Gene Pitney

Song of the Day: Gene Pitney

Fimoculous.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008

"Town Without Pity," Gene Pitney .

Talk Time

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008

Frank Dunphy - Showbiz accountant and manager of artist Damien Hirst

The Beatles: New pictures on exhibit

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008

NEW pictures of The Beatles are on show as part of a new exhibition of 1960s icons.

Gene Pitney - Troubadour To Troubled Teens

Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

Although in his day he was often dismissed as a lightweight teen idol who just churned out song after song about teenage agony and angst, Gene Pitney managed to sustain a long and mostly successful career. Along the way he explored other genres, performing with everyone from George Jones to the Rolling Stones, and eventually [...]

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Last Plane to Jakarta (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Composers -> Hal David -> "The Look of Love," Dusty Springfield "Walk On By," Dionne Warwick "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," Burt Bacharach "Always Something There To Remind Me," Sandie Shaw "What the World Needs Now," Jackie DeShannon "Reach Out For Me," Nancy Wilson "Wives and Lovers," Jack Jones "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa," Gene Pitney "Don't Make Me Over," Dionne Warwick "Trains and Boats and...

Happy Birthday America!

The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

To all my American friends, and readers, have a wonderful 4th! Here's a classic American movie trailer, matched to Gene Pitney's song of the same name: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Echo columnists: 1. Which band had a hit with He Ain't Heavy, He’s My Brother in 1969 and 1988?

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

2. Who had a hit with 24 Hours From Tulsa in 1963?

Gene Pitney: Proof There Is a God

Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

“I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Any More”; or, Two Old Farts Sitting Around Commenting

The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008

It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John Lennon Elvis Presley Paul Jones Paul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]

"Shindig" Episode 8. Part 1

Bedazzled! (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

"Shindig" Episode 8. First aired: 11/4/1964. Production Code: 8-SHIN-64 The Righteous Brothers - "In That Great Getting' Up Mornin'" Glen Campbell - "Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall" Ketty Lester (with the Blossoms and the Eligibles) – "You Can Have Him" Gene...

XM love

donnaville (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008

I truly do love my XM radio. I hear music that I never heard before mainly because it's simply not the stuff that's overplayed on regular radio. The other day I heard Gene Pitney sing She’s a Heartbreaker. This doesn't sound like his normal stuff– I really like it. I also [...]

Fricke’s Picks: Everyone Sings Newman

Music News (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008

After releasing Randy Newman's 1968 debut album, Randy Newman, to great acclaim and near-zero sales, the singer-songwriter’s label, Reprise, ran a pair of comically desperate ads in this magazine — first all but apologizing for Newman's froggy, unsteady singing (”Once you get used to it, his voice is really something”), then offering to send readers [...]

• Fricke’s Picks: Everyone Sings Newman - Rock and Roll Daily

Music covers QUESTION

Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

There was a 90-minute discussion on the Coverville podcast, episode 450 , about cover music. Brian, the host, posed several questions of the panel of fellow podcasters of cover music. I listened to it some weeks ago, so not all the particulars are fresh in my mind. Still, here are a couple questions inspired by that podcast. 1. What IS a cover version? For instance (and this was on the show), is Eric...

Album Review - The Last Shadow Puppets

Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

Album Review - The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (Domino Records) The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals. This is the debut album of songs written and performed by Alex Turner, Miles Kane and The London Metropolitan Orchestra. The twin vocal delivery of [...]

Review - Blame It On The Dogg (The Swamp Dogg Anthology 1968-1978)

Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Looking at this LP, it's not immediately obvious what it is. Doing a little assuming, I thought 'it's probably some underrated genius too long for his dues... producer... singer..." and basically, that line of thinking is pretty much true. Jerry...