Downtown Petula Clark
. 'In Love' Released: 1964. Barbara hale. 'True Love Never Runs Smooth' Released: 1964. ' Released: November 1964 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Downtown is an by (her first album licensed to Warner Brothers Records) following the success of her.
These are all re-mixes or new recordings, I believe. The sound is crystal clear and Petula's voice is fantastic. I have over thirty of her albums and this is one of. 'Downtown' is a song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark in 1964, became an international hit, reaching number one in Billboard Hot 100 and.
The album's tracks were all produced, arranged and conducted by and were recorded at the Pye Studios in with the session personnel including drummer, guitarist and vocal group; the 'Downtown' track included guitarists and in addition to Sullivan. Most of the album's tracks pre-dated the title cut, with almost all of the sides Hatch had produced from their inaugural collaboration: the 1963 single 'Let Me Tell You Baby', being included. Downtown entered the on 13 February 1965 for a 36 weeks chart run with a #21 peak. Despite Clark's subsequent album releases being more focused on the hit sound Hatch had devised for Clark with the 'Downtown' single, the Downtown album would remain Clark's most successful US album release.
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Downtown did not rank in the UK album charts which were then limited to the Top Twenty. 1 A collection of entitled This is Petula Clark! Had been released on the label in 1959 and was reissued as Uptown with Petula Clark after she achieved fame in the States.
TRACK LISTING Side One Title Songwriting credit Background info 'True Love Never Runs Smooth' (lyrics) (music) Clark's precedent single (UK) to 'Downtown' ( 7N15668/ 1964), her fifth single (UK) produced by Tony Hatch; US hit (#21) for in 1963 'Baby It's Me' Mark Anthony (pseudonym for ) Clark's second single (UK) produced by Hatch (Pye 7N15573/ 1963).