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Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney
Hartford, USpop, rock, folk
327.7m all-time streams (2 Feb '26)
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.
Some of his biggest hits -- "Town Without Pity," "Only Love Can Break a Heart," "I'm Gonna Be Strong," "It Hurts to Be in Love," and "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" -- are archetypes of adolescent or just-post-adolescent agony, characterized by longing and self-pity.
Some of his biggest hits -- "Town Without Pity," "Only Love Can Break a Heart," "I'm Gonna Be Strong," "It Hurts to Be in Love," and "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" -- are archetypes of adolescent or just-post-adolescent agony, characterized by longing and self-pity.
