Gene Pitney

©Gene Pitney
Born: Feb 17, 1941 in Hartford, CT
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Died: Apr 5, 2006 in Cardiff, Wales
Genre: Rock
Styles: Early Pop/Rock, Teen Idol, Brill Building Pop, AM Pop
Biography: One of the most interesting and difficult-to-categorize singers in '60s pop, Gene Pitney had a long run of hits distinguished by his pained, one-of-a-kind melodramatic wail. Pitney is sometimes characterized (or dismissed) as a shallow teen idol-type prone to operatic ballads. It's true that some of ...Read full biography
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