There's a Pawn Shop on The Corner by Guy Mitchell

[ButterscotchKels1]

a great song, i was 12 years old when it was released. a great combination, mitchell,mitch miller and chorus'

[marisol4587]

I was 8 yrs old when this song was recorded. We did not have a television and listened to the radio all day. This was one of my favorites.

[SuperRosie123]

Must have heard this on the old BBC radio light programme when I was little. (I'm 57) I visited Pittsburgh with our school band in 1973.

[CosmopolitanFools]

This was such a bouncy, "fool for love" type song - it comes from when a song could not need to carry a message to be dubbed as 'our song' but just a story to make people happy! Incredible rendition....

[ohannahdad]

@CosmopolitanFools Good to know that someone besides me still listens to this beautiful stuff. I was there for some of it!! I love all of it!!

[vityenka]

Guy, you sent back to the 50's and set me singing again......I loved you then and more so now!!!

Victor from Malta, now in Sydney......

[telsport]

Great stuff from my early youth. Maybe the Snookie of my era (Lanson) sang it on Your Hit Parade, too.

Tom Loughlin Jr, Utica NY

[chloeandrandomthings]

My grandad used to play this in his car

R.I.P Grandad xx

[kdowns350]

this is the same melody as "little boxes" isnt it?

[pattigee1]

Great voice, great arrangement, great song!

[Inferalanding]

It sounds like the tune for Malvina Reynolds song about little boxes on the hillside might have been influenced a lot by this song.

[guinnestic]

thanks for this.. my grandmother played this to me as a child...(im 40 now) Real blast from the past.. great memories.. thanks again :)

[TheDADDYBAILEY]

Great memories of happy times in the 50's, as the song goes ,They can't take that away from me . thanks Guy.

[fromthesidelines]

The song's official title was "Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania", recorded in February 1952. Typical Mitch Miller-produced "folk novelty", with whooping french horns and xylophone in the background...

[mattrba]

I love this true Pittsburgh Classic! :)

[mollymitch1]

Anyone after Guy Mitchell's music he has a cd called the Collection. You'd probably find it on ebay or somewhere lake that, it's good listening.

[verdew8181]

They just don't write songs like this anymore.

[hendrixzilla]

Pawn Stars should use this song as their theme song!

[planetrockford]

Interesting

[mijand]

my old dad taught me all these songs when i was a kid,he was born in Detroit,hes dead now,i know every word like the time he sang them to me,thanks for posting

[melodharmony]

This wasn't sophisticated music just great fun to sing along to Oh! for those heady days when we were young.............nowadays its more likely there would be a porn shop on the corner, although the pawn shops are making a comeback, pity the good songs can't.

[dramusic]

There's a cry baby that lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his bubble just burst!

[ThePattycake1313]

Like Bing Crosby version better. Not bad though!

[cf1934]

@ThePattycake1313 Ididn't even know Bing sang it! Guy has the perfec voice for this type of song!

[ThePattycake1313]

@ThePattycake1313 Yep, but you have to listen to it on Amazon, or look elsewhere, I can't find it on youtube. He did it live, so he shortened it a tad.

[CarlDuke]

Wonderful song by Guy Mitchell, but the actual title is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[IVORIESMAN]

@CarlDuke That's the title of the US Columbia release. The UK release was There's a Pawn Shop on a Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[CarlDuke]

@IVORIESMAN Thanks for that info. But in that case shouldn't it have been a Dolly Shop. A bit of old English humour.

[IVORIESMAN]

@CarlDuke You are probably right. By the way - "Feet Up (Pat him on the Bo-Po)" - would it have been allowed these days?!

[TonyForsyth]

I heard this song only once before, on the Lawrence Welk Show! Thank you for the excellent post!

[diddydiddycool]

Brilliant. The memories are overwhelming and treasured. Thanks for this record nan. The only thing I asked for when we lost you. RIP my most intimate friend. Love you forever. Think of you every day... breaks my heart that you're not here.

[she9829]

Nice song.

[HiWayLady49]

How sweet. I haven't heard this song in so many years. Loved it. Thanks

[ABDagley]

What a sweet song

[viv7152]

Just heard this song for the first time, what a fab tune, love it

[KnightVow]

This was a top 5 song in 1952. Thanks for the old Pittsburgh photos. The city has changed dramatically since the old steel days and is a gem.

[gabes94]

Does anyone know when this song was written, recorded and/or popular?

[petrojak2]

They played this song a lot when I was a little kid, but I thought that the lyrics went "There's a corn shop on the corner...". So I had visions of coming out with big bags of popcorn!

[1AussieAvenger1]

wow what a classic song. i wasnt even born but first heard it on some of my parents records. a mate and i used to play cassettes of old stuff in a truck. it was a challenge to bring the best golden oldies. this is one of them.

guy mitchell is a legend.

[HIGHSCHOOLHOP]

Great old pictures of Pittsburgh and surrounding area. Forbes Field, Kennywood Park, West View Park and Downtown. Several of my old 45's came from Gimbels, Hornes and Kaufmans. My mother always enjoyed shopping in downtown Pittsburgh.