Last month, Petula Clark, the British singer and actress best known for her 1964 smash hit recording of the song “Downtown,” turned 90. Hatch said he was inspired to write the song in autumn 1964 ...

The RV that exploded on Christmas morning, and shook the city of Nashville, was playing Petula Clark’s classic pop song “Downtown” shortly before the blast. Officer James Luellen, who was among the ...

Sixty years ago, on Jan. 23, 1965, "Downtown" reached the top of the U.S. charts and made Petula Clark a star. The British singer, now 92, has had a decades-long career that began as a child singing ...