Petula Clark - THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JUNE (1965) video free download


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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 1630) After over two decades of success as a singer as well as an actress in the UK and throughout Europe, Miss Clark somewhat re-invented herself in 1964 thanks to songwriters Tony Hatch and later, Jackie Trent. 'Downtown', the tune supplied by Hatch which would eventually become her signature song, she recorded that year and it became a worldwide smash setting into the motion a string of hit singles and albums on both sides of the Atlantic. By the end of 1965, she and Hatch flew to California to record an albums worth of new tunes. The sessions were held at the newly constructed Studio 1 at Hollywood's Western Recorders and Miss Petula had the honor of being the first recording session to initiate it's opening. No expense was held back as a large ensemble of L.A.'s finest session musicians now known as The 'Wrecking Crew' were contracted for the dates. Two songs, 'My Love' and 'A Sign Of The Times' recorded at the November 1965 sessions eventually became huge hit singles. (Warner Bros. quickly changed the album cover artwork/lettering to emphasize those two hit singles). Many of the other tracks recorded which would fill out Petula Clark's LP issued in the U.S. as Warner Bros. 1630 were top notch compositions with wonderful arrangements. One of those being 'The Thirty-First of June' that over the years, has become a favorite among Ms. Clark's many fans and is one that she occasionally will sing in her live performances.

Comments

9 years ago

jackpark7927

Two Rivers and The 31st of June are in the Top 5 Pet Clark classics ...

9 years ago

Armand Alegg

Great song! I'm only familiar with her 1960s hits, but if all her non-single tracks are as good as this, I should have a lot of record collecting ahead ...

9 years ago

Pimpoyo de Loyola

Pimpoyo de Loyola like this song!

10 years ago

Eli Ortega

l'm glad l met this nice lady. My favorite singer. Thanks for posting.

10 years ago

william dixon

I have this song on the "My Love" record album. My very first album purchase and it's here with me. Played it today. This is my favorite song! Wonder why the radio stations never picked it up? It would have been a smash hit!

11 years ago

jackpark7927

This is one of Pet's best efforts ... she offered a wonderful from the Beatles' onslaught... some wonderfully crafted lyrics marked all of her hits.

11 years ago

funnygal200 .

Nice song. Thanks for sharing!

11 years ago

Anthony Reichardt

Great musical memories. Thanks for sharing!

11 years ago

bopava .

I love this song - my favorite on the album is "I Can't Remember Ever Loving You."

11 years ago

JangleRadio365

Great song, one of my favorite tracks off that album.

11 years ago

petclark1

Thanks for posting this track. The majority of the information you've posted is both interesting and correct. However, both Ms. Trent and Mr. Hatch are on record as having said that they didn't start working on songs together until after "I Know a Place",sometime in mid '65. This means that only Tony Hatch was responsible for his pop classic, "Downtown", which was written and recorded in the fall of '64. Ms. Trent did contribute largely to Pet's Lp's, but "Downtown" wasn't one of them.

11 years ago

BaronVonPenguin

Thats great! Nice post!

11 years ago

lesgore54

Heard this first one of those early cd bootleg comps of year by year "Jukebox hits" and was blown away by it. Thank you for the session info.

11 years ago

ALAIN DEWAELE

verny nice anthony enjoy day

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