![]() ![]() Songs from Buffy The Vampire Slayer (4).An Open Letter to George Michael RIP (4).Lost Mail and Trashed Houses: A Mini Rant (and A Couple of Great Songs).Months Of The Year In Song: April, Time for Things to “Open Up”.More Great Telly – Guilt, Daisy Jones & The Six and “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith.The Holy Trinity of Topics Best Avoided – Clearing the Backlog and Starting Afresh, Hopefully….Months Of The Year In Song: May, the Start of Celtic Summer and RIP Anna “Mae” Bullock.Birthdays, Heatwaves and Yet More from Guardians of the Galaxy.Months Of The Year In Song: June, Time for the Summer Solstice.Worrywart Behaviour, Book Suggestions and British Invasions (Two of Them).Next Next post: Clifford T Ward, Long-distance Relationships and “Home Thoughts From Abroad” So why pretend you’ve somewhere else to go? Good-bye means nothing when it’s all for show ’cause it hurts when your ego is deflated Take off your coat, my love, and close the door ’cause to reason is not what you care for Getting too maudlin now so will leave it there for today but realising as I revisit the tracks of my years, that those seemingly happy, up-tempo songs often told a very different tale, and one which I am only now appreciating. They also worked together on Downtown, I Couldn’t Live Without Your Loveand The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener. The song was written by Tony Hatch (along with his wife Jackie Trent) and the relationship he had with Petula was likened to the one between Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick. The whole hippy thing was happening on the West Coast of America but flower power and psychedelia definitely didn’t come to my Scottish village so the kind of music listened to by families like mine, who watched mainstream television, came from people like Pet Clark, Cilla, Dusty, Lulu and The Seekers. One of these songs was Don’t Sleep In The Subway by Petula Clark simply because it summed up the sound of my 1960s. Turns out many hits from that era were recorded by a whole host of other artists and Petula Clarkoften released songs previously recorded by Mr Williams.Ī good few years ago after discovering iTunes, we went a bit mad revisiting the “tracks of our years” and probably down to the nostalgia element of remembering happy times as a child with my family, I ended up purchasing quite a few songs from 1967, which was probably the first year I really started to take heed of anything from the world of grown-up music. You’ll find out when the latest blog is posted (usually about once a week).” Click the Facebook logo to go to the seventiesmusic Facebook page and click “Like.Yesterday’s foray into the musical output of Andy Williams, has reminded me of some of those other great songs from the 1960s. It was at #1 on the Australian charts on 16 and 23 September 1967 – this marking Petula’s final appearance at #1 on an official national chart.ĭon’t sleep in the subway – petula clark – 1967 – video The song peaked at #12 on the UK singles chart and #5 on the US singles chart.It was recorded by Petula Clark and released as a single in the UK in April 1967.Don’t Sleep in the Subway was written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent.She has sold more than 68 million records throughout her career.She was one of the key figures in the ’60s UK music invasion of the US. ![]() This success spread to the 1960s, when she became known for a string of hits including, Downtown, My Love, This is My Song (her biggest hit) and Don’t Sleep in the Subway.Following the war and into the 1950s, Petula recorded songs in both French and English and gained international success.Troops would plaster her photos on their tanks for good luck as they advanced into battle. Petula became a mascot of the British Army.Nicknamed the “Singing Sweetheart,” or Britain’s Shirley Temple,” she performed toured the UK with another child performer, Julie Andrews.There followed a series of about 500 appearances in programmes designed to entertain the troops. People loved it so much that it was included in the broadcasted show. During the bombing, the producer asked if someone could perform something/anything to calm the theatre audience. A BBC broadcast she was attending with her father was delayed by an air raid. At nine years old, Petula made her radio debut in accidental fashion.She sang with an orchestra backing and was paid a tin of toffee and a gold wristwatch. Born in 1932, Petula’s first public performance was in a department store in a town called Kingston upon Thames.Okay, so this is a little before the 70s but I heard this song on the radio the other day and checked out Petula Clark on the ol’ internet… you know, we talk about stars with longevity Petula started performing in 1939, and she’s still going!! This is her 1967 hit, Don’t Sleep in the Subway. ![]()
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