English singer Petula Clark is back 'Downtown' - latimes.com
The 1960's now feels like a long, long time ago, and as with Shirley Bassey, it can be startling to realise a singer from that era is still alive and still working.
It turns out Petula Clark, aged 81, is still at it. I haven't thought about her for a long, long time; but when thinking of "Downtown", I am inclined to join Gerald the Gorilla* and observe that the production on that album is amazing.
Speaking on the big production values of the 1960's, I thought this recent article in The Guardian by Jimmy Webb about the making of Macathur Park with Richard Harris was interesting. (When did Harris die? 2002? Doesn't seem that long ago.)
I suppose I shouldn't be all that surprised that famous singer from the 1960's are still with us, given Paul McCartney and the Stones rarely being out of the news. But it's the ones who you don't think of for ages who suddenly turn up still alive who cause the surprise.
* yes, I know, he was talking of Johnny Mathis, who I see is still alive and aged 78. (I am contractually obliged to mention this sketch at least once a year.)
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