Downtown (number of Petula Clark)

Downtown is a hit single in 1965 with the British singer Petula Clark .

In 1963 and 1964 the career of Clark was completely in the doldrums. Composer Tony Hatch of Pye Records flew to Paris with new material but Clark did not find any song well. Desperate, he played a few chords of a still unfinished song that was inspired by his recent trip to New York City and that he wanted to submit to The Drifters .After she heard the music, Clark said that if he could write a text that was as good as the melody, she wanted to record the song as her next single.

Downtown was released late 1964 in four different languages ​​and was a huge success in the UK, France (both English and French versions), Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Italy and even Rhodesia, Japan and India. During a visit to the Vogue supporting Fundraising Offices in Paris heard Joe Smith from Warner Brothers song and immediately took the entitlements themselves for distribution in the United States. The song reached the number one position in January 1965 and eventually went three million copies sold in America.

Contents

 * 1 Tracklist
 * 1.1 7 "Single
 * 2 Hitnoteringen
 * 2.1 Radio 2 Top 2000

7 "Single
Vogue DV 14297 (Warner) [the] (01-11-1964) PYE 7N.15722 (Warner) [uk] (01-11-1964)
 * 1) Downtown - 3:04
 * 2) Darling Cheri

Vogue DV 14256 (Warner) [the] (01-11-1964)
 * 1) Downtown - 3:04
 * 2) You'd better love me