Town Without Pity – Single – Gene Pitney

January 20th, 2014

iTunes Price: $1.98

Genre: Rock

Released: 1975

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Town Without Pity – Single – Gene Pitney

Biography

Born: February 17, 1941 in Hartford, CT
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

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 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...