Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland

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Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland
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Studio album by Gene Pitney
Released 1964
Genre Folk
Length32:47
Label Musicor
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Blue Gene
(1963) Blue Gene1963
Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland
(1964)
Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen
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Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland is American singer Gene Pitney's sixth album, released on the Musicor label in 1964. Initially released under the title Dedicated to My Teen Queens, the album contains folk songs about young women. The album did not chart and none of the tracks were released as singles.

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.

Folk music musical and poetic creativity of the people

Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.

Track listing

  1. "Those Eyes O' Liza Jane" (Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold) – 2:23
  2. "Laurie" (Don Gohman, Hal Hackady) – 2:23
  3. "Brandy is My True Love's Name" (Atra Baer, Martin Kalmanoff) – 3:00
  4. "My Sali-Ram" (Johnny Mandel, Norman Sachs) – 2:10
  5. "Little Nell" – 3:17
  6. "Melissa and Me" – 2:45
  7. "Oh, Annie, Oh" (Gary Jackson) – 2:35
  8. "Lyda Sue, Wha'dya Do?" (Oramae Diamond, Jimmy Radcliffe) – 1:59
  9. "Carrie" (Schroeder, Gold) – 2:36
  10. "Hey, Pretty Little Black Eyed Suzie" – 2:04
  11. "Song of Lorena" – 3:11
  12. "Darlin' Corey, Ain't Ya Comin'" (Mandel, Sachs) – 2:03
  13. "The Ballad of Aura Mae" (Mandel, Sachs) – 2:18

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