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You lucky lady! I feel the same way when I sit down and talk with my favorite chamber musicians.

When I first heard "Downtown", I was floored by the beauty of the tune. Tony Hatch was one amazing composer.

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Rod Argent had scored a hit with his group, the Zombies, earlier with “She’s Not There”. Argent was one of the early practitioners of electric keyboard, and that made his sound special. This came in at #6 on March 9, 1965.

The Zombies: “Tell Her No”

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I have met some real “Rock Stars”...and most of them have been REALLY nice people. (Members of led Zep, iron maiden, Cinderella, Peter Frampton’s Band, Van Morrison’s sax player, The afore mentioned Funk Brothers, David Currier from “Boston”,etc)

You are right about “Downtown”; the melody is beautiful.

“I know a Place”, another Petula Clark song, also has a great melody.