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A man possessed of an instantly identifiable voice, GenePitney was one of the most charismatic and powerful song stylists of the 1960s. He racked up a string of hits, at home and abroad, and in the longer term his biggest markets were overseas, notably the UK and Europe. However, although he became known as an interpreter of other writers' songs, Pitney started out as a songwriter rather than a singer, and he wrote a number of his own early releases as well as hits for other artists. This compilation presents thirty of Gene's early compositions (a couple are represented by two vastly different versions of each), several of which are sung by him, under his various guises. Album Tracks 1. Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 2. Jamie & Jane - Classical Rock & Roll 3. Larry Collins - One Step Down 4. Carl Dobkins JR - a Chance to Belong 5. Gene Pitney - Please Come Back 6. Clyde McPhatter - Tomorrow Is A-Comin' 7. Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball 8. Gene & the Embers - Darkness 9. Vikki Carr - He's a Rebel 10. Billy Bland - Harmony 11. Gene Pitney - I Laughed So Hard I Cried 12. Roy Orbison - Today's Teardrops 13. Eddie Hodges - Bandit of My Dreams 14. Gene & the Embers - So Tired 15. Bill & Boyd - Love My Life Away 16. Ray Peterson - Across the Street 17. Gene Pitney - a Greater Love 18. Billy Fury - Talking in My Sleep 19. Tommy Edwards - Blue Heartaches 20. Jamie & Jane - Faithful Our Love 21. Patti Kogin - Mr Moon, Mr Cupid and I 22. The Kalin Twins - Loneliness 23. Gene & the Embers - Runaway Lover 24. Jimmy Lennon & the Atlantics - Louisiana Mama 25. Ricky Nelson - Sure Fire Bet 26. Gene Pitney - Little Miss Heartbreak 27. Steve Lawrence - Tears from Heaven 28. Billy Bryan - Cradle of My Arms 29. Buddy Knox - Tomorrow Is A-Comin' 30. Roy Orbison - Twenty-Two Days 31. Gene Pitney - Air
