Downtown: The Greatest Hits of Petula Clark by Petula Clark

Pros: Includes all six Top 10 singles, including two that hit # 1.
Cons: No lyrics in an otherwise wonderful CD booklet.

Between December 1964 and July 1968, British singer Petula Clark scored 15 consecutive Top 40 singles with hits such as "Downtown," "I Know A Place," "My Love" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway."

She had 22 Hot 100 singles in Billboard magazine...

Pros: Some of the best 60s British Pop money can buy; Petula’s got some soul
Cons: I simply don't like every song included

Right away, I’m sure many of my avid review readers are wondering what the HELL I’m doing reviewing a Petula Clark GH compilation for Paul’s BOBS W/O!! Well, lay the blame squarely on my mother. I was 5, maybe 5 and ¾, and we had recently ...

Pros: Has all of her top-20 hits
Cons: Omits hits such as "Don't Give Up"

Today is Petula Clark's b-day (68th?), so I decided to review this album by her. I remember most of her hits from my childhood--the mid-to-late 1960s. Her sound combined optimistic vocals with brassy instrumentation, making almost all of her songs sound...

Pros: The fun uplifting voice of Petula Clark
Cons: maybe too bubble gum for some

In the town where I live we finally have a decent downtown; a grocery store, a Borders, resteraunts, and a Ross clothing store. A Ross, allueia! But I digress, because everytime we go by the new downtown, I sing: "When you're alone and life is...