<P> "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" also known as "There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner" or "There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1952 . </P> <P> The best - known version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on January 15, 1952 . This recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39663, with the flip side "Doll with a Sawdust Heart ." It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 7, 1952 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6 . </P> <P> Bing Crosby also released a cover version of this song . </P> <P> The song is a story about how a relatively poor man falls in love with a beautiful woman and convinces her how rich he is by taking her out to fancy places, paying for it all by pawning all he has . As the song opens, he's out of things to pawn . </P>

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