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Gene Pitney

Pop music
Middle of the Road (MOR)
Gene Pitney's emotional voice and extensive range made him one of America's biggest pop stars of the 1960s specialising in big, dramatic, heartbreaking ballads like 24 Hours From Tulsa and I'm Gonna Be Strong - though he was also a talented songwriter too. Raised in Connecticut, Pitney formed his first band Gene & the Genials while still at school, before forming a duo Jamie & Jame (with Ginny Arnell) and in 1959 recorded under the name Billy Bryan. He wrote, played various instruments and sang multi-tracked vocals on his first hit (I Wanna) Love My Life Away in 1961, then had a ...
Songs
It Hurts to Be in Love
It Hurts to Be in LoveGene Pitney

18 All-Time Greatest Hits

Town Without Pity
Town Without PityGene Pitney

Only Love Can Break a Heart

2:54

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Man Who Shot Liberty ValenceGene Pitney

Only Love Can Break a Heart
Only Love Can Break a HeartGene Pitney

Singin' To My Baby

2:49

Wreck on the Highway
Wreck on the HighwayGeorge Jones and Gene Pitney

Together

2:43

Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa
Twenty-Four Hours from TulsaGene Pitney

The Best Gene Pitney

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Albums