(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
Gene Pitney
1962
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Gene Pitney
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Gene Pitney developed as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in Connecticut, learning guitar, piano and drums. His dramatic tenor brought a forceful character to recordings such as Town Without Pity, I'm Gonna Be Strong and It Hurts to Be in Love. He also wrote songs recorded by other performers, including Hello Mary Lou and He's a Rebel. Collaborations with writers such as Burt Bacharach and Hal David further broadened the material available to his distinctive voice.
Artist background sources
Gene Pitney - Rhino career history
Read historical career narrative for Connecticut, instruments, tenor style, repertoire, songwriting and Bacharach/David association. Omit erroneous Gary Goffin attribution, date/ordinal and chart claims, promotional rankings and lyric quotations. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney appears at number 63 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1962. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1962 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1962 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.