Fact #86170
When:
Short story:
Gene Pitney enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance. It will become his first Top Five hit, peaking at No4.
Full article:
Gene Pitney : Liberty Valance was something of a natural follow-on from Town Without Pity . Right after that, we were inundated with soundtracks and songs from movies and, when Liberty Valance came along, how can you turn it down? You had John Ford directing, you had Jimmy Stewart, Lee Marvin, John Wayne, a song written by Bacharach and David, and the song was perfect. It was one of the biggest records on a worldwide basis that I ever had.
Tweet this Fact