The Many Sides of Gene Pitney

by Gene Pitney

The Many Sides of Gene Pitney cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1962
  • Label: Musicor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:40
  • Community rating: 3.05/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pitney's debut album was the first LP released on Aaron Schroeder's Musicor label, with Schroeder himself producing. Nine of its thirteen songs are Pitney's own, including 'Hello Mary Lou', written for Ricky Nelson, alongside Goffin and King's 'Every Breath I Take' and the million-selling 'Town Without Pity'.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, crooning, accessible, ballad, storytelling, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Town Without Pity (2:53)
  2. I Wanna Love My Life Away (1:52)
  3. I Laughed So Hard I Cried (2:18)
  4. Dream For Sale (2:32)
  5. Twenty Two Days (2:54)
  6. Today's Teardrops (1:54)
  7. Hello Mary Lou (2:10)
  8. Take Me Tonight (2:35)
  9. Harmony (1:56)
  10. A Greater Love (2:01)
  11. Every Breath I Take (2:45)
  12. Sure Fire Bet (1:45)
  13. A Chance To Belong (2:05)

Credits

  • Gene Pitney - primary artist, written-by
  • Aaron Schroeder - producer, written-by
  • Maurice Seymour - photography by [cover photograph by]
  • Dimitri Tiomkin - written-by
  • Ned Washington - written-by
  • Anne Orlowski - written-by
  • Phil Spector - written-by
  • Terry Philips - written-by
  • Roy Alfred - written-by
  • Wally Gold - written-by
  • Goffin And King - written-by

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