In 1964, Petula Clark was an international star, famous in Europe but unknown in the U.S. Signed to the Vogue label in France and Pye in the U.K., she recorded a song written by Tony Hatch, and Warner Bros.
picked it up for America. "Downtown" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1964 and spent two weeks at No. 1 in January 1965.
She followed it with another No. 1, "My Love," and four additional top 10 songs. She had a total of 22 chart entries between 1964 and 1982.A decade after the.
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