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"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which was released by Gene Pitney in May 1962. It spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4, [2] while reaching No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [3] and No. 4 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade".
The tune, originally called "Liberty's Whip" after The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, [3] was renamed after the band members saw a surfing movie showing scenes of the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. [4] The record, fitting in with the popular surfing craze of the time, swiftly rose up the Billboard Pop charts, reaching No. 4 and becoming a classic ...
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (/ ˈ v æ l ə n s /) is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart.The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson.
Late in 1987 Negro and Miles formed a rock group, The Band Who Shot Liberty Valance, with Phil "Good-One" Bryant on drums and Trevor Pennington on bass guitar (both ex-Corpse Grinders); and Terry Fosters on harmonica. [6] McFarlane described this group as "lager louts [who] were the ultimate charmless, inner-city party band". [6]
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter and musician. [1]Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten.
The Big Band 1995 Premature Adulation 2004 OT-AIR: 2006 Bunsen Burner - The Album: ... The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Josephine; Day After Day; Sep 2002 Bunsen Burner
In the early 1930s, Mockridge went to Hollywood where he scored and arranged the music for more than a hundred films including Cheaper by the Dozen, River of No Return and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film Guys and Dolls with Jay Blackton. [1]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 2014 Western stage play by Jethro Compton based on the 1953 short story of the same name by Dorothy M. Johnson, which also became the basis for the 1962 Paramount Pictures film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford, starring James Stewart and John Wayne, with the song performed by Gene Pitney.