![PETULA CLARK with her golden disc 1965.(Credit Image: © Gilloon/Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com Stock Photo - Alamy PETULA CLARK with her golden disc 1965.(Credit Image: © Gilloon/Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CM2AMP/petula-clark-with-her-golden-disc-1965credit-image-gilloonglobe-photoszumapresscom-CM2AMP.jpg)
PETULA CLARK with her golden disc 1965.(Credit Image: © Gilloon/Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com Stock Photo - Alamy
Vinyl of The Day #vinyloftheday - 23rd January 1965, 'Downtown' made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952.
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Petula Clark gets a golden disc for 'Downtown', her record which sold a million copies. 1st March 1965 Stock Photo - Alamy
![In 1965 with the song "Downtown", Petula Clark becomes the second British female singer to score a No.1 hit on the U.S music charts | Pop Expresso In 1965 with the song "Downtown", Petula Clark becomes the second British female singer to score a No.1 hit on the U.S music charts | Pop Expresso](https://www.popexpresso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/clark_MAIN.jpg)