Forget about the Beatles. The first British Invader who rocked my world was Petula Clark. In December 1964, when I was 8, I couldn't get enough of Downtown. I waited and waited and waited for the song by the cheery-voiced singer to air again and again on New York's WABC and WINS. There was something very "older sister" about that voice, a wise soul who …
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