Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 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, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.
Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling 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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Chorus: GEmCG Baton Rouge or Frisco, it’s always the same EmCG Baton Rouge or Frisco, I can’t forget her name
GmFGmF In the dead of night in my way out of town GmFD And by morning light I was covered in ground CGDG Every part of her was gone I was just moving on EmAmD Till I read next day Marie (??) found And it was much to late to turn around
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Just a passing love that was all I could give Be she understood the way I live All I wanted from Marie was a sweet memory When her lips reached out and touched the man in me And now that memory won’t let me be