Ur. 17.02.1941 r. w Hartford w stanie Connecticut, USA. Jego pierwszy singel, "Classical Rock'N' Roll" nagrany w 1959 r. w duecie Jamie And Jane wraz z Ginny Mazarro, przeszedł bez echa.Popularność zdobył jako kompozytor przebojów The Kalin Twins ("Loneliness"), Roya Orbisona ("Today's Teardrops") i Bobby'ego Vee ("Rubber Ball").
Solową karierę piosenkarza zapoczątkował nagrany w 1961 r. techniką wielościeżkową singel "I Wanna Love My Life Away" oraz patetyczne westernowe ballady "Town Without Pity" i "Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", ostatecznie odrzucone przez producentów obu filmów, za to popularne w wersjach płytowych. Wczesnym nagraniom towarzyszyły nadal kompozycje pisane dla innych wykonawców, z których "Hello Mary Lou" i "He's A Rebel" stały się przebojami odpowiednio Ricky'ego Nelsona i grupy The Crystals.
W 1963 r. Pitney odbył tournee po Wielkiej Brytanii. Kompozycja Burta Bacharacha "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" weszła do brytyjskiej Top 10, a spotkanie z Mickiem Jaggerem i Keithem Richardsem zaowocowało nagraniem przez artystę kompozycji obu Stonesów, "This Girl Belongs To Yesterday".
Pomimo równoległej inwazji muzyki beatowej, melodramatyczne przeboje Pitneya (wykonywane charakterystycznym, przechodzącym w falset głosem ) odnosiły sukcesy w USA, a zwłaszcza w Wielkiej Brytanii. Do najpopularniejszych z nich należały: "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (z 1964 r.) autorstwa Barry'ego Manna i Cynthii Weills "I Must Be Seeing Things", "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love" i "Princess In Rags" (z 1965 r.), "Backstage", "Nobody Needs Your Love" Randy'ego Newmana i "Just One Smile" (z 1966 r.) oraz "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" z 1967 r.
Mniejszym powodzeniem cieszył się nagrany w 1968 r. singel "Somewhere In The Country" z kontrowersyjnym tekstem o matce nieślubnego dziecka (swoistym uzupełnieniem "Twenty Four Hour From Tulsa", opisującym pozamałżeński wyskok podróżującego służbowo po Stanach ojca rodziny ). Pitney nagrywał też albumy w języku włoskim i hiszpańskim, jego zaś piosenka "Nessuno Mi Puo Guidicare" zdobyła drugie miejsce na festiwalu w San Remo w 1966 r.
Jego dorobek obejmował też longplaye country, na których piosenkarzowi towarzyszyli George Jones i Melba Montgomery. Pod koniec lat sześćdziesiątych, mniej popularny w USA, koncentrował się na występach w Europie, z powodzeniem lansując tam single: "Maria Elena" (z 1969 r.), "Shady Lady" (z 1970 r.) i "Blue Angel" (z 1974 r.). W 1988 r. na szczyt brytyjskiej listy przebojów trafiła nieoczekiwanie nowa wersja "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart", wykonywana przez Pitneya w duecie z Markiem Almondem.
Singles
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz | ||||||
| (I Wanna) Love My Life Away / I Laughed So Hard I Cried | Gene Pitney | 01.1961 | 26[11] | 39[8] | Musicor 1002 | [written by Gene Pitney][produced by Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| Every Breath I Take / Mr. Moon, Mr. Cupid, and I | Gene Pitney | 06.1961 | - | 42[8] | Musicor 1011 | [written by Gerry Goffin,Carole King][produced by Phil Spector,Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| Town Without Pity / Air Mail Special Delivery | Gene Pitney | 10.1961 | 32[6] | 13[19] | Musicor 1009 | [written by Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin][produced by Aaron Schroeder][tytułowa piosenka z filmu] | ||||||
| (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance / Take It Like a Man | Gene Pitney | 04.1962 | - | 4[13] | Musicor 1020 | [written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David][produced by Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| Only Love Can Break a Heart / If I Didn't Have a Dime | Gene Pitney | 09.1962 | - | 2[14];B:58[7] | Musicor 1022 | [written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David][produced by Schroeder ][1[2].Adult Contemporary Chart][16[2].R&B Chart] | ||||||
| Half Heaven, Half Heartache / Tower Tall | Gene Pitney | 12.1962 | - | 12[12] | Musicor 1026 | [written by Aaron Schroeder,Wally Gold,George Goehring][produced by Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| Mecca / Teardrop by Teardrop | Gene Pitney | 03.1963 | - | 12[11];B:130[1] | Musicor 1028 | [written by N. Nader-J. Gluck Jr.][produced by Schroeder ] | ||||||
| True Love Never Runs Smooth / Donna Means Heartbreak | Gene Pitney | 07.1963 | - | 21[11] | Musicor 1032 | [written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David][produced by Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| 24 Hours From Tulsa / Lonely Night Dreams | Gene Pitney | 10.1963 | 5[19] | 17[11] | Musicor 1034 | [written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David] | ||||||
| That Girl Belongs to Yesterday / Who Needs It | Gene Pitney | 01.1964 | 7[12] | 49[7];B:131[2] | Musicor 1036 | [written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards][produced by Andrew Loog Oldham] | ||||||
| Yesterday's Hero / Cornflower Blue | Gene Pitney | 05.1964 | - | 64[5] | Musicor 1038 | [written by A. Schroeder, W. Gold, C. Spencer, A. Cleveland][produced by Aaron Schroeder] | ||||||
| It Hurts to Be in Love / Hawaii | Gene Pitney | 07.1964 | 36[4] | 7[16] | Musicor 1040 | [written by Miller, Greenfield][produced by Helen Miller , Howard Greenfield] | ||||||
| I'm Gonna Be Strong / Aladdin's Lamp | Gene Pitney | 10.1964 | 2[14] | 9[12] | Musicor 1045 | [written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil][produced by Geld, Udell] | ||||||
| I Must Be Seeing Things / Marianne | Gene Pitney | 02.1965 | 6[10] | 31[7] | Musicor 1070 | [written by Irwin Levine,Al Kooper,Bob Brass][produced by Schroeder, Gold] | ||||||
| I've got five dollars and it's saturday night/Wreck on the highway | George Jones & Gene Pitney | 04.1965 | - | 99[1] | Musicor 1066 | [written by Ted Daffan][produced by Pappy Daily] | ||||||
| Last Chance To Turn Around / E Se Domani | Gene Pitney | 05.1965 | - | 13[10] | Musicor 1093 | [written by Melrose,Bruno,Bob Elgin][produced by Gene Pitney, Stan Kahan] | ||||||
| I'm a fool to care/Louisiana man | George Jones & Gene Pitney | 06.1965 | - | 115[2] | Musicor 1097 | [#42 hit for Joe Barry in 1961] | ||||||
| Looking Thru the Eyes of Love / There's No Living Without Your Loving | Gene Pitney | 07.1965 | 3[12] | 28[8] | Musicor 1103 | [written by Barry Mann,Cynthia Weil] | ||||||
| Princess in Rags / Amore Mio | Gene Pitney | 11.1965 | 9[12] | 37[8] | Musicor 1130 | [written by Roger Atkins,Helen Miller] | ||||||
| Nessuno Mi Puo` Giudicare / A Nome Mio | Gene Pitney | 03.1966 | - | 115[3] | Musicor 1155 | [written by Panzeri, Pace, Beretta, Del Prete][produced by Gene Pitney , Stanley Kahan] | ||||||
| Backstage / Blue Color | Gene Pitney | 04.1966 | 4[10] | 25[8] | Musicor 1171 | [written by Willie Denson,Fred Anisfield][produced by Gene Pitney , Stanley Kahan] | ||||||
| Nobody Needs Your Love / Dream World | Gene Pitney | 06.1966 | 2[13] | - | Stateside SS 518 [UK] | [written by Randy Newman][produced by Gene Pitney] | ||||||
| (In the) Cold Light of Day / The Boss' Daughter | Gene Pitney | 09.1966 | - | 115[4] | Musicor 1200 | [written by Weiss, English][produced by Gene Pitney,, Stanley Kahn] | ||||||
| Just One Smile / The Boss's Daughter | Gene Pitney | 12.1966 | 8[12] | 64[6] | Musicor 1219 | [written by Randy Newman] | ||||||
| Animal Crackers (In Cellophane Boxes)/Don't Mean to Be a Preacher | Gene Pitney | 03.1967 | - | 106[4] | Musicor 1235 | [written by Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon][produced by Joe Wissert] | ||||||
| Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart / Building Up My Dream World | Gene Pitney | 11.1967 | 5[13] | 130[2] | Musicor 1252 | [written by Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook][produced by Stanley Kahan] | ||||||
| Somewhere in the Country / Lonely Drifter | Gene Pitney | 04.1968 | 19[9] | - | Stateside SS 2103 [UK] | [written by George Tobin, Johnny Cymbal][produced by George Tobin, Johnny Cymbal] | ||||||
| She's a Heartbreaker / Conquistador | Gene Pitney | 05.1968 | - | 16[13] | Musicor 1306 | [written by Charlie Foxx , Jerry Williams][produced by Charlie Foxx] | ||||||
| Yours Until Tomorrow / (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days | Gene Pitney | 11.1968 | 34[7] | - | Stateside SS 2131 [UK] | [written by Gerry Goffin,Carole King][produced by Stanley Kahan,Gene Pitney] | ||||||
| Billy You're My Friend / Lonely Drifter | Gene Pitney | 11.1968 | - | 92[3] | Musicor 1331 | [written by Edward Goldman][produced by Gerry Bron] | ||||||
| Maria Elena / The French Horn | Gene Pitney | 03.1969 | 25[6] | - | Stateside SS 2142 [UK] | [written by Anthony Hazzard ][produced by Gerry Bron] | ||||||
| She Let's Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning) / I Remember | Gene Pitney | 12.1969 | - | 89[5] | Musicor 1384 | [written by P.Vance, L.Carr][produced by Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss] | ||||||
| A Street Called Hope / Think of Us | Gene Pitney | 03.1970 | 37[5] | - | Stateside SS 2164 [UK] | [written by Greenaway-Cook][produced by Gerry Bron] | ||||||
| Shady Lady / Billy You're My Friend | Gene Pitney | 10.1970 | 29[8] | - | Stateside SS 2177 [UK] | [written by Gentry, Lordi][produced by Bo Gentry] | ||||||
| 24 Sycamore / Billy You're My Friend | Gene Pitney | 04.1973 | 34[7] | - | Pye Int. 7N 25606 [UK] | [written by Les Reed, Barry Mason][produced by Gerry Bron][oryginalnie nagrana przez Wayne Fontana] | ||||||
| Blue Angel / Song Without a Friend | Gene Pitney | 11.1974 | 39[4] | - | Bronze BRO 11 [UK] | [written by Roger Cook][produced by Roger Cook] | ||||||
| Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond with Gene Pitney | 01.1989 | 1[4][12] | - | Parlophone R 6201 [UK] | [written by Roger Cook , Roger Greenaway][produced by Bob Kraushaar ] | ||||||
| EP. | - | |||||||||||
| 24 Hours From Tulsa | Gene Pitney | 02.1964 | 7[16] | - | Stateside SE 1027 [UK] | - | ||||||
| That Girl Belongs To Yesterday | Gene Pitney | 02.1965 | 13[7] | - | Stateside SE 1028 [UK] | - | ||||||
| Backstage | Gene Pitney | 07.1966 | 6[3] | - | Stateside SE 1040 [UK] | - | ||||||
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| Only Love Can Break a Heart | Gene Pitney | 12.1962 | - | 48[15] | Musicor 3003 | [produced by Aaron Schroeder , Wally Gold ] |
| Sings Just for You | Gene Pitney | 05.1963 | - | 85[7] | Musicor 3004 | [produced by Aaron Schroeder , Wally Gold ] |
| World-Wide Winners | Gene Pitney | 08.1963 | - | 41[31] | Musicor 3005 | [produced by Aaron Schroeder , Wally Gold ] |
| Blue Gene | Gene Pitney | 11.1963 | 7[11] | 105[6] | Musicor 3006 | [produced by Aaron Schroeder , Wally Gold ] |
| Big Sixteen | Gene Pitney | 04.1964 | 12[6] | 87[9] | Musicor 3008 | [produced by Aaron Schroeder , Wally Gold ] |
| It Hurts to Be in Love | Gene Pitney | 11.1964 | - | 42[17] | Musicor 3019 | - |
| George Jones & Gene Pitney | Gene Pitney | 03.1965 | - | 141[4] | Musicor 3044 | [produced by "Pappy" Daily] |
| I'm gonna be strong | Gene Pitney | 03.1965 | 15[2] | - | Stateside SL 10 120 [UK] | - |
| I Must Be Seeing Things | Gene Pitney | 07.1965 | - | 112[9] | Musicor 3056 | - |
| Looking Through the Eyes of Love | Gene Pitney | 09.1965 | 15[5] | 43[24] | Musicor 3069 | [produced by Gene Pitney, Stanley Kahan] |
| Big Sixteen, Vol. 3 | Gene Pitney | 03.1966 | 40[1][04.67] | 123[8] | Musicor 3085 | - |
| Nobody Needs Your Love | Gene Pitney | 09.1966 | 13[17] | 123[8] | Stateside SL 10 183 [UK] | - |
| Greatest Hits Of All Time | Gene Pitney | 12.1966 | - | 61[51] | Musicor 3102 | - |
| Young and Warm and Wonderful | Gene Pitney | 03.1967 | 39[1] | - | Stateside SSL 10 194 [UK] | [produced by Gene Pitney, Stanley Kahan] |
| She's a Heartbreaker | Gene Pitney | 09.1968 | - | 193[3] | Musicor 3164 | - |
| Best of Gene Pitney | Gene Pitney | 09.1969 | 8[9] | - | Stateside SSL 10 286 [UK] | - |
| His 20 Greatest Hits | Gene Pitney | 10.1976 | 6[14] | - | Arcade ADEP 22 [UK] | - |
| Backstage-The Greatest Hits and more | Gene Pitney | 10.1990 | 17[7] | - | Polydor 8471191 [UK] | - |
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