Tag: music

Q1. Tulsa

Q2. Gene Pitney

“Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa 
Ah, only one day away from your arms 
I saw a welcoming light 
And stopped to rest for the night” 

The song, titled Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa, achieved international stardom for Pitney due to its chart success peaking at number five in the UK and seventeen in the US. Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the song is featured on Pitney’s fifth album, Blue Gene.

The lyrics narrate a man’s journey home to his beloved, where he stops at a motel for the night and falls in love with a woman who takes him to a café, ultimately abandoning his return home.

Read “24 Hours From Tulsa” by Gene Pitney on Genius

“Oh, I was only twenty four hours from … 
Ah, only one day away from your arms 
I saw a welcoming light 
And stopped to rest for the night”

The above lines are taken from a Burt Bacharach and Hal David song that achieved chart success in 1963—a top five hit in the UK and a top twenty hit in the US.

Q1. What US city was the singer only twenty-four hours away from?

Q2. Who is the singer, born on 17 February, who achieved the chart success mentioned above?

The answers will be posted later today.