. . _:b417922640 "0"^^ . "3165888" . "1963 singles" . _:b417922643 "0"^^ . _:b417922653 . _:b417922642 "0"^^ . _:b417922645 "0"^^ . "Jo Stafford songs" . _:b417922649 . . _:b417922644 "0"^^ . "The Lettermen songs" . . _:b417922645 . _:b417922647 "0"^^ . _:b417922646 "0"^^ . _:b417922649 "0"^^ . . "-0.525237"^^ . "0.804279"^^ . . "Capitol Records singles" . _:b417922648 "0"^^ . "5714dee825ac0d8aee54e2a8" . "158000.0"^^ . "Songs written by Irving Gordon" . _:b417922651 "0"^^ . _:b417922650 . . "Culture of Allentown, Pennsylvania" . _:b417922650 "0"^^ . . _:b417922653 "0"^^ . . "1951 songs" . _:b417922652 "0"^^ . "GBAYE9701717" . . "PT158.82555555S"^^ . "-13.4"^^ . "%22Allentown Jail%22 is a folk-style song. Written by Irving Gordon, it tells the story of a man who is caught stealing a diamond for his girlfriend and ends up in the Allentown jail.In 1951, Jo Stafford recorded this song. It was released as a single on Columbia Records.In 1960, Kathy Linden recorded it as her first single on Monument Records. The song became popular in the folk scene. The Kingston Trio recorded a version in 1962 with plans of releasing it as a single, but the single never came to fruition. Their version has since been released on various CD compilations of their works.In 1963, a more harmonic arrangement was performed by The Lettermen and released as a single. This version incurred some success, but only to a minor degree.Other artists who recorded this song include The Seekers, The Springfields (folk group of which Dusty Springfield was a member), Billy Strange and British singers Lita Roza and Karen Young. There is also a French adaptation of the song, %22Les prisons du roy%22, by Edith Piaf, which was later covered by Marianne Faithfull." . _:b417922642 . _:b417922643 . _:b417922640 . _:b417922641 . _:b417922648 . _:b417922646 . _:b417922647 . . _:b417922644 . . _:b417922645 . _:b417922650 . _:b417922651 . _:b417922648 . _:b417922649 . _:b417922646 . _:b417922647 . _:b417922652 . . _:b417922653 . . _:b417922638 . . "Allentown Jail" . "8"^^ . _:b417922634 . _:b417922635 . _:b417922633 . _:b417922632 . _:b417922633 . . _:b417922638 . . _:b417922639 . _:b417922636 . _:b417922637 . _:b417922637 . _:b417922632 . _:b417922641 . _:b417922639 . _:b417922633 "0"^^ . "15904" . _:b417922632 "0"^^ . "0"^^ . _:b417922640 . _:b417922651 . . _:b417922635 "0"^^ . "7459536d-edae-4dd3-a3a8-66c7ab877b7d" . "Irving Gordon" . "false"^^ . _:b417922634 "0"^^ . . _:b417922637 "0"^^ . _:b417922643 . "false"^^ . _:b417922636 . _:b417922636 "0"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b417922635 . "224466"^^ . _:b417922639 "0"^^ . . "-0.312171"^^ . "Allentown Jail" . _:b417922642 . _:b417922638 "0"^^ . "Capitol Records" . _:b417922644 . _:b417922634 . "114.0"^^ . . "2009-05-25"^^ . _:b417922641 "0"^^ . . _:b417922652 . "english" .