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	Gene Pitney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pitney was a successful '60s artist, scoring 16 top forty songs in the USA from 1961 to 1968, and forty such songs in the UK, all the way up to 1974.
		Pitney's label, "Musicor Records" was primarily involved in country and western music and Pitney began recording material in that vein.
		Pitney withstood the initial onslaught of the British Invasion fairly well, scoring Top 10 hits in 1964 with "It Hurts To Be In Love" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong." The same year he began recording albums in foreign languages.
	www.classicbands.com /pitney.html (1291 words)

	Gene Pitney Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gene Pitney is an interesting figure on the face of the rock-and-roll map.
		Under the guidance of Phil Spector, Gene recorded a song for Musicor in 1961 that was to be his breakthrough hit.
		Pitney had 16 top forty songs in the USA from 1961 to 1968, and he had more than forty such songs in the UK all the way up to 1989.
	www.tsimon.com /pitney.htm (580 words)

	Gene Pitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pitney is also well remembered for his stirring rendition of the title song to the movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, (1962) which starred Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, and Lee Marvin.
		Pitney decided to spend six months of each year on the road, and the remainder with the Rockville sweetheart he married, and his three young sons.
		Pitney died on April 5, 2006 at the age of 66.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gene_Pitney (891 words)

	Gene Pitney biography: hall o fame hit rock music composer singer
		Gene was so impressed with the acetate that he recorded the song the same way it was arranged for Neil.
		In 2002, I found the proof that Gene was born February 17, 1940 (in the March 10, 1940 Hartford Courant birth announcements).
		Gene returned from his 1964 tour of Europe with the first Mick Jagger/Keith Richards composition to be released in the states.
	www.genepitneybook.com (1569 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Gene Pitney found dead in hotel
		Pitney - who found fame with Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - was pronounced dead at the Hilton hotel at 1000 BST.
		Pitney's songs have been recorded by some of the world's biggest stars - Hello Mary Lou was released by Rick Nelson, Roy Orbison recorded Today's Teardrops as the B-side to his million-selling single, Blue Angel.
		The son of a mill worker, Pitney said childhood ambitions of becoming a performer could not have been further from his mind.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/4878926.stm (563 words)

	Gene Pitney
		Pitney broke into the music as a songwriter in his late teens, getting his first taste of success when Rick Nelson had a hit with "Hello Mary Lou" and "Rubber Ball" for Bobby Vee in 1961.
		Pitney's first success as a singer came from one of the song demos he made.
		Pitney then joined the Pittsburgh rock and roll spectacular in May, and headlined the five week long Galaxy of Stars tour in beginning in late July.
	www.history-of-rock.com /gene_pitney.htm (1068 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Obituary: Gene Pitney
		Gene Pitney went from being a successful songwriter for other acts to become a major international pop star in his own right.
		By 1961, when The Crystals' He's a Rebel gave Pitney his first US No 1 hit as a writer, he was a star in his own right.
		Pitney also enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with country music legend George Jones, with whom he recorded an album of duets.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4879230.stm (440 words)

	The Gene Pitney Music Vault
		I'm deeply saddened to have to inform everyone of the passing of the legendary Gene Pitney.
		He died in his sleep on Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 while on tour in the UK.
		A list of where to find every song Gene has recorded and released.
	members.tripod.com /~colli/pitney/pitney.html (111 words)

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