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Gene Pitney is tagged as: 60s, oldies, pop, male vocalists, american

Gene Francis Alan Pitney, b. 17 February 1940 (Hartford, Connecticut, USA), d. 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales).
After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, 5 April 2006, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.
Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first traveling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. “I Wanna Love My Life Away” hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.
His early music recorded for the “musicor” label was romantic, lonely and dramatic, fitting in alongside contemporaries like Buddy Holly, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, & serves as an audio time capsule of a more innocent time.
Gene Pitney - Yesterday’s Hero…
Gene was a Brill Building songwriter who even before his singing career took off, had written one of Ricky Nelson’s biggest hits “Hello Mary Lou”. He had been helped out initially in his career by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, and later recorded some of their songs which became big hits like “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” and the classic “Only Love Can Break A Heart”. At the time his “Only Love…” reco...
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Top 10 Gene Pitney Songs
24 Hours from Tulsa
Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
Town Without Pity
Every Breath I Take
Only Love Can Break A Heart
It Hurts To Be In Love
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
I'm Gonna Be Strong
That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
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Top 10 Gene Pitney Albums
Backstage
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
Golden Hits
The Greatest Hits
Looking Through: The Ultimate Collection
20 Greatest Hits
Gene Pitney: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart: The Collection
I'm Gonna' Be Strong
24 Hours from Tulsa
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