Gene Italiano

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Gene Italiano
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Studio album by Gene Pitney
Released 1964
Genre Pop
Length31:51
Label Musicor
Gene Pitney chronology
Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen
(1964) Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen1964
Gene Italiano
(1964)
It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs
(1964) It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs1964
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Gene Italiano is American singer Gene Pitney's eighth album, and first foreign language album, released on the Musicor label in 1964. The album features a number of Pitney's biggest early hits recorded in Italian, including "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa", "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart". [2]

Gene Pitney American singer and songwriter

Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer.

Musicor Records was a New York City-based record label, active during the 1960s and 1970s. The label was founded by songwriter Aaron Schroeder and distributed by United Artists Records. In 1965, UA employee and A&R man Art Talmadge started his own Talmadge Productions company and, along with fellow UA employee/A&R man Harold "Pappy" Daily, bought the Musicor label from UA.

Italian language Romance language

Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. Italian, together with Sardinian, is by most measures the closest language to Vulgar Latin of the Romance languages. Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria. It formerly had official status in Albania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro (Kotor) and Greece, and is generally understood in Corsica and Savoie. It also used to be an official language in the former Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa, where it plays a significant role in various sectors. Italian is also spoken by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia. In spite of not existing any Italian community in their respective national territories and of not being spoken at any level, Italian is included de jure, but not de facto, between the recognized minority languages of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania. Many speakers of Italian are native bilinguals of both standardized Italian and other regional languages.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "A Poche Ore Da Te (Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa)" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 2:58
  2. "Città Spietata (Town Without Pity)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:53
  3. "Un Soldino (If I Didn't Have A Dime)" (Bert Russell, Phil Medley) – 2:28
  4. "Ritorna (Half Heaven, Half Heartache)" (Aaron Schroeder, George Goehring, Wally Gold) – 2:48
  5. "Resta Sempre Accanto A Me (True Love Never Runs Smooth)" (David, Bacharach) – 2:25
  6. "E Se Domani (If Tomorrow)" (Carlo Alberto Rossi, Giorgio Calabrese)– 2:51
  7. "Che Sara Di Me (What Will Happen To Me)" – 2:11
  8. "Quando Vedrai La Mia Ragazza (When You See My Girl)" (Enrico Ciacci) – 2:42
  9. "E Quando Viene La Notte (Come The Night)" (Daniele Pace)– 2:53
  10. "Non Lasciamoci (Only Love Can Break A Heart)" (David, Bacharach) – 2:51
  11. "Foglie Morte (Autumn Leaves)" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma) – 2:36
  12. "Vorrei Capire Perchè (Tell Me Why)" (Giuseppe Torrebruno, Leo Chiosso) – 2:15

EP track listing

An EP from the album Canta en Italiano was released by Hispavox in Spain

  1. Amici Miei 2:55
  2. E Cuando Viene La Notte 2:49
  3. Saro Forte 2:14
  4. I Tuoi Anni Piu Belli 3:07

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References

  1. Gene Italiano at AllMusic
  2. Billboard - 17 Oct 1964 - Page 57 MM2018/MS3018 GENE — ITALIANO Gene Pitney The unusual for Pitney ... and a first. Gene sings old favorites and brand new tunes in Italian. A real treat and a must album for all Pitney fans. Has all of the makings of a hit album.