![Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) [Restored] @VideoFunForAll](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nyJ7fYQuFb4/maxresdefault.jpg)
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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 number two in UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.
Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English, with such songs as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart" and "Prends Mon Cœur". During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway", and she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records.
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 number two in UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.
Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English, with such songs as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart" and "Prends Mon Cœur". During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway", and she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records.
![Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nyJ7fYQuFb4/mqdefault.jpg "Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) [Restored]
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 number two in UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.
Clarks professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English, with such songs as The Little Shoemaker, Baby Lover, With All My Heart and Prends Mon Cœur. During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including Downtown, I Know a Place, My Love, A Sign of the Times, I Couldnt Live Without Your Love, Colour My World, This Is My Song and Dont Sleep in the Subway, and she was dubbed the First Lady of the British Invasion. She has sold more than 68 million records.")
![Blondie - Denis [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oLKcEXpgISg/mqdefault.jpg "Blondie - Denis [Restored]
Blondie - Denis [Restored]
Unfortunately the MPEG-2 source was not of top quality.")
![Chick Corea, Gary Burton - La Fiesta (Live, 1997) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oolE9nctbnk/mqdefault.jpg "Chick Corea, Gary Burton - La Fiesta (Live, 1997) [Restored]
Recorded live at the Munich Philharmonie in 1997.
Chick Corea: Piano
Gary Burton: Vibraphone")
![Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pHrt0XkGJY8/mqdefault.jpg "Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song [Restored]
‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’ is a 1973 song written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It was inspired by Lori Lieberman’s emotional reaction to a live performance and describes the experience of hearing a song that feels deeply personal to the listener. The song was first recorded by Lieberman and later popularized by Roberta Flack.")
![Diana Ross - Endless Love (July, 21, 1983) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pjmvtzfeFDM/mqdefault.jpg "Diana Ross - Endless Love (July, 21, 1983) [Restored]
Recorded on July 21, 1983, Central Park, New York.
Endless Love is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and fellow R&B singer Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their endless love for one another. It was covered by R&B singer Luther Vandross with fellow R&B singer Mariah Carey and also by country music singer Shania Twain. Richies friend (and sometimes co-worker) Kenny Rogers has also recorded the song. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all-time.
Source: Wikipedia")
![Wim Sonneveld - Zo Heerlijk Rustig (1963) (La chansonnette) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pyGIUmeEDV4/mqdefault.jpg "Wim Sonneveld - Zo Heerlijk Rustig (1963) (La chansonnette) [Restored]
Zo Heerlijk Rustig
A Dutch language cover of La chansonnette written by Philippe Gérard and Jean Dréjac, performed by Yves Montand.")
![Olivia Newton-John - Sam (live 1982) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qAKDKsi0a7c/mqdefault.jpg "Olivia Newton-John - Sam (live 1982) [Restored]
Sam is a song from 1977 performed by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was written by Don Black, Hank Marvin and John Farrar and appears on Newton-Johns album Dont Stop Believin. Farrar also produced the album. Sam went to number one on the Easy Listening chart and number twenty on the Hot 100.")
![Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - Lets Call the Whole Thing Off (1937) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qRrw2hDjnl4/mqdefault.jpg "Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - Lets Call the Whole Thing Off (1937) [Restored]
Lets Call the Whole Thing Off is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates. The song is most famous for its “You like to-may-toes /təˈmeɪtoʊz/ and I like to-mah-toes /təˈmɑːtoʊz/” and other verses comparing their different regional dialects.
The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences. At the time, typical American pronunciations were considered less refined by the upper-class, and there was a specific emphasis on the broader a sound. This class distinction with respect to pronunciation has been retained in caricatures, especially in the theater, where the longer a pronunciation is most strongly associated with the word darling.
Shall We Dance, released in 1937, is the seventh of the ten Astaire-Rogers musical comedy films. The idea for the film originated in the studios desire to exploit the successful formula created by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart with their 1936 Broadway hit On Your Toes. The musical featured an American dancer getting involved with a touring Russian ballet company. In a major coup for RKO, Pandro Berman managed to attract the Gershwins – George Gershwin who wrote the symphonic underscore and Ira Gershwin the lyrics – to score this, their second Hollywood musical after Delicious in 1931.")
