‘Downtown’, Petula Clark (1)
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In the midst of today’s syncopated, complicated hip-hop beats, the thumping overproduced dance grooves and technology-induced Auto-Tune, it’s easy to forget something as simple, wide-eyed and marvelous as Petula Clark’s “Downtown.” Released in late 1964, the Tony Hatch-penned tune was an international hit, topping the charts in the United States for several weeks. And you [...]
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