'60s lovers and humans everywhere. cnn's original series airs at 9:00 eastern. and tonight's show is the plama, the music of the british invasion. boy, do we have a treat for you today. petula clark and her number one galactic hit "downtown." ♪ so much brighter that you can forget all your troubles ♪ ♪ forget all your cares ♪ so go downtown ♪ things will be great when you're downtown ♪ >> you know i was singing along at least lip-syncing to that. >> thank goodness. >> petula clark joins us from london today. what a treat for us. looking fabulous, my love. how are you? you had 15 top 40 hits in the u.s. in the '60s. i cannot believe this. you say you were totally swept up in this, and it took you by surprise that you made it so big in the u.s. >> well, yes, you know, i wasn't expecting it. i was living -- actually, i wasn't even living in the uk. i was living in france. i was married to a frenchman. i had two small children, big career going for me all over