Biography:

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.

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• 24 Hours From Tulsa
• 24 Sycamore
• A Street Called Hope
• Aladdins Lamp
• Angelica
• Animal Crackers In Cellophane Boxes
• Backstage
• Baton Rouge Or Frisco
• Being Together
• Billy Youre My Friend
• Black Is Black
• Blue Angel
• Born To Lose
• Cara Mia
• Cry Your Eyes Out
• Donna Means Heartbreak
• Dream For Sale
• Every Breath I Take
• Eyes Talk
• Foolkiller
• For Me This Is Happy
• Gene Are You There
• Get Rosetta On The Phone
• Go Cry Your Eyes Out
• Going Back To My Love
• Half Heaven Half Heartache
• Half The Laughter Twice The Tears
• Hate
• Heartbreaker
• Hello Mary Lou
• I Cant Make It Without You
• I Love You More Today
• I Must Be Seeing Things
• I Really Dont Want To Know
• I Want To Love My Life Away
• If I Didnt Have A Dime
• If I Never Get To Love You
• If I Only Had Time
• Ill Find You
• Im Gonna Be Strong
• Im Gonna Listen To Me
• Im Up To My Neck In Iou
• It Hurts To Be In Love
• Its Not That I Dont Love You
• Ive Got Five Dollars And Its Saturday Night
• June Is As Cold As December
• Just One Smile
• Keep Tellin Yourself
• Last Chance To Turn Around
• Lay Down Your Arms
• Let The Heartaches Begin
• Lips Are Redder On You
• Little Betty Falling Star
• Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
• Louisiana Mama
• Love Grows
• Love My Life Away
• Maria Elena
• Marianne
• Mecca
• Melissa And Me
• Mission Bell
• Mr Moon Mr Cupid And I
• Nobody Needs Your Love
• Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do
• Not Responsible
• Oceans Away
• Only Love Can Break A Heart
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart
• Pretty Annabelle
• Princess In Rags
• Save Your Love
• Shady Lady
• She Lets Her Hair Down
• Somethings Got A Hold Of My Heart
• Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart
• Somewhere In The Country
• Stand By The One Who Loves Me
• Summertime Dreaming
• Sure Fire Bet
• Take It Like A Man
• Take Me Tonight
• Teardrop By Teardrop
• That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The More I Saw Of Her
• Theres No Living Without Your Loving
• Think Of Us
• Time And The River
• Todays Teardrops
• Tower Tall
• Town Without Pity
• Trans
• True Love Never Runs Smooth
• Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
• Twenty
• Who Needs It
• Yesterdays Hero
• Yours Until Tomorrow

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