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 ...

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 ...

The musical, which takes its title from Clark’s 1966 hit and features other songs of the era including the singer’s “Downtown” and “Don’t Sleep in the Subway” as well as non-Clark songs such as “You ...

Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the US billboard charts 60 years ago, on January 23, 1965, and stayed there for two... Petula Clark teases London show 60 years after ...

"I feel the need to express my shock and disbelief at the Christmas Day explosion in our beloved Music City." Grammy-award winning British songstress Petula Clark took to Facebook on Tuesday to ...

Last month, Petula Clark, the British singer and actress best known for her 1964 smash hit recording of the song “Downtown,” turned 90. Hatch said he was inspired to write the song in autumn 1964 ...

CROPREDY, England (Reuters) - Grammy award-winner Petula Clark sang her global hit "Downtown" about as far from "where the neon signs are pretty" as she could at the weekend -- to thousands in a field ...

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 ...

A Sign of the Times, a new musical featuring the songs of Petula Clark and other hit-makers of the 1960s, is being developed and will have a reading in New York later this month. The musical, which ...

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 ...