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Lily Allen Mooned In Front Of Her Manchester Hotel
The Spoof (satire)
Outwait is presently incarcerated in London's Petula Clark Prison For Blokes in Boy George's old cell. Outwait, as it turns out is wanted on other various ...

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MassLive.com (blog)

Sinatra's 1966 gem returns; Johnny A. delivers guitar fury on DVD
MassLive.com (blog)
Elsewhere, Sinatra mixed modern songs of the era like covers of Petula Clark's “Downtown,” and “Call Me,” with songs from his own young years, like “Yes Sir ...


A fab five females are bringing the British Invasion to the Retro Dome
San Jose Mercury News
... set against the soundtrack of music made popular by the women of the British Invasion, such as Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Lulu. ...


Saved From the Trashcan
Pitch Weekly (blog)
Petula Clark doing a version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" in French? Yessir. I'm a sucker for French garage pop in general, and this blog feeds that ...


Passport Magazine (blog)

The New York City Gay Men's Chrous Presents The Big Gay Sing 2
Passport Magazine (blog)
Join special guest Petula Clark and host Scott Nevins, for this always-sold-out evening. The men of NYCGMC encourage the audience to get into the ...


Telegraph.co.uk

Diary: voices of racing unite in charity song
Telegraph.co.uk
It is not often that all of racing sings from the same song sheet, but the charity single 'Cheltenham' - to the tune of Petula Clark's signature hit ...
Cheltenham Song - Listen to it here!Bettingpro.com
Help 'Cheltenham' charity single top the music chartsHorse & Hound Online

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Copeland Crack: Pints of tea
Whitehaven News
Smile is probably his most famous work but I only found out yesterday that he also composed the Petula Clark international hit, This Is My Song. ...


Consequence of Sound

Album Review: Adam Green – Minor Love
Consequence of Sound
“Give Them a Token” presents the proper orchestration, bell clinks, and sing-song refrain that appear on a Petula Clark record circa “Downtown”. ...

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Cheltenham Song - Listen to it here!
Bettingpro.com
The tune, which is a reworking of Petula Clark's hit single 'Downtown', replaces the words 'Downtown' in the song with 'Cheltenham', while Tony Hatch, ...

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Stars in her soul
Tampa Tribune
I got to go and meet Peggy Lee's family, as well as Rita Moreno, Nancy Sinatra, Petula Clark and others! So now at 80 (going on 81 on March 17), ...


Racing Post

Racing's number one race starts on Sunday
Racing Post
Organisers of the single, a reworking of Petula Clark's iconic 1964 classic Downtown, have high hopes that the track, on which many of Britain and Ireland's ...


Copeland Crack: Things I learned this week - IIII or IV
Whitehaven News
Smile is probably his most famous work but I only found out yesterday that he also composed the Petula Clark international hit, This Is My Song. ...


Southwark News

STICK WITH THE BIF FELLA
Southwark News
If you have not heard about it then I can only summarise by saying that it is a mangled version of Tony Hatch's song for Petula Clark Downtown, ...


Video-on-Demand
Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser
Petula Clark's hit song "Downtown" (1965) sparks memories of a better downtown. But the road back to a better downtown need not begin with the tearing down ...


City on a Hill Press

Q&A: Robert Norse
City on a Hill Press
CHP: You and four others are each fighting $445 citations you received for publicly singing your version of Petula Clark's 1965 classic 'Downtown' with ...


Copeland Crack: "Such an amount of human wretchedness"
Whitehaven News
Smile is probably his most famous work but I only found out yesterday that he also composed the Petula Clark international hit, This Is My Song. ...


CD reviews: Surfer Blood, Findlay Brown and Josh Thompson
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Produced by former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, Love Will Find You feels like a relic from London's mod twilight, as though Petula Clark is lurking ...


District Weekly

All aglow with Derrick Brown's weekly variety show Lightbulb Mouth Radio Hour
District Weekly
The duo begin each performance with a Long Beach-inspired theme song (sung to Petula Clark's “Downtown”), before taking a humorous slant on local news (on ...


Copeland Crack: Smile - Chaplin did write it!
Whitehaven News
Smile is probably his most famous work but I only found out yesterday that he also composed the Petula Clark international hit, This Is My Song. ...

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Newbury Weekly News Group

Racing figures record song for charity
Newbury Weekly News Group
... the great and the good of horse racing who got together to record the single 'Cheltenham' to the tune of the 1964 hit 'Downtown,' sung by Petula Clark. ...


Copeland Crack: In praise of Charlie Chaplin, composer
Whitehaven News
Smile is probably his most famous work but I only found out yesterday that he also composed the Petula Clark international hit, This Is My Song. ...


This Day In Rock
Road Crew Magazine (blog)
On this day in 1965 "Downtown" By Petula Clark goes gold. On this day in 1968 Elton John releases his first record only in the UK. ...


Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael Perform 'That 60's Show' at Davenport's
Broadway World
... The Supremes, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Petula Clark and many more performed in the duo's award winning style. will have a limited run of 4 ...

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The Magic Castle & Cabaret At The Castle Present Shelly Goldstein in ONE FINE DAY
Broadway World
Shelly also pays tribute to the songs of Carol King, Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, Tom Springfield et al, singers such as Mama Cass, Petula Clark, ...

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The Making of "Alfie" (Part 2)
All About Jazz
Black also was up against two blonde British pop stars, Petula Clark and Dusty Springfield. In 1966, Clark had five hits on the Billboard pop chart while ...


Republican & Herald

Despite hang-ups, Jr. Idol contestants belt out tunes
Republican & Herald
-Reiley Lonergan, 11, of Minersville: "Downtown," Petula Clark; "If I Had My Way," Linda Eder. -Emily Barrett, 9, of Tuscarora: "Lipstick on Your Collar," ...

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Jazz Pianist Mark Berman Performs at Top of the Rock NYC, Feb. 24
Broadway World
... of modern music: Aretha Franklin, Phoebe Snow, Carole King, Hugh Jackman, Betty Buckley, Gladys Knight, Petula Clark, Lesley Gore, and the list goes on. ...


Wilkof, Raben Lead Reprise's A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Broadway World
He orchestrated albums for Helen Reddy, Judy Kaye, Debbie Gravitte, Petula Clark and Deborah Gibson; his orchestrations have been performed by the Boston ...

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Wilson finds selling his properties heavy going
Times Online
Meanwhile, the Cheltenham song - an adaptation of Petula Clark's Downtown on which Nicholls is among the chorus singers - continues to attract attention. ...


what's up (blog)

'Shout! The Musical': Fabulous Female-Oriented Fun
what's up (blog)
... through articles on beauty, men and sexuality to the tune of songs by Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Tommy Hunt, Nancy Sinatra and Petula Clark. ...


The Guardian

Brit awards 2010: blunt edge sharpened by Lady Gaga
The Guardian
Inside the Wembley Conference Centre, however, Michael Aspel was compering, Shirley Bassey had just pipped Petula Clark to best female singer and Nicholas ...

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Petula Clark ready on the stereo
When Saturday Comes
My first attendance at a game in years was the one against West Brom and what I saw then did not fill me with optimism. A midget midfield with no idea of ...


Remembering the Late JR Pole
History News Network
Back when "Downtown" was a big hit, he allowed as how he had met Petula Clark [and many entertainers] through his father who headed the London publicity for ...


Gould and Alone on Valentine's Day
Huffington Post (blog)
He spent much of his later life in isolation, he never married, and he loved, rather surprisingly, Petula Clark. The music, not the woman...so far as I know ...


Gould and Alone on Valentine's Day.
Huffington Post (blog)
He spent much of his later life in isolation, he never married, and he loved, rather surprisingly, Petula Clark. The music, not the woman...so far as I know ...


Mr. Music Performers have answers, too
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
... response songs ("Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean/"Small Sad Sam" by Phil McLean); or parodies ("Downtown" by Petula Clark/"Crazy Downtown" by Allan Sherman) ...


The Olympics are on but so are a slew of strange shows
Globe and Mail
One novelty is the revelation that Gould was for a time slightly obsessed with singer Petula Clark, though it seems Clark realized quickly that it was a ...

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Anita is just loving return to Lyceum for whodunnit
Stoke & Staffordshire
Born in Somerset, Anita made her name singing with showbiz legends Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark. In fact it was thanks to good friend Dusty that Anita ...


Who? It ain't me...
Azle News
... the Dave Clark Five, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Gene Pitney, Petula Clark, Bobby Vinton, Jackie DeShannon – whoever they were playing on KPET, 690 AM. ...


Cheltenham To Top The Charts?
Casino Beacon
The song, a re-working of Petula Clark's famous 1964 smash hit 'Downtown' has been reworded by original writer of the tune Tony Hatch and has the likes of ...


Show to recreate the British Invasion
MassLive.com
Deb D'Amico will be joining the band to perform tunes made famous by Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, and Lulu. Union Jack has regularly been featured at ...


The Ann Arbor Chronicle

DDA Amends Bylaws, OKs Management Fee
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
[Editor's note: Despite the resemblance, The Chronicle is confident that Collins is not the tuxedo-ed young gentleman to Petula Clark's left in this BBC ...

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The Ann Arbor Chronicle

DDA Amends Bylaws, Awards Management Fee
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
[Editor's note: Despite the resemblance, The Chronicle is confident that Collins is not the tuxedo-ed young gentleman to Petula Clark's left in this BBC ...

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Casas back at Artpace with tribute installation to founder
San Antonio Express
Petula Clark's "Downtown" is an especially nice touch. The music contributes to the overall effect of Casas' piece, which is imbued with respectful, ...

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Hit or miss .. What do you think?
Mirror.co.uk
By Newsboy 6/02/2010 Would those who think racing's recording of 'Cheltenham' - a reworking of Petula Clark's 1964 hit 'Downtown' - is a good way for racing ...


I'm off key but Leo's on song ahead of his show
Mirror.co.uk
... Paul Nicholls and co to do the background vocals to a reworked version of Petula Clark's 1964 hit Downtown, with the title becoming Cheltenham. ...


Chris McGrath: It's tune-up time for Festival hopes
Independent
Most of them, invited to belt out the single word "Cheltenham" for a reworking of Petula Clark's 1964 hit, "Downtown", had apparently recoiled in horror and ...


'Shout!' is more than just a bunch of pretty songs
El Paso Times
It features 31 songs from the swingin' '60s and early '70s, including Petula Clark's "Downtown," Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" and Lulu's "To ...

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Self-invention is key to St. Edmund's success
NorthJersey.com
Although the show only aired for a year and a half, St Edmund was networking with such stars as Sonny and Cher, The Supremes, and Petula Clark. ...


Cheltenham Racecourse boss sings on charity single
Gloucester Citizen
Sung to the tune of Petula Clark's 1964 hit 'Downtown', the soon-to-released 'Cheltenham' celebrates the town's rich racing heritage. ...

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