Did you know?
- Gene Pitney is a member of the Rock 'n' Roll
Hall of Fame.
- Gene Pitney is the first rock singer who sings a hit song at the Academy Awards.
- 1964 - Gene sings Rolling Stones
songs in the UK - leaves taking Jagger/ Richards song, "That Girl Belongs to
Yesterday," a US hit.
- Gene & Marc Almond's song "Something's
Gotten Hold of My Heart"peaks at #1 hit for
the UK.
- Gene Pitney, singer for the Queen Mother,
sings at the UK Palladium.
- In Life Book's "Rock & Roll at 50" Gene list among
the top 100 Rock & Rollers of all time.
- Gene Pitney joins Aaron Schroeder, songwriter for Elvis Presley, as singer for Musicor Records.
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- Gene Pitney is songwriter for #1 hit, "He's
a Rebel".
- Gene sings four successive Bacharach/
David top-twenty hits .
- Gene Pitney sings at San Remo, Italy, #2 hit singer, the
highest position for any non-Italian.
- #1 hit song, "He's a Rebel", prevents #2 hit, "Only Love Can Break a Heart"
from being a #1 hit.
- Gene, singer songwriter. headlines Carnegie
Hall.
- Singer Gene Pitney sings on tour six months a year, 43
continuous years of singing to a full-house.
- Gene is a rock superstar in UK - twenty-two top-fifty hits: one
#1, two #2, one #3, one #4, and two #5.
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