then you've got great taste in petula Clark's soulful epic voice ENJOY & thank you for a excellent upload 💯👍🎵🎶✊

    • @YvonneLeyden
      @YvonneLeyden 3 месяца назад +2

      Wee girl. My mom played this on the radio gram record player 60 s kid

    • @Stives1979
      @Stives1979 2 месяца назад

      ​@@YvonneLeydenthanks for the share of this jewel bless you 🙏

    • @petermcclenaghan5735
      @petermcclenaghan5735 Месяц назад

      me

  • @barrylinn7803
    @barrylinn7803 2 года назад +12

    Isn't it wonderful being able to understand every word being sung

  • @madalinadumitrescu4418
    @madalinadumitrescu4418 2 года назад +55

    Her voice is so unique and beautiful ❤

  • @MingMia007
    @MingMia007 2 месяца назад +8

    Those were the best days, best music, best fashions, best cars…(sigh)

  • @Dianasville
    @Dianasville 2 года назад +3

    I still have the 45!

  • @RPL-dn7lc
    @RPL-dn7lc 4 года назад +505

    So classic and so classy! The good old days when entertainment was still glamorous and performers had real talent...

    • @edwatts9890
      @edwatts9890 4 года назад +9

      Dear God, can you not discern your indoctrination? "...greedy white men..." is so overwrought it has become a [pathetic, like you] meme!

    • @randyevans39
      @randyevans39 4 года назад +14

      So correct. No thugs , tattoos or cussing

    • @randyevans39
      @randyevans39 4 года назад +1

      MG Stevens m

    • @marigolddaisy1648
      @marigolddaisy1648 4 года назад +8

      MG Stevens Rubbish. She was a child star (actress and singer) before this song was released and she went on to have several hits. I adored both JJ and Pet Clark when I was growing up. There’s room for different types of music and talents. We can appreciate more than one type, surely.

    • @paulfitzgerald7513
      @paulfitzgerald7513 4 года назад +4

      MG Stevens Pathetic race baiting remark! Just because she had some dancers with her on a show doesn’t make her any less of a talent...

  • @amierichan1428
    @amierichan1428 Год назад +7

    Wow, truly live, not lip-synced!

  • @LionelBrunet
    @LionelBrunet 2 года назад +21

    I love her so much. What a beautiful song , sang by a beautiful women

  • @kensherwood4866
    @kensherwood4866 Год назад +7

    Great singing, live, excellent orchestration, first rate production values on the Dean Martin show, as a whole perfect

  • @Xd.Starla
    @Xd.Starla Год назад +2

    Song came out like 60 years b4 I was born love it tho

  • @davidfriscic3009
    @davidfriscic3009 2 года назад +95

    My God --- what a voice!! Somewhat seriously underrated by serious critics. An edgy timbre to her voice yet complete control. Love her voice.

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 2 года назад +3

      They were jealous. Anyone that didn't love her were just plain jealous.

    • @darrenplumpton1203
      @darrenplumpton1203 2 года назад +3

      PETULA CLARK IS THE GREATEST FEMALE VOCALIST OF ALL TIME.

  • @wendypalmer8239
    @wendypalmer8239 3 года назад +76

    What a great song her voice never gets old

  • @zekeonstormpeak4186
    @zekeonstormpeak4186 11 месяцев назад +4

    Everything is better when you’re downtown. What a great 60s song!!

  • @stevesmith8180
    @stevesmith8180 Год назад +5

    I love the production. Just amazing work by the backup dancers.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen Год назад +21

    This is a great song performed by the beautiful singer, actress, performer and entertainer Petula Clark! I love this song! I was born in 1978. This wonderful song is brilliantly choregraphed and performed by very handsome, beautiful and very talented dancers! Beautiful sets and costumes! Thank you for posting and sharing this wonderful vintage clip! It makes me happy every time I watch it!

    • @myronhelton4441
      @myronhelton4441 Год назад +1

      I as born in 1955, this was a mid sixties very famous song. The piano on here started thunderous. She wasnt as young as you think, she was in British movies, I think one is on youtube The famous 18 year old Carpenter girl singer & her met Elvis who wanted to go with them & they declined.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 10 месяцев назад +4

    Outstanding Song! Outstanding Performance by the Sensational Petula Clark! Outstanding Video in All Aspects! Outstanding Performances by all!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 7 месяцев назад +14

    Perfect Performance! Perfect Chorography! Perfect Song! Perfect Video!

  • @snoopybrown2438
    @snoopybrown2438 6 месяцев назад +11

    Timeless evergreen…😬I was in primary school 3rd year in 1967 when I first heard this song. I’m 66 years old now and I still love listening to Petula Clark..,🥰

    • @angelacooper2661
      @angelacooper2661 4 месяца назад +1

      You are therefore 12 years older than me, as this was filmed three years before I was born!

  • @gregstorms1328
    @gregstorms1328 Год назад +1

    Ole Dean martin show great times miss them

  • @irishtino1595
    @irishtino1595 3 года назад +74

    I am 61 years old, I was 6 when this was first broadcast. I loved Dean Martin, the Rat Pack, but my parents didn't let me watch the Martin show. I had a trick where I would sneak down a hallway and hide under a big table and see the show without getting caught. I definitely remember see Petula Clark that night, magic.

    • @edwardsomers3930
      @edwardsomers3930 2 года назад +2

      i lay down at the top of the stairs. could just see half the t.v.

    • @philpacker7381
      @philpacker7381 2 года назад +2

      I live in Downtown Toronto.....I adore everything about urban life...the gleaming office towers, steel, glass, marble and the PATH...the worlds longest underground pedestrian arcade...over 30 kilometers of retail, food, etc.

    • @edwardsomers3930
      @edwardsomers3930 2 года назад

      @@philpacker7381 sounds wonderful. I lived in Albany NY after collage. A town really. But lots of parks. Cafes bars. Clubs. Old theaters that were venues for the groups. No car walked everywhere. To work. To the park. Winter wonderland. Summer fun. Lots of friends. Dinners were big. And ocource the music.

    • @leeengelsman1855
      @leeengelsman1855 2 года назад

      Yes I did that also.

  • @kenyongray2615
    @kenyongray2615 3 года назад +18

    Petula Clark doesn't get the credit she deserves. A fantastic talent among the many fantastic talents of the 1960s. Thanks for the video.

    • @marisarhodes2446
      @marisarhodes2446 2 года назад +1

      Doesn't get deserved credit? There's 2,500 comments praising a song that's almost 60 years old. I beg you to reconsider my dear Kenyon.

    • @kenyongray2615
      @kenyongray2615 2 года назад

      @@marisarhodes2446 I wrote that Petula Clark deserves more credit, not the song. The song itself is fantastic and sung by a fantastic performer.

    • @marisarhodes2446
      @marisarhodes2446 2 года назад

      @@kenyongray2615 I'll credit you that!

  • @my-yt-inputs2580
    @my-yt-inputs2580 Год назад +1

    Ha...I remember watching this episode. Funny how I can remember some things so well...and others not so much. lol

  • @CHaas-bn3xi
    @CHaas-bn3xi 2 года назад +15

    I was 7 years old when this was on. All I know is I was so blessed to grow up in that Ara watching amazing shows Dean Martin show, Sonny & Cher, He Haw, voyage to the bottom of the sea. Loved this song

  • @archangelvvv
    @archangelvvv Месяц назад +5

    Great voice....Great performer....a true classic

  • @kred_65
    @kred_65 2 года назад +2

    Happy 90th!

  • @karenolsen6828
    @karenolsen6828 3 года назад +11

    That was my mentally handicap sisters favorite song. Dee Dee's still here at almost 59yrs old. Thank you

  • @slaughterhouse5585
    @slaughterhouse5585 4 года назад +426

    A happy and gentle song. So different from so much of the crap that is passed off today as music.

    • @garycraig6506
      @garycraig6506 4 года назад +10

      And that’s why I don’t listen to Today’s music.. A person much younger than my 62 years said “okay Boomer! Your generation has some of the best music.” My favorite decades for music are 60’s, 70’s & 80’s..

    • @mottledbrain
      @mottledbrain 4 года назад +3

      @@garycraig6506 I've discovered that my most of my favourite pop songs lie between the years 1966 - 1972. Although only eight years old at the time, I began listening to music in 1966. I'm guessing that disco took over the air waves in about 1973. (I do of course love many tunes from the early '60s and some even in the '90s. My favourite music however has been "progressive rock", but that is fading as I age. Nice, soft jazz anyone?)

    • @hcrun
      @hcrun 4 года назад +9

      The basic reason for that is because todays music is essentially created on a computer; samples are mixed, voices added, everything tweaked and the result spat out as an MP3.
      In our day (I'm 75) that didn't exist. Musicians had to play instruments and singers had to be able to sing.
      It wasn't until (approximately)1964 that the the first pop record featuring synthesised music (a stylus-operated keyboard of sorts) was issued......and it was pretty ordinary.
      We Boomers are lucky in that it was our music tastes coupled with 45rpm records played on portable transistorised record players which changed music forever.
      Today anyone can churn out a load of utter rubbish and call it "music".

    • @slaughterhouse5585
      @slaughterhouse5585 4 года назад +6

      Thanks for the info, Ken. I'm nearly 71 and was a freshman in high school when that song was a hit. It brings back memories in the way that only music can do. Like you said, singers could really sing and musicians could really play back then.

    • @timjohnson1199
      @timjohnson1199 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, it's just fun. Mostly I just want to enjoy good music. Don't need some childishly profound ranting.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 4 месяца назад +1

    Wonderful Performance! Wonderful Video!

  • @jtinaman
    @jtinaman 3 года назад +38

    Petula Clark’s signature song. Her collaborations with Tony Hatch were nothing less than classics.

  • @larry6795
    @larry6795 2 года назад +31

    Wonderful song, Downtown would come on the radio and my mom would start singing along, sweet memories 🥰🙏🏾

  • @RToni
    @RToni 2 года назад +4

    HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY PETULA CLARK

  •  Год назад +1

    1968 stationed at Lowry Afb east of Denver, this song - we woold walk, take bus, hitchhike to downtown denver, where the action was .

  • @RC-Flight
    @RC-Flight 3 года назад +14

    I turned 5 in 67 but remember this fabulous music from my wonderful childhood. What a great time to be a kid.

    • @annettekjoy
      @annettekjoy 4 месяца назад +1

      Me too😊

    • @RC-Flight
      @RC-Flight 4 месяца назад +1

      @@annettekjoy cool!

    • @annettekjoy
      @annettekjoy 4 месяца назад +1

      @@RC-Flight , it truly was a great time to grow up. I have such wonderful memories.

  • @stevesmith8180
    @stevesmith8180 2 года назад +18

    I love the backup dancers. It's so 1960's. She is amazing after 55 years it's still a great song.

  • @garyc39
    @garyc39 Год назад +2

    She is so beautiful

  • @chrisjeffries2322
    @chrisjeffries2322 2 года назад +76

    The sound of my youth, thank you, Petula!

  • @peterbonora2885
    @peterbonora2885 3 года назад +51

    I was 8 years old when this was broadcast, but remember this song like it was yesterday. Absolutely beautiful classic song by Petula Clark! What a great time to be alive

    • @Px828
      @Px828 3 года назад +2

      I was 6 and I remember it playing on the radio all the time. Downtown was literally where you had to go to do anything then.

    • @wendypalmer8239
      @wendypalmer8239 3 года назад +1

      Me Too

    • @mikehorton2591
      @mikehorton2591 2 года назад +1

      Such a happy time - great memories.

    • @stevel6939
      @stevel6939 2 года назад

      I like living in the past viewing songs and such from my childhood as well. What a great time to have grown up. I'd rather be back there than in present day. Hey Musk hurry up with that time machine!

  • @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974
    @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974 11 месяцев назад +3

    So goreous and memorable

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus 5 лет назад +70

    Very beautiful song. Love songs, hairstyle & clothing style from the 50's, 60's and 70's can't be beaten.
    God bless, Proverbs 31

  • @judypierce7028
    @judypierce7028 3 года назад +29

    I have always loved this song along with Petula Clark. She has a nice clear voice.

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Год назад

      Simple Music can make you sing. a Simple hug can make you feel better, Simple things can make you happy, I hope my Simple Hello makes you smile...

  • @rickhealy228
    @rickhealy228 11 месяцев назад +2

    Saw her when she was 83. What a great show, from a great and beautiful person.

  • @robertdamin8723
    @robertdamin8723 Год назад +5

    It is refreshing earing that type of song. These type of songs they do not making up anymore in our days and age.

  • @garylysaght1579
    @garylysaght1579 4 года назад +21

    Wonderful haircut, great dress, but utterly amazing voice!

  • @GiddyupArtist
    @GiddyupArtist 2 месяца назад +3

    So thankful we have you tube to go down memory lane anytime we want with these songs :)

  • @Jimmersaunt
    @Jimmersaunt 4 года назад +63

    I’ve loved this song my whole life!

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 4 года назад +3

      Same as

    • @kaptainkurt7261
      @kaptainkurt7261 4 года назад +2

      Same. My entire life.

    • @larryfarsace2519
      @larryfarsace2519 3 года назад +3

      Me gal.Larry

    • @thegoose0m1
      @thegoose0m1 3 года назад +3

      It's a great song. I wish she had sung the 2nd verse though, the "don't hang around and let your problems surround you there are movie shows...downtown. Maybe you know some little places to go.....". Guess the only had so much time on whatever show this is from....

  • @Tompsw52
    @Tompsw52 4 года назад +16

    Was around then and am still here now....this takes me so so back...but in a good way...

    • @andya2665
      @andya2665 4 года назад +1

      Those variety shows were great back then. The whole family would watch one TV, no internet, no cell phones, Just the family and Dean, Bob, Red, Carol, Ed, etc. Fond memories.

    • @eugenetretter9726
      @eugenetretter9726 4 года назад

      Now that's a VOICE !

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 5 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing Video!

  • @davidyoung5114
    @davidyoung5114 3 года назад +17

    And now, at age 89, Petula Clark will be going back on-stage in London as the 'Feed The Birds' lady in Mary Poppins! What a life!

    • @bobbistevens7787
      @bobbistevens7787 3 года назад +5

      I saw her there on Monday, amazing! Cameron Mackintosh came on stage at the end of the show with a cake, made a lovely speech and then the whole theatre sang Happy Birthday to Petula Clark. It was a wonderful surprise.

  • @catherinestgermain3362
    @catherinestgermain3362 4 года назад +47

    My favorite petula clark song! It sounds just as good now as it did in the 1960s!!

  • @josdenis3684
    @josdenis3684 Год назад +3

    What elegance ❤

  • @stewartchalmers5935
    @stewartchalmers5935 3 года назад +7

    I would love to go back in time and witness this era, for three reasons, 1 life seamed simpler back then, 2 the music was fantastic and 3 the girls looked a lot better back then

  • @wakeupamerica4610
    @wakeupamerica4610 4 года назад +51

    I never stopped loving this song thr singer that era.....and all done without autotune.

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 2 месяца назад +2

    I was born in the very late Autumn of 1978. I Love This Classic Vintage Video! I Love Petula Clark! I Love Everything About This Performance! I Love This Song!

  • @mohamedsheik4589
    @mohamedsheik4589 2 года назад +11

    Best era was the 60s. Now the world isn’t the same.

    • @Mike8981
      @Mike8981 11 месяцев назад

      The world was never the same

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 3 года назад +307

    This is not Petula Clark lip-synching. This is a live performance---and it's brilliant.

    • @B1gHagar
      @B1gHagar 3 года назад +27

      Back when artists had real talent.

    • @janetflier6192
      @janetflier6192 2 года назад +13

      @@B1gHagar You are so right!

    • @marisarhodes2446
      @marisarhodes2446 2 года назад +3

      More's the pity, but lip syncing was the only way to go at the time.

    • @virginmice6779
      @virginmice6779 2 года назад +3

      petula clark is the best down town music ever existed in the universe

    • @marisarhodes2446
      @marisarhodes2446 2 года назад +6

      @@virginmice6779 you forgot "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies.

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw2 Год назад +4

    Gorgeous beauty and amazing singer and composer nothing else to say but her accent was divine!

  • @andrenewcomb3708
    @andrenewcomb3708 4 года назад +7

    Thursdays were "That Girl", "Bewitched", "Ironsides", and "The Dean Martin Show". And every "Dean Martin Show" would deliver quality like this every week.

  • @sammaeldeath
    @sammaeldeath 2 года назад +14

    One of the best Pop Songs of it's time. Great composition and perfectly covering the optimism of the 60ths.

  • @russellcampbell9198
    @russellcampbell9198 Год назад +3

    Listen to the applause. What a great performance.

  • @kmatty
    @kmatty 3 года назад +18

    I was a teenager when this song came out. So many wonderful memories for me.

    • @Kelly-nm4kw
      @Kelly-nm4kw 3 года назад +1

      Hello Karla, How are you doing?

  • @georgeanthony7282
    @georgeanthony7282 2 года назад +7

    I sure miss those days. Although I was just nine years old in January of 1967, that decade was very much a magical time for me. At least in terms of entertainment. That era is gone forever, of course. But I can proudly say I experienced it!

  • @neverjethot
    @neverjethot 3 месяца назад +3

    My mom had errands to run in Seattle around 1966 I was 6 or so... We took the bus... She took me to eat somewhere. All the sights and sounds, everybody going somewhere, I think I slept like 12 hours when we got home. Thanks mom. I always think of that when I hear this song.

  • @steveosullivan5262
    @steveosullivan5262 2 года назад +9

    This song takes me right back to the 60's. Driving in dad car with my mom. Just listening to the radio as the snow was coming down. As a kid, I knew there was something special about this song. I could just feel it. I am sure that old rambler is scrap, mom and dad long gone and yet the song remains as does the memory. As time goes by.