That thread is very good but it gives two conflicting dates for the murder of Kitty Genovese. It was March 13th 1964. The day I was born.

Can anyone recommend a good recording(s) of this song? Since I have an odd tie to this event, it might be nice to have a copy of it.

The perverse thing is that I was fascinated by the case ever since I was a kid and never made the connection that my birth took place during her death until only a few years ago. How I could have missed that, I have no idea. I suppose it always stuck with me because once was I was ten and riding the subway with some family members, we saw one man stab a commuter with nobody lifting a finger to help. That need to feel removed from violence was evident. Later that evening, the adults brought up the Genovese case.

There was a book published about it but it was only a cursory examination of the case. I was out of print for a long time; I don't know that a new edition has ever been made available.