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| Gene Pitney discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 23 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 80 |
| Collaborative studio albums | 4 |
American singer, songwriter and musician, Gene Francis Alan Pitney (1940 – 2006), known professionally as Gene Pitney, released 23 studio albums, two original live albums, various compilation and archival projects, and 80 singles. His most successful single was "My Love, Forgive Me" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 22 in Canada.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Cashbox | ||
| 1962 | The Many Sides of Gene Pitney | — | — |
| Only Love Can Break a Heart | — | — | |
| 1963 | Gene Pitney Sings Just for You | — | — |
| Blue Gene | 105 | 76 | |
| 1964 | Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland | — | — |
| Gene Italiano | — | — | |
| It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs | 42 | — | |
| 1965 | I Must Be Seeing Things | 112 | — |
| Looking Through The Eyes Of Love | 43 | — | |
| 1966 | Español | ||
| Backstage (I'm Lonely) | |||
| Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare | |||
| The Gene Pitney Show | |||
| The Country Side of Gene Pitney | |||
| 1967 | Young and Warm and Wonderful | ||
| Just One Smile | |||
| Golden Greats | |||
| 1968 | She's A Heartbreaker | 193 | — |
| Pitney Sings Bacharach | |||
| 1981 | This Is Gene Pitney Singing The Platters' Golden Platters | — | — |
| 1971 | Ten Years Later | — | — |
| 1972 | New Sounds Of Gene Pitney | — | — |
| 1975 | Pitney '75 | — | — |
Live albums
[edit]| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Live in England
|
| 1990 | The Final Concert
|
As a collaborative artist
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart
positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US | US | ||
| For the First Time! Two Great Stars - George Jones and Gene Pitney
(with George Jones) |
|
141 | 3 | — |
| George Jones and Gene Pitney (Recorded in Nashville!)
(with George Jones) |
|
— | — | — |
| It's Country Time Again!
(with George Jones) |
|
— | 17 | — |
| Being Together
(with Melba Montgomery)[6] |
|
— | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Singles
[edit]- Note that release dates refer to initial release. Pitney's early singles generally appeared one to four months later in the UK/Australia. Many of his later releases are UK/Australia/NZ only.
| Year | Month | Title | Chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | CA | UK[7] | US | US | |||
| 1959 | "Snuggle Up Baby" (with Ginny Arnell as Jamie and Jane) | ||||||
| "Classical Rock And Roll" (with Ginny Arnell as Jamie and Jane) | |||||||
| 1960 | "Cradle of My Arms" (as Billy Bryan) | ||||||
| "Going Back to My Love" | |||||||
| "I'll Find You" (as Gene Pitney) | |||||||
| "Please Come Back" | |||||||
| 1961 | January | "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" | 29 | 23 | 26 | 39 | |
| April | "Louisiana Mama" | ||||||
| July | "Every Breath I Take" | 42 | |||||
| October | "Town Without Pity" | 31 | 10 | 32 | 13 | ||
| 1962 | April | "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| August | "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (A-side) | 4 | 11 | 2 | |||
| → "If I Didn't Have a Dime (To Play the Jukebox)" (B-side) | 42 | 58 | |||||
| December | "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" | 11 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 1963 | March | "Mecca" (A-side) | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||
| → "Teardrop by Teardrop " (B-side) | 130 | ||||||
| June | "True Love Never Runs Smooth" | 18 | 17 | 21 | |||
| October | "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | ||
| 1964 | January | "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" (A-side) | 9 | 41 | 7 | 49 | |
| → "Who Needs It" (B-side) | 131 | ||||||
| April | "Yesterday's Hero" (A-side) | 18 | 36 | 64 | |||
| → "Cornflower Blue" (B-side) | |||||||
| July | "It Hurts to Be in Love" | 6 | 2 | 36 | 7 | ||
| "Lips Are Redder on You" (Australia-only release) | 83 | ||||||
| October | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 1965 | February | "I Must Be Seeing Things" (A-side) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 31 | |
| → "Marianne" (B-side) | |||||||
| April | "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night"
(with George Jones as George & Gene) |
65 | 99 | 16 | |||
| May | "Last Chance to Turn Around" | 13 | 4 | 13 | |||
| June | "Louisiana Man" (A-side) (with George Jones as George & Gene) | 25 | |||||
| → "I'm a Fool to Care" (B-side) (with George Jones as George & Gene) | 115 | ||||||
| July | "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | ||
| November | "Princess in Rags" | 13 | 2 | 9 | 37 | ||
| "Big Job" (with George Jones as George & Gene) | 50 | ||||||
| 1966 | January | "Baby Ain't That Fine" (with Melba Montgomery) | 15 | ||||
| March | "Nessuno Mi Puo' Giudicare" | 30 | 115 | ||||
| April | "Backstage" | 29 | 2 | 4 | 25 | ||
| May | "That's All It Took" (with George Jones as George & Gene) | 47 | |||||
| June | "Nobody Needs Your Love" (Europe-only release) | 2 | |||||
| July? | "Being Together" (with Melba Montgomery) | ||||||
| September | "(In the) Cold Light of Day" (A-side) | 19 | 38 | 115 | |||
| → "The Boss's Daughter" (B-side) | |||||||
| December | "Just One Smile" (A-side) | 55 | 51[8] | 8 | 64 | ||
| → "Innamorata" (B-side) | |||||||
| 1967 | March | "I'm Gonna Listen to Me" | |||||
| "Animal Crackers (In Cellophane Boxes)" | 87 | 106 | |||||
| April | "Tremblin'" | ||||||
| September | "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" | 69 | 5 | 130 | |||
| 1968 | March | "The More I Saw of Her" | |||||
| "Somewhere in the Country" (Europe-only release) | 19 | ||||||
| April | "She's a Heartbreaker" | 39 | 13 | 16 | |||
| June | "Love grows" (Europe-only release) | ||||||
| October | "Billy, You're My Friend" | 31 | 92 | 92 | |||
| November | "Yours Until Tomorrow" (Europe-only release) | 34 | |||||
| 1969 | March | "Maria Elena" (Europe-only release) | 25 | ||||
| August | "Playing Games of Love" (Australia-only release) | 85 | |||||
| December | "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early in the Morning)" | 88 | 89 | ||||
| 1970 | March | "A Street Called Hope" | 37 | ||||
| October | "Shady Lady" | 29 | |||||
| 1971 | "Higher and Higher" | ||||||
| "Gene Are You There?" | |||||||
| 1972 | "I Just Can't Help Myself" | ||||||
| "Summertime Dreamin'" | |||||||
| 1973 | April | "24 Sycamore" (Europe-only release) | 34 | ||||
| 1974 | October | "Blue Angel" (Europe/Australia-only release) | 2 | 39 | |||
| 1975 | March | "Trans-Canada Highway" (Europe/Australia-only release) | 14 | ||||
| 1977 | "It's Over / It's Over" A medley of two songs with the same title, the first by Roy Orbison, the second by Jimmie Rodgers | ||||||
| "Dedication" | |||||||
| 1989 | January | "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (with Marc Almond) (Europe/Australia-only release) | 24 | 1 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Del Shannon Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 332. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ "George Jones chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "George Jones chart history (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "George Jones chart history (Top Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ Montgomery, Melba; Pitney, Gene (December 1965). "Being Together (Disc Information)". Musicor Records. MS-3077.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 428. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.