Petula Clark ~ Downtown (1964)

This great song was released in 1964 and made number 1 in the U.S and number 2 here in the UK.

[ABritInThePhilippines]

One of my all time favourite singers...

[Deathbringer]

My dad passed from covid 4 days ago. This was one of his favorite songs!

I miss him so much!

Wherever you are... Dad i love you!

[robertwong]

After this terrible nightmare is gone and after the long lock down. I definitely will go DOWNTOWN.

[Lion_Heart_]

This song brings back so many nostalgic memories. God bless Petula Clark. One of the greatest singers of the good old days.

[BrandXSports]

In 1964 my sister was babysitting her five year old little brother (me). She had some friends come over to hang out and they played this song on the Victrola after I went to bed. I remember dancing on my bed in the dark to it.

[buddylove]

When I was a little kid my friend's mom bought this album and was playing it when I came over and I liked it very much, so glad to get to live in that time as the world was so much better than today. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 80's with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed.

[lukeblanchard]

Was played at my granddads funeral and I’ve not listened to it since 2010 but after hearing it again while watching last night in soho I can really appreciate how beautiful this song really is 🥰

[nsuedgy]

In 1964 I was driving home and this song came on my AM car radio, it was and still is one of my favorite songs!

[Joshua-evke]

I was 8 years old when I heard this song travelling with my Dad and heard it on his truck radio and just loved it. Never forgot it and I am now 64 Wow where have the years gone.

[lilymorales]

Here after watching Girl, Interrupted.. I love the oldies. I'm from the 90s.
6/11/2022

[flip]

Wow, just googled her, and she is still alive, 88 and hopefully well. What a great singer

[JCDiamond]

I was 5-7 years old and my grandmother would take me downtown (Buffalo NY in the 60s) on the bus because she never learned to drive and never needed to.  She took me shopping and they had tea rooms then. She was graceful and has class. When I hear this song I thing of that wonderful woman and what she taught me about life and how to live it.

[jeffsilverman]

Happy 91st birthday, Petula. You were one of my first "celebrity crushes." Love you, and all the memories the sound of your voice brings back.

[mrstepme]

Suddenly, I'm five years old again! Good times for sure. I miss all of the loved ones who aren't here anymore.

[joelcross]

I'm a child of the sixties and well remember when this great hit was on all the radio stations.

[timothywright]

Dad's favorite while shopping.. for x-mas ..he can sing it wotd for word!! Go dad!

[Ashleysedits]

Makes me wanna go to sleep and go back into time in my dreams and stay there for the rest of my days while listening to this song on a jukebox when you are at a diner

[lindapousson]

I was 7 years old when I first heard this song. My mom drove my teenage brother and I downtown to pick up a pizza for our family from Harry’s Pizza late one evening. My brother went in Harry’s to get the pizza and I stayed in the car with mom. Standing up behind her on the backseat floorboard in my pajamas and slippers, looking out at the flashing neon lights of the downtown business, I was enchanted to hear Downtown began to play on the car radio. The moment felt surreal. Every time I hear it now remember that evening and the sweetness and innocence of childhood and the thrill of the downtown lights in the evening.

[grahammorris]

Who's here because this is a great song and you've been listening to it for years?

[alvindimes]

OMG This brings back cherished memories. I was 9 years old when this came out, and yes I do remember it.😢