Petula Clark in ‘Shock’ at ‘Downtown’ Being Used by Nashville Bomber: ‘Of All the Thousands of Songs, Why This One?’
Chris Willman Music WriterSinger Petula Clark has issued a statement conveying her dismay at her 1960s classic “Downtown” being blared from an explosives-laden recreational vehicle before it blew up in downtown Nashville Friday morning.“I feel the need to express my shock and disbelief at the Christmas Day explosion in our beloved Music City. I love Nashville and its people,” wrote Clark on Facebook.