Posted on 08/02/2019 7:26:46 AM PDT by simpson96
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, about a traveling man who detours to a romance in a motel and ends up never returning home, which was a hit for Gene Pitney. The song peaked at #17 on the December 7th, 1963 Hot 100 and #2 on the 6 December 1963 WLS Silver Dollar Survey.
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I don’t remember that song, but I do remember that he had a great voice.
This may be the reason that Tulsa spelled backwards is Aslut
props to the Phoebe song on 'Friends'.
IIRC, Gene Pitney wrote “Hello Mary Lou” that was a big hit for Rick Nelson. It was the “B” side of Ricky’s #1 hit, “Travelin’ Man”
Liberty Valance was good
I remember that song very well. Always liked Gene Pitney.
I also remember this one...with George Jones.
He’s got fishin’ lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He set crops in the swamp catchin’ everythin’ he can
Gotta make a livin’ he’s a Louisiana man.…
He certainly had a very unique voice.
I have a CD of his hits and “It Hurts To Be In Love” is my favorite of his many great songs. The drum riffs sound very “Hal Blaine-ish” but the song was recorded in NY so a local drummer was probably used.
HQ version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWABqBH7Oeo
I remember that one! It was great.
One of the worst renditions I’ve seen or heard of this song was in the movie “The Committments”. Couldn’t find a clip of it though. One of my all time favorite music based movies.
I get a kick out of that title. "Boondock" means "mountain" in Tagalog, so it's like saying, "down in the mountains."
“Liberty Valance” was written by the great writing team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David...but never used in the film.
The folks played that a lot when I was little. Dusty Springfield also did a great version.
Loved “Liberty Valance” too. The movie wasn’t so much.
Well, it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye.Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley, 1963)
I could have a lot of women, but I'm not like some of the guys.
I could find one to hold me tight,
But I could never make believe it's all right.
Great tune. Billie Joe Royal’s orchestration on “Down in the Boondocks” was very obviously inspired by the arrangement of this tune.
I do also like Dusty Springfield’s version of the tune. She puts a lot of soul into it.
Yep, Billie Joe took a big part of that tune from this one.
I first heard "It Hurts to Be in Love" over KRLA--back when it was a 50,000-watt rock blaster at 1110 kilocycles on the AM band, on August 23, 1964. That evening, the Beatles were performing at the Hollywood Bowl, so KRLA's playlist alternated between Beatles songs and new releases such as Gene Pitney's opus.
My favorite Gene Pitney tune is Half Heaven, Half Heartache, from the early months of 1963. Pitney is backed by a full orchestra and chorus, and the arrangement makes effective use of dynamics. I also like Mecca (1963), a tune that is highly politically incorrect in 2019 despite having been co-written by Neval Abounader, an Arab-American.
One of their first chart hits was The Blob by the Five Blobs (1958)
A great voice. My favorite by him is “Town Without Pity”.
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