( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance - Wikipedia ( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance `` ( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance '' Single by Gene Pitney from the album Only Love Can Break a Heart B - side `` Take It Like a Man '' Released 1962 Format Vinyl, 7 ``, 45 RPM Genre Country pop Length 2 : 49 Label Musicor Songwriter ( s ) Burt Bacharach & Hal David Gene Pitney singles chronology `` Town Without Pity '' ( 1961 ) `` ( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance '' ( 1962 ) `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' ( 1962 ) `` Town Without Pity '' ( 1961 ) `` ( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance '' ( 1962 ) `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' ( 1962 ) `` ( The Man Who Shot ) Liberty Valance '' is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which was released by Gene Pitney in 1962. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4, while reaching No. 2 on Canada 's CHUM Hit Parade, and No. 4 on New Zealand 's `` Lever Hit Parade ''. Although the song never appeared in the film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, there is disagreement about whether the song had been intended to appear in it. Nevertheless, Pitney has stated that the song 's recording session was paid for by Paramount, and that it was midway through the song 's recording session that he found out that the song was not going to be included in the film, when one of the orchestra members told him that the film had been released. Session drummer Gary Chester plays on the recording. The song was ranked No. 36 in the Western Writers of America 's list of the top 100 Western songs of all time, as compiled from a survey of its members. James Taylor released a cover of the song on his 1985 album That 's Why I 'm Here. Chart performance Chart ( 1962 ) Peak position Australia Canada - CHUM Hit Parade New Zealand - Lever Hit Parade US Billboard Hot 100 References Jump up ^ `` Gene Pitney - Chart History - The Hot 100 ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts, chart No. 271 ''. CHUM. June 4, 1962. Archived from the original on June 3, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Flavour of New Zealand : Lever Hit Parade ''. July 12, 1962. Retrieved June 13, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Dominic, Serene ( 2003 ). Burt Bacharach, Song by Song : The Ultimate Burt Bacharach Reference for Fans, Serious Record Collectors, and Music Critics, Music Sales Group. p. 75. Retrieved October 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Western Writers of America ( 2010 ). `` The Top 100 Western Songs ''. American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. This 1960s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(The_Man_Who_Shot)_Liberty_Valance&oldid=855831764 '' Categories : 1962 songs 1962 singles Musicor Records singles Gene Pitney songs Songs with music by Burt Bacharach Songs with lyrics by Hal David 1960s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 August 2018, at 04 : 11 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the song the man who shot liberty valance
Answer: Gene Pitney