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Petula, while no Dionne Warwick, and Hatch, while no Burt Bacharach, did do a reasonable facsimile
of that sound, and certainly is worth uploading a few of his/her songs here....
"Downtown" and "Call Me" were the only ones up to Bacharach standard, though the other few were pleasant enough...and, I hate to post personal info, but DT was one of the first songs I remember hearing as a small child growing up in the mid 60's, and hearing that can put a smile on my face anytime..just those opening piano notes get me....and I always thought they were singing about my DT in Chicago, the only one I knew...the great thing is everyone has their own DT...and the actual DT sung of in the song was not London, but NYC, per a trip Tony Hatch made out there....and the ironic thing is that no one calls Manhattan DT....uptown yes, but no DT..life is full of ironies!
When I say that Tony Hatch was no Bacharach, I don't mean to demean his talent..he had plenty, but bacharach was in another league altogether...suffice it to say Hatch is the closet approximation therof in the 60's per that style....and I greatly enjoy his tunes....Petula was not a great singer, but certainly had a broadway charisma, was very cute, and did fine...still did not have the subtlety of Springfield/Warwick, but then again Hatch did not have the subtlety of bacharach, so its a draw..
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