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Gene Pitney

Hartford, United States • 1940-02-17 – 2006-04-05

Gene Pitney is credited on 2,759 releases across 686 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,759

Pressings credited

686

Albums

Decades active

294

In collections

Biography

Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, including 11 in the top ten. Among Pitney's most famous hits are "Town Without Pity", "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong." Many of his hits were love song covers, such as "It Hurts to Be in Love" and "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" or neo-Western ballads. He also wrote the early-1960s hits "Rubber Ball" recorded by Bobby Vee, "Hello Mary Lou" by Ricky Nelson, and "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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