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Downtown by Petula Clark -1964
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It reached #1 in US Billboard Hot 100, #1 in Canada Top Singles, #1 in West Germany, #1 in New Zealand Charts, and #2 in UK Singles Charts.
"Downtown" was written by Tony Hatch, who wrote most of Clark's material during the '60s. This was Clark's first hit in the US, although she was already a star in the UK as a singer and a television performer. She also caught on in France in the early '60s when she started recording her songs in French. The song won a Grammy in 1965 for Best Rock & Roll Recording, making Clark the first British singer to win a Grammy.