Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney

Todays song comes to us from Gene Pitney, released October of 1961.

This song, from the film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, won a Golden Globe Award for best movie song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. Pitney was the first pop singer to perform at the Oscars ceremony, singing "Town Without Pity" on 9 April 1962. The song lost the Academy Award to "Moon River".

Everytime I hear this song I can't help but think of the dance scene in Look Who's Talking.




Enjoy this 1961 performance from Mr. Gene Pitney



Until tomorrow,

Ms. January Black