Product Code: | MM 2001 |
Artist: | Gene Pitney |
Origin: | New Zealand |
Label: | Musicor (1962) |
Format: | LP |
Availability: | In Stock |
Condition: |
Cover: VG+
Record: VG+
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Genre: | Pop , Rock , Rock & Roll U |
Good clean vinyl with a smart gloss flipback cover.
The Many Sides of Gene Pitney is the debut album of Gene Pitney, released on the Musicor label in 1962. It was mostly a collection of previously released singles. Among them was "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" which charted at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 4, 1961 and was on the charts for eight weeks.[2] The song "Every Breath I Take" charted as high as #42 on September 16, 1961, and was on the charts for eight weeks.[3] "Town Without Pity" rose as high as #13 on January 27, 1962 and was on the charts for 19 weeks. [4] It also features two songs that Pitney had previously written for Ricky Nelson, "Hello Mary Lou" and "Today's Teardrops"; the latter also recorded by Roy Orbison.[1]