Top 10 Tuesday of Groovy Tunes: Petula Clark Goes "Downtown"

Each week I feature 10 groovy tunes that reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the last 50+ years. You can vote for your three favorites, and the five with the most votes move on to the following week when five new songs will be added to the list.

Last week Carly Simon claimed the top spot for the first time with her 1973 hit, "You're So Vain", which received 27 votes out of the 156 cast. And this week she will be challenged by Michael Jackson, Dawn and Petula "Downtown" Clark.

1) "You're So Vain"/Carly Simon (Last Week #3, Week 3) - #1 the week of January 20, 1973



2) "(They Long to Be) Close to You"/Carpenters (LW #1, W26) - 17 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1970



3) "The Sounds of Silence"/Simon & Garfunkel (LW #2, W4) - #1 the week of January 22, 1966



4) "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"/Cher (LW #4, W11) - 16 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1971-72



5) "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"/Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (LW #5, W8) - 15 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1979-80



6) "Downtown"/Petula Clark (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 23, 1965



7) "Knock Three Times"/Dawn (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 23, 1971



8) "Le Freak"/Chic (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 20, 1979



9) "Rock With You"/Michael Jackson (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 19, 1980



10) "Owner of a Lonely Heart"/Yes (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 21, 1984