Downtown
Petula ClarkReported release: 1964Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #6Supplied note - not independently verified
Written by Tony Hatch after his first visit to New York City.
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9 catalog entries, grouped by year.
About Petula Clark
Petula Clark began as a child radio and concert performer during the Second World War, then worked in British films and television. Her recording career expanded across English, French, German and Italian songs. The 1960s partnership with Tony Hatch brought Downtown and other pop repertoire to international listeners. Later work included film musicals and stage roles in The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard, alongside continued recording and concerts.
Artist background sources
Petula Clark - official career biography
Wartime radio/concert beginnings, British screen work, multilingual recording, Tony Hatch/Downtown partnership and named musical-theater roles. Contradictory television firsts, exaggerated totals, chart rankings, awards chronology and private life are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
1965
Supplied note - not independently verified
Written by Tony Hatch as a follow-up to "Downtown."
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You'd Better Come Home belongs to Petula Clark's 1965 English-language singles. The original release paired it with Heart and appeared through Pye in Britain and Warner Bros. in the United States. Later greatest-hits...
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A Sign of the Times is a Petula Clark recording from 1966. Its original single paired it with Time for Love, and it also appeared on My Love. The later Platinum & Gold compilation in current streaming metadata...
Read background and sourcesI Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Petula ClarkRelease: 1966Source checked
Screenshot additions: 1960s listResearched recording background
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love was released as a Petula Clark single in 1966 and also became the title of an album that year. That album combined the title song with contemporary covers. The screenshot's...
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Petula Clark began as a child radio and concert performer during the Second World War, then worked in British films and television. Her recording career expanded across English, French, German and Italian songs. The...
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Don't Sleep in the Subway
Petula ClarkReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #99Supplied note - not independently verified
Advice to a lover not to let pride ruin a relationship
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Petula Clark began as a child radio and concert performer during the Second World War, then worked in British films and television. Her recording career expanded across English, French, German and Italian songs. The...
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Supplied note - not independently verified
A bittersweet song about the end of a relationship.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.