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.
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- 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
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!
Lips Are Redder on You:Gene Pitney.
#83 in Australia on MUSICOR Records
in 1964.
INTRO: F Bb C..F Bb C
#1.
F Bb C
There is nothing quite as red as the cherries in
F Am Bb
the trees overhead.
C F Am Bb
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the lips
C F Am Bb C
were redder on you.
#2.
F Bb C
Ah, there's nothing quite as blue as the sky, on
F Am Bb
a summer afternoon.
C F Am Bb
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the eyes
C F Bb C
were bluer on you.
CHORUS:
Gm7 F Gm7 C F
The moment that I saw you, somehow I just knew.
C F Dm G C
When I held you close to me, I could never let you go..
G C G C
and now I know, I love you soooo.
#3.
F Am Bb C F
There's nothing quite as fine as a sweet sugar plum
from the vine.
Bb F Am Bb
Til I kissed your lips I never knew, the kiss was
C F Bb C
sweeter from you.
INTERLUDE: F Am Bb C F Am Bb C F Bb C F Bb C
CHORUS:
G Gm7 F G C F
The moment that I saw you, somehow I just knew.
C F Dm G C
When I held you close to me, I could never let you go..
G C G C.........Gb Db
and now I know, I love you soooo.
#4.
Gb B Db
There is nothing quite as red as the cherries in
Gb Bbm B
the trees overhead.
Db Gb Bbm B
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the lips
Db Gb
were redder on you.
OUTRO:
Abm Db Gb B Fm Gb
Eyes were bluer on you..a kiss was sweeter from you..
B Gb
lips were redder on you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#83 in Australia on MUSICOR Records
in 1964.
INTRO: F Bb C..F Bb C
#1.
F Bb C
There is nothing quite as red as the cherries in
F Am Bb
the trees overhead.
C F Am Bb
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the lips
C F Am Bb C
were redder on you.
#2.
F Bb C
Ah, there's nothing quite as blue as the sky, on
F Am Bb
a summer afternoon.
C F Am Bb
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the eyes
C F Bb C
were bluer on you.
CHORUS:
Gm7 F Gm7 C F
The moment that I saw you, somehow I just knew.
C F Dm G C
When I held you close to me, I could never let you go..
G C G C
and now I know, I love you soooo.
#3.
F Am Bb C F
There's nothing quite as fine as a sweet sugar plum
from the vine.
Bb F Am Bb
Til I kissed your lips I never knew, the kiss was
C F Bb C
sweeter from you.
INTERLUDE: F Am Bb C F Am Bb C F Bb C F Bb C
CHORUS:
G Gm7 F G C F
The moment that I saw you, somehow I just knew.
C F Dm G C
When I held you close to me, I could never let you go..
G C G C.........Gb Db
and now I know, I love you soooo.
#4.
Gb B Db
There is nothing quite as red as the cherries in
Gb Bbm B
the trees overhead.
Db Gb Bbm B
Then you looked at me and then I knew..the lips
Db Gb
were redder on you.
OUTRO:
Abm Db Gb B Fm Gb
Eyes were bluer on you..a kiss was sweeter from you..
B Gb
lips were redder on you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Genealogy
Geneius Viva
Generacija 5
Generacija Bez B (...)
Generacion de Je (...)
Genesis X4
Genetikk
Geneva
Geneva Cruz
Genevieve