Petula Clark goes downtown again – Free Audio

Petula Clark will be going downtown again, in more ways than one, with the release of a remix of her hit single and a tour of Australia in 2004, beginning in Brisbane on February 26.

She began performing as a child singer, before the age of 9, entertaining the troops in World War 2, both on radio and on stage. At the end of the war she was known as the British “Shirley Temple”.

With the release of the remix of her classic worldwide 1964 smash hit “Downtown”, Petula Clark may be the only woman to have a hit-list of singles covering 6 decades.

She began recording in 1949, had her first hit in 1952 with children’s song “Where Did My Snowman Go’ and again in 1954 with “The Little Shoemaker”, and has been a child performer, television star, film star, recording star and 60’s icon with a long list of worldwide hits, mostly composed by Tony Hatch.

“Downtown 2003-Petula Clark vs the OUTpsiDER” (pronounced; Outsider)
has been released by Australia’s Blue Pie Productions. It is the first single for The OUTpsiDER, Alex Martin, who started his career DJ’ing back in the 70’s, and who is now re-living his “mod” days and remixing some of his favourite hits from the 60’s.

The song is also currently being used in a series of public announcements to promote tourism in downtown New York, and is expected to be a huge hit in America. The original Downtown made her the first Bristish woman to top the U.S. charts and won the Grammy for 1964’s “Best Rock and Roll single’ over the likes of The Beatles.

radioinfo is giving you the opportunity to use two audio cuts from Glenn A Baker’s interview with Petula Clark and Alex Martin.

If you’d like to have the full 16 minute interview for use on your station simply contact Stephen Green at [email protected]

To hear the song simply go to your station’s MusicPoint or check out the Blue Pie Productions website on www.bluepie.com.au

Audio cut one has Alex Martin talking about how the song affected his household in Yorkshire, England in the 60’s and again now with his 6 year old daughter.

Audio cut two has Petula Clark remembering the first time Tony Hatch played her the unfinished song he was working on, and about the day it was recorded.

To download go to the Free Audio Section