Darren Plumpton - I agree 💯 I was so in love with her as a lad!!! I always thought it was cool because when they would show things like this on TV, the music is piped-in but her voice is not! If you watch all of her TV videos very closely you can tell that it's not the record when she sings. I had all of her albums, so I noticed right off. Plus she's hip and would throw in a "yeah" or "a-ha" ...
@@johnsallee7824 THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED JOHN for your wonderful reply. I appreciate it,it is brilliant. So GREAT to meet another "Clarkie" like me who TOTALLY LOVES Petula Clark. I have heard all the other female vocalist/artists and of course most are very good indeed and there's no doubting that what so ever. However no one for me ,and in my opinion, comes anywhere close to Petula. Petula has soooooo much talent she is absolutely incredible. Mega-Star Pop Star, Amazing Movie Actress and Phenomenal Musical Theatre Performer and Songwriter as well as recording in French, Italian, Spanish and German. Having a EIGHTY year career span Petula Clark is Unmatchable Unsurpassable and Unique. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER PETULA CLARK. I am just incredibly thankful that I lived in the same era as Petula Clark CBE. And I always will be.❤❤❤
She rates in my top 4 favorites: 1. Judith Durham of the Seekers. 2. Karen Carpenter. 3. Petula Clark. 4. Leslie, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to, Gore.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT PETULA TURNED AND STARTED DANCING WITH THE GUY THAT WAS GETTING INTO DANCING TO THIS SONG AND AS PETULA TURNED TO DANCE WITH HIM HIS GIRLFRIEND BACKED AWAY FOR A NEW SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK TOGETHER WHEN PETULA STARTED SINGING AGAIN. THUS IS A GREAT VIDEO. WAS THIS ON A TV SHOW AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DANCERS?
Me too!! I recently went to see the home I grew up in. It's up for sale and in ruins. It has me going down memory lane to the music I loved in that house.
@@wrongwaypete You're right. The songwriters and arrangers never get the credit they deserve. Just like the Funk Brothers whose music turned so many of those Motown singers into superstars
THANK You Alan for you absolutely spot on comment about the AWESOME Petula Clark. The Superstar of the Sixties and Seventies and the Greatest Female Vocalist/Entertainer of all time.
The 60s had a massive explosion of talent. From UK was Petula Clark dusty Springfield, Sandy Shaw, Cilla Black and Lulu. In the US the list is endless, all the girl bands - Ronettes, Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas etc etc etc. Rockers like Janis Joplin, black singers such as Aretha, her sister, Dionne Warwick. A wonderful time for great music. I had forgotten though how good Petula Clark was, I am old enough to remember her and the other British singers. Even the French produced some greats too, I adored Mireille Mathieu at the time.
Every time I watch this I want to be the guy in the burgundy coat. He is lost in the pure joy of dancing and does it so well! Well enough that Patula even joins him for a bit. Always makes me smile.
I never saw her in person but I loved seeing her on TV, she had a great fashion sense and I loved the way she danced. Look at that smile. Today singers don't smile. I miss that.
I finally got to see her live on stage last year when she played the bird lady in Mary Poppins in the West End. She was nearly 90 years old and clearly having the time of her life. The voice and presence were still there good and strong. OK it wasn’t the way I’d imagined seeing her perform live but I can still tick it off the bucket list and watch these great videos people have posted. I went off her for a while in the mid 80s after she made some political statements about the Falklands and the miners strike from the stage while performing at the Albert Hall before flying back to her home in Switzerland but I only have to listen to that great voice and these great songs and can’t help but forgive her.
Song after song of perfect instrumentation and vocalization! I was born in 53. We moved to El Paso in August of 62 and left in August of 67. Most of her great songs covered that time period. You only had to hear her newest song once before you were riveted to it upon second listen.
I rediscovered this song while sitting in the mezzanine lounge of the JFK Airport TWA Hotel. I was immediately transported back to when I took my first airplane trip out of that very same building when it was an airline terminal in 1968.
My uncle's family came up to Maine and all of us were thrilled to see them. All of us had dinner at home r then went skating at the Portland Roller Drome. The Roller Drome had an oldies night and it was INCREDIBLE!!!!! My aunt Peggy and my uncle maybe had too much cheer but they were loving what was going on. My aunt, uncle, and my cousins skated to a great oldies song and were very good!!! My mother, my sisters Eva, Nancy and Caroline were standing next to my mother and me and my girlfriend Debbie were behind them. My uncle started to tease my mother and then my mother told my uncle's family, " Sit Down classis now in SESSION"!!! My mother turned to me and said, " C'mon Allie"!! Time to show these people who we ARE"!! All everyone saw was an INFERNO in my eyes and my energy level go NUCLEAR"!!!!! My mother and I went out on the skate floor and put on a skate clinic!!! Debbie SCREAMED in delight and joined me then we uncorked dance moves we created for this song. My sister Eva screamed "HOLY SHIT" and got in the groove with us. Then Nancy and Caroline came out and picked up the groove we were in!!!! We got done and the Roller Drome ROCKED from the cheering and screaming we received!!!! My uncle, aunt, and cousins were in SHOCK!!! over the skate lesson we gave them!!! My sister Eva looked at me and Debbie and said, " I don't know where you got that routine but you ARE going to teach me"!!!! The Owner of the Roller Drome then came out and Kissed my mother and all of us kids!!!!! My mother said to my uncle, " How did you like the way my kids skate"""!!!!! The Roller Drome erupted in deafening cheering and screaming!!!!🥰🥰❤❤💋💋✌✌⚡⚡⚡🌀🌀🌀🔥🔥 NUCLEAR!!!!! ME!!!!!!
Petula Clark is the greatest female pop artist of all time.Beginning with her smash hit in 1964 of ‘DOWNTOWN” followed by great songs of “Sign of the Times”;””Colour your World””This is my Song” and all other classic smash hits particularly during the golden years and golden era of the swinging sixties.With much love N .Lucas Melbourne:Australia
100 💯 PER CENT TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU @lucassneofitos5789👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. PETULA CLARK is UNMATCHABLE, UNSURPASSABLE and UNIQUE. Petula Clark THE VERY BEST of the best.
Went dancing last weekend, live band, so much fun! kids from the 80s and 90s belting out MoTown and mo' from the 60s and 70s (my era) with their horns and drums and all. And i see myself in this video - that guy and i have all the same moves!
How could you not fall in love with her? A powerful voice yet so sexy in her own way. I believe she really enjoyed performing her songs. So genuine..... Priceless
I was 5 years old when this song came out and have vivid memories of my parents listening to it on our Zenith console color TV/Stereo in our North Hollywood, CA home. I had just got my first snare drum and cymbal and played along to this song and 58 years later I am still a drummer and still love this song~!
Dude in the red jacket is really getting into it. I would assume that the dancers were dancing in an exaggerated way for the camera. Dancing was more like the way Petula Clark danced, slightly swinging her hips and arms. That was more normal. Lol.
I saw her a couple of years ago she was almost ninety and her voice was still powerful and I felt so privileged to be there. In the regional town where I live
Brilliant song and singer down town is my favourite reminds me of the 60s me and my mates would go down to the Bristol city centre there were neon lights everywhere sadley the lights are all gone great time
when I hear this timeless petula Clark song it brings back memories of time i was privileged to spend with my lovely mum old double decker buses going up the Hunter Street mall ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘💝💖👩👧👦🐝🦋🌞🌈🦄☯️🙏
Petula Clark is THE GREATEST FEMALE VOCALIST OF ALL TIME.
Why she is not in the Rock hall of fame is beyond me as love her music
Darren Plumpton - I agree 💯 I was so in love with her as a lad!!! I always thought it was cool because when they would show things like this on TV, the music is piped-in but her voice is not! If you watch all of her TV videos very closely you can tell that it's not the record when she sings. I had all of her albums, so I noticed right off. Plus she's hip and would throw in a "yeah" or "a-ha" ...
Yes
@@johnsallee7824 THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED JOHN for your wonderful reply.
I appreciate it,it is brilliant.
So GREAT to meet another "Clarkie" like me who TOTALLY LOVES Petula Clark.
I have heard all the other female vocalist/artists and of course most are very good indeed and there's no doubting that what so ever.
However no one for me ,and in my opinion, comes anywhere close to Petula.
Petula has soooooo much talent she is absolutely incredible.
Mega-Star Pop Star, Amazing Movie Actress and Phenomenal Musical Theatre Performer and Songwriter as well as recording in French, Italian, Spanish and German.
Having a EIGHTY year career span Petula Clark is Unmatchable Unsurpassable and Unique.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER PETULA CLARK.
I am just incredibly thankful that I lived in the same era as Petula Clark CBE.
And I always will be.❤❤❤
She rates in my top 4 favorites:
1. Judith Durham of the Seekers.
2. Karen Carpenter.
3. Petula Clark.
4. Leslie, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to, Gore.
She's got the Charlie Brown Christmas dancers behind her.
BleedBNG Hysterical!
They certainly aren't from Philly.
They don't even keep time with the music.
Aren't they great! Truly awesome! Hey kids... Take note. Suits with ties, and the young ladies are actually wearing dresses.
Dancing to the lyrics
She still sounds Great after all these years, and whenever I hear her I get recollections of my youth,, when I used to hear her on the radio.
Great voice and super talented.
Heard it on the oldies channel yesterday. I had almost forgotten that this was Petula. Thanks for posting this
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT PETULA TURNED AND STARTED DANCING WITH THE GUY THAT WAS GETTING INTO DANCING TO THIS SONG AND AS PETULA TURNED TO DANCE WITH HIM HIS GIRLFRIEND BACKED AWAY FOR A NEW SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK TOGETHER WHEN PETULA STARTED SINGING AGAIN. THUS IS A GREAT VIDEO. WAS THIS ON A TV SHOW AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DANCERS?
Great music looks like the start of northern soul dancing, good times.
Petula clark is great British singer I remember her since 1965
She's the epitome of grace sweetness and sexiness. Look at those moves! Alot of young men were in love with her!
I STILL AM.
AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
Remember when guys would wear a suit and tie to dance to a pop tune?
Always like Petula. Fun to see the 1960s dancers behind. Regular in films from that period
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This , for me , is your better success and for over Downtown.
That boy almost came on heself dancing with her!! Ha Ha Ha Ha
WOW
Who wants to go?
What show was this from?
Hall Laura Hernandez Anna Jackson Michelle
My fav female singer when I was a little kid in the 60s..And so classy and pretty
Petula Clark will be classy and beautiful FOREVER.
@@DarrenPlumpton Still singing, you know! (at least last year, when she was ninety)
Me too!! I recently went to see the home I grew up in. It's up for sale and in ruins. It has me going down memory lane to the music I loved in that house.
This song NEVER gets old… it’ s incredible!! You can listen to it all day and it never grows stale! 💕💕💕
suzy rock on sweetie pet I s class
God. bless pet she angel
Can't say that about today's "music"
What a wonderful song written by the great songwriter Tony Hatch. What a wonderful time. Full of happiness and normality.
I just heard this " i know a place" on Cousin Brucie's radio show and I love this tune.
The guy in the red suit is on fire. Where is the other video of this with all the comments? I know this is the Lloyd Thaxton show around 1965.
Red Coat Guy is a hero, love his moves!
I agree...he definitely was on fire!
In 1965 he would have been considered heavy set. Now, don't ask.
He ain't playing baby!! Ha Ha Ha
Yeah but his dance partner looks like she's having a seizure🤣
The most talented woman of the 60's. This music is timeless!!
The Greatest Female Vocalist/Entertainer of all time.
Without Tony Hatch's songwriting and arranging, nobody in America would even know of the tremendously-talented Petula.
Nope. Diana Ross was quite talented, so was Barbra Streisand
@@wrongwaypete You're right. The songwriters and arrangers never get the credit they deserve. Just like the Funk Brothers whose music turned so many of those Motown singers into superstars
I totally agree plus I love the innocence the song projects.💖
The man in the red suit really likes Petula clark
I think she likes him, too. When the instrumental break came up, and it was time for her to dance, she went right to him.
A beautiful, classy and talented lady....nobody can touch Petula !!
THANK You Alan for you absolutely spot on comment about the AWESOME Petula Clark.
The Superstar of the Sixties and Seventies and the Greatest Female Vocalist/Entertainer of all time.
She doesn't know how to dress. Although a great singer, why does she look like she's going to garage sale or diner?
The 60s had a massive explosion of talent. From UK was Petula Clark dusty Springfield, Sandy Shaw, Cilla Black and Lulu. In the US the list is endless, all the girl bands - Ronettes, Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas etc etc etc. Rockers like Janis Joplin, black singers such as Aretha, her sister, Dionne Warwick. A wonderful time for great music.
I had forgotten though how good Petula Clark was, I am old enough to remember her and the other British singers. Even the French produced some greats too, I adored Mireille Mathieu at the time.
I think wardrobe might have given her that dress.
Isn't this song about the Cavern, the underground club where the Beatles performed?
Yes it is
Am I the only one that thinks her hip shake is hot?
You are not the only one...Cardi B, eat your heart out
NO YOU ARE NOT @wmc437
Every time I watch this I want to be the guy in the burgundy coat. He is lost in the pure joy of dancing and does it so well! Well enough that Patula even joins him for a bit. Always makes me smile.
Me too..I like his dance and joy...even today...jaja
Fair enough. But I just like the little the little bond he is dancing with. I think she is just bringing it.
She could really shake that moneymaker! Beautiful, smart, talented, sexy-without-being-trashy lady!
Yes,the one that dances with a"black bird"..
Burgundy coat man is probably a bald, gray-whispered great grandfather today. But on this day he was a dancing machine. Such fun!
Imagine if there was a Petula Clark but there were never any songs written for her to sing? Now that would be a sad place....
So much beautiful vocals coming from a wonderful lady.
Totally obsessed with the guy in the burgundy blazer. The guys got those 60s moves down.
I freely admit to being somewhat obsessed with Red Jacket Guy. 🙂 That energy is really attractive.
And here I thought I was the only one obsessed by Red Jacket Guy! His energy and enthusiasm are awesome!!
@@bobcarlino7280 I notice that Petula introduces herself to him at the end, so he made an impression on her too. 😊
we all know what happens to Red Jacket Guy on the away team!
This is what real talent looks like
The background dancers remind me of the Peanuts cartoons where everybody cops their own beatnik pose.
Yessss!!! Exactly! Charlie Brown Christmas Special on the school stage! I’ve always thought that about this clip!
Dig the dude in red jacket
I wish I was him out there !!!
Everybody looking at the dancing guy in red: "how does he do that?"
I never saw her in person but I loved seeing her on TV, she had a great fashion sense and I loved the way she danced. Look at that smile. Today singers don't smile. I miss that.
Yes, snarling and looking like they are about to tear your throat out seems to be the norm now.
I finally got to see her live on stage last year when she played the bird lady in Mary Poppins in the West End. She was nearly 90 years old and clearly having the time of her life. The voice and presence were still there good and strong. OK it wasn’t the way I’d imagined seeing her perform live but I can still tick it off the bucket list and watch these great videos people have posted. I went off her for a while in the mid 80s after she made some political statements about the Falklands and the miners strike from the stage while performing at the Albert Hall before flying back to her home in Switzerland but I only have to listen to that great voice and these great songs and can’t help but forgive her.
Why do I LOVE 60's music so much. My brother says it's because I was born in the 60's...Primacy Effect......................
Because it had the best music of all time!
You know she is singing about the Cavern Club where the Beatles use to perform
ABSOLUTELY!!!
I wish singers today were more like Petula Clark.
SO DO I GEORGE,SO DO I.
I just wish they could sing without auto-tune :(
Look how she smiles when she sings. You know she loves it. Today, singers don't smile, they look miserable.
I wish people today were more like they were in 1965.
British talent at its best.
I do have reservations though that it was probably filmed at a mental asylum and they've been told its someones birthday!
HAHAHAHAHA… your comment made me LOL !! Someone’ s birthday at a mental asylum… hahahaha 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Petula singing brings back lots of great memories, did we really dance like that
HaHa Nope, I never danced like that. Wish I could have but I was the guy who looked like he was having a seizure. I sure did enjoy watching.
I love her dance moves especially!
The back ground dancers remind me of the scene in Charlie Browns Christmas.
Love the golden voice of petula Clark I believe she's got a whole lot of soul in her uplifting voice thanks for the top upload 💯🎼🎹 I✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
After seeing those dancers, I now know the true definition of groovy....
True definition of stiffness😂😂😂
Petula's and Dusty's hits were much more rock-and-rollish than anything their British male counterparts could do.
Song after song of perfect instrumentation and vocalization!
I was born in 53. We moved to El Paso in August of 62 and left in August of 67.
Most of her great songs covered that time period.
You only had to hear her newest song once before you were riveted to it upon second listen.
Classic late 1960s.
Watch the guy in the red coat get into dancing while the guy in the light blue coat hardly moves - lol
I rediscovered this song while sitting in the mezzanine lounge of the JFK Airport TWA Hotel. I was immediately transported back to when I took my first airplane trip out of that very same building when it was an airline terminal in 1968.
A very young Jimmy Page is playing on this track.
I want to know the man in the burgundy coat!!!!
The symbol of swinging London.
Who says white people cant dance...um, never mind.....
lol
It looks like all the blokes took dancing lessons from Mr Bean
The guy in the red jacket stands out..... he's cool.
A Cellarful of Noise was the title of Brian Epstein's autobiography.
My uncle's family came up to Maine and all of us were thrilled to see them. All of us had dinner at home r then went skating
at the Portland Roller Drome. The Roller Drome had an oldies night and it was INCREDIBLE!!!!! My aunt Peggy and my uncle
maybe had too much cheer but they were loving what was going on. My aunt, uncle, and my cousins skated to a great oldies
song and were very good!!! My mother, my sisters Eva, Nancy and Caroline were standing next to my mother and me and my
girlfriend Debbie were behind them. My uncle started to tease my mother and then my mother told my uncle's family, " Sit Down
classis now in SESSION"!!! My mother turned to me and said, " C'mon Allie"!! Time to show these people who we ARE"!! All
everyone saw was an INFERNO in my eyes and my energy level go NUCLEAR"!!!!! My mother and I went out on the skate floor and
put on a skate clinic!!! Debbie SCREAMED in delight and joined me then we uncorked dance moves we created for this song. My
sister Eva screamed "HOLY SHIT" and got in the groove with us. Then Nancy and Caroline came out and picked up the groove we
were in!!!! We got done and the Roller Drome ROCKED from the cheering and screaming we received!!!! My uncle, aunt, and cousins
were in SHOCK!!! over the skate lesson we gave them!!! My sister Eva looked at me and Debbie and said, " I don't know where you
got that routine but you ARE going to teach me"!!!! The Owner of the Roller Drome then came out and Kissed my mother and all of
us kids!!!!! My mother said to my uncle, " How did you like the way my kids skate"""!!!!! The Roller Drome erupted in deafening cheering
and screaming!!!!🥰🥰❤❤💋💋✌✌⚡⚡⚡🌀🌀🌀🔥🔥 NUCLEAR!!!!! ME!!!!!!
Petula Clark is the greatest female pop artist of all time.Beginning with her smash hit in 1964 of ‘DOWNTOWN” followed by great songs of “Sign of the Times”;””Colour your World””This is my Song” and all other classic smash hits particularly during the golden years and golden era of the swinging sixties.With much love N .Lucas Melbourne:Australia
100 💯 PER CENT TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU @lucassneofitos5789👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼.
PETULA CLARK is UNMATCHABLE, UNSURPASSABLE and UNIQUE.
Petula Clark THE VERY BEST of the best.
When you see these old clips it is striking that there are nearly no individuals who are fat.
Just let red coat guy have fun. So many snide comments. Some people have to sh*t on everything. Sad.
Lol he's probably still dancing 😉
My mother was only 6 years older that Petula Clark, but I can't imagine my mother ever dancing like that.
How cool is the dancing. Next time I'm out I'm definitely gunna dance like the red jacket guy. He's a dancing fool!
Went dancing last weekend, live band, so much fun! kids from the 80s and 90s belting out MoTown and mo' from the 60s and 70s (my era) with their horns and drums and all. And i see myself in this video - that guy and i have all the same moves!
😂😂😂😂 He's so freaking stiff and out out rhythm are you serious 😂😂
How could you not fall in love with her? A powerful voice yet so sexy in her own way. I believe she really enjoyed performing her songs. So genuine..... Priceless
For 60s afficianados the series Mad Men is jam packed with iconic moments , music and fashions ....and this song is one of them
I'm African American 69 year old and remember these easy times. Almost bringing me to tears!
Pal I often wish that we were back in the late 1960's When everything seemed possible.
I miss these times when life was simpler and both sexes had class and decency
Sandy Thanks Much 🙂
Thanks dearly to all of you with positive responses!
A different world, a better world.
I was 5 years old when this song came out and have vivid memories of my parents listening to it on our Zenith console color TV/Stereo in our North Hollywood, CA home. I had just got my first snare drum and cymbal and played along to this song and 58 years later I am still a drummer and still love this song~!
Dude in the red jacket is really getting into it. I would assume that the dancers were dancing in an exaggerated way for the camera. Dancing was more like the way Petula Clark danced, slightly swinging her hips and arms. That was more normal. Lol.
Love this, it's kind of showbiz/ las vegas and wall of sound at the same time.
I saw her a couple of years ago she was almost ninety and her voice was still powerful and I felt so privileged to be there. In the regional town where I live
Wow never heard this before what a beautiful voice!!so full of melody!
Petula won a Grammy for this record in 1966. She had also won the previous year for Downtown.
THE VOICE of Petula Clark.
THE GREATEST FEMALE VOCALIST OF ALL TIME.
ANY INFORMATION ON THIS VIDEO. SHOW IT WAS ON, YEAR IT WAS TAPED, WHERE IT WAS TAPED,? THANKS
Was this the inspiration for the B-52's "Love Shack"? A place to hangout and dance?
I was thinking the same thing!!
Petula hit with quite a few zesty numbers such as this one.
This is a fucking storming song
I heard a rumour that this song was used as inspiration for the Sesame Street theme song.
That piano opening kinda gives it away. Su-nny days.... yeah, singing the lyrics now in my head, the two definitely sound similar!
Love the "Elaine" dance
I'm hoping there is,a better quality version of this.
Young people used to dress so nice!….I remember those days 😞
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Best ever, love her music, such talent!! on yes!
Perhaps the greatest song. I've heard them all.
Brilliant song and singer down town is my favourite reminds me of the 60s me and my mates would go down to the Bristol city centre there were neon lights everywhere sadley the lights are all gone great time
One of my altime classics
Today's women wear tattoos front to back. These women had class..... and knew what it was to be a "REAL" woman!
No tattoos in shape and dressed with class
So are we ever going to find out who the Red Jacket Guy was?
thank you! great voice great talent! Music Transends everything! May you always find you're way back. here by the eternal flame!
Innocent and youthful lyrics like most sixtys music love it
Backing vocals by The breakaways.
All class
Yea the guy in the light jacket needs to get hisself some business!!!! Ha Ha Ha
Love Pet Clark!
Fabulous. What a time when pops become parts of your life.
Simply beautiful 😍
Fantastic
Absolutely lovable and unpretentious video.
shake dat caboose lol hahahah
when I hear this timeless petula Clark song it brings back memories of time i was privileged to spend with my lovely mum old double decker buses going up the Hunter Street mall ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘💝💖👩👧👦🐝🦋🌞🌈🦄☯️🙏
Was this video from "The Lloyd Thaxton Show"?
Yep. He was on Ch. 13 (KCOP).
@@spiff8862 I thought I recognized the set. Lloyd seemed to really like doing his show.
Our English Rose!
Pat Clarke was my Mum's favourite
Love everyone dancing such happy memories for me