Gene Pitney found dead in London hotel room. I really like him,

[Booster]

and I've always said when something happens to the Everly Brothers, I'm having my headstone carved out the same day. Rest in Peace, Gene - you were great.

[tatertop]

1. He was great

[Jigarotta]

2. I remember him fondly.

Spinning my sister's 45's so many years ago.
RIP Gene.

[Faygo Kid]

3. It isn't very pretty what a town without pity - caaaan dooooo.

Great stuff. Another icon. Damn.

[BooScout]

4. Actually it was a Cardiff hotel room....

....different country........same UK.

[Booster]

5. My bad. thanks for correcting.

[justgamma]

6. My favorite singer of all time!

Got through my teen angst by listening to him.

RIP Gene.

[Neil Lisst]

7. Only love can break a heart. Only love can mend it, again.

Didn't he do that one?

He had some really good hits in the mid 1960s. Kind of a BJ Thomas crooner.

And the Everly Brothers? Doesn't get any better.

He com-om-om-omes,
that's Cathy's Clown ...

or

Wake up, little Suzie
wake UP!

[Neil Lisst]

8. here are some of his songs, folks

It Hurts to Be in Love


Every Breath I Take


Only Love Can Break a Heart


Town Without Pity
OH, IT ISN'T VERY PRETTY,
WHAT A TOWN WITHOUT A PITY
CAAAAAA-AN DOOOOOO.


(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valence WHO CAN FORGET THAT ONE?!


I’m Gonna Be Strong


Twenty-four Hours from Tulsa


That Girl Belongs to Yesterday


Something’s Got a Hold of My Heart


(I Wanna) Love My Life Away

[PsN2Wind]

11. One of my favorite Everly Brothers

tunes was "Poor Jenny".
The Everly Brothers, that unlike the loud-mouthed tough talking singers of these times, actually walked away from a music career to join the Marines.

[Neil Lisst]

12. Their hometown is Shenandoah, Iowa.

It is in Tom Harkin's old congressional district, southwest Iowa.

It's a cool little town.

[TheBaldyMan]

9. BBC News said he died in his hotel in Cardiff, Wales

Sad and still had a big following in Britain.

BBC Wales report

[AmandaRuth]

10. heatbreaker, a great great gene pitney song

remember this one?

I've got another heartbreaker on my hands
Girl, I can't stand up to you and be a normal man
My heart can't take it, I'm fallin' in love with you
You'll trap me into doin' things I wouldn't ordinarily do
You're dynamite, you've got me uptight
The way you sock it to me, girl, you're outta sight

Chorus:

Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker

Verse 2:

She's a heartbreakerand all my buddies know
She makes me feel like a king behind closed doors
When we're out on a date and none of it shows
She makes me feel like the lowest man on the totem pole
She's dynamite, she's got me uptight
The way you sock it to me, girl, you're outta sight

(repeat chorus)

Instrumental

What a heartbreaker, the devil on wheels
Whatever you got, you sure make me feel real
I'll keep on hangin' out, hangin' in as long as I can
I can't help myself, here I go again
You're dynamite, you've got me uptight
The way you sock it to me, girl, you're outta sight

(repeat chorus)

Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
My heartbreaker, heartbreaker
Oh heartbreaker, heartbreaker

[PsN2Wind]

13. Big fan of Gene Pitney

But for my generation Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (J.C. Richardson), Richie Valens perishing in that small plane will always be "the Day the Music Died". Not to take anything away from Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison and all the other greats that have left us behind.

[AtomicKitten]

14. He had an exquisite voice.

RIP.

[Jade Fox]

15. Didn't he, though?

I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard him sing. His voice was unique.

He was such a talented man. Singer, songwriter, arranger. :cry:

[Kahuna]

16. Yep! That mold is broken.

:cry:

RIP, Gene!