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Gene Pitney RIP

We lost a great singer from the 60's with the death of Gene Pitney Wednesday in Cardiff, Wales. He was 65. He had a unique voice, and no covers of his songs ever came close to Gene's version. In homage to him let's list our favorite Pitney memories/songs. I'll get it started with one of his lessor known songs "Half Heaven, Half Heartache". What memories/songs will you associate with him?
bruce_1
madhf
170 posts
 
Indeed a great singer. Liked all of his songs. For John Dean--"Ride Away" was sung by Roy Orbison and is one of my favorites by him.
bruce_1 OP
96 posts
 
All great songs, thank you one and all. I just listened to I'm Gonna Be Strong--wow, what a dramatic, powerful voice and song.

Zaikesman, thanks also for the Pitney trivia, which I did not know.

Pawlowski6132, you really should listen to some of his songs mentioned here. From the comments you see on this thread you can tell he was a special talent.
whatjd
1,139 posts
 
I was lucky,...very lucky to see Gene Pitney at Summerfest in Milwaukee about 10 years ago. I have seen many, many people live...both from the past and from the present. This guy was just super live. I will never forget how much energy, effort and style he put into his performance. And where many sound poor live compared to their recordings....Pitney was better live than on disc.
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