Gene Pitney Sings Just for You

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Gene Pitney Sings Just For You
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Studio album by
Gene Pitney
Released1963
Genre Pop
Length29:42
Label Musicor
Gene Pitney chronology
Only Love Can Break a Heart
(1962)
Gene Pitney Sings Just For You
(1963)
Gene Pitney Sings World Wide Winners
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Gene Pitney Sings Just for You is American singer Gene Pitney's third album, released on the Musicor label in 1963. It included the single "Mecca" which reached #12 on the U.S. Hot 100 and was a top 10 hit in Australia and Canada. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Reception

Billboard gave the album a positive reviews, saying "the songs are new, and many of them have the sound and the grove" [7]

Track listing

  1. "Teardrop by Teardrop" (Bob Halley) – 2:19
  2. "Mecca" (John Gluck Jr., Neval Nader) – 2:21
  3. "Cornflower Blue" (Mack David, Sherman Edwards) – 2:49
  4. "Not Responsible" (Ben Raleigh, Mark Barkan) – 2:31
  5. "The Angels Got Together" (Aaron Schroeder) – 2:46
  6. "Don't Let the Neighbours Know" (Gluck, Nader) – 2:18
  7. "Ship True Love Goodbye" (Barkan, Nader) – 2:25
  8. "House Without Windows" (Fred Tobias, Lee Pockriss) – 2:27
  9. "Aladdin's Lamp" (Gene Pitney) – 2:28
  10. "Time and the River" (Schroeder, Wally Gold) – 2:32
  11. "Peanuts, Popcorn, and Crackerjacks" (Artie Wayne, Raleigh) – 2:35
  12. "Tell the Moon to Go to Sleep" (Alan Schackner, Gloria Shayne) – 2:21

References

  1. Gene Pitney Sings Just for You at AllMusic
  2. "Biography". 107.oakfm.co.uk. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  3. "Gene Pitney". mtv.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  4. "Gene Pitney". virginmedia.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  5. "Gene Pitney Sings Just for You". music.msn.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  6. "Gene Pitney - Sings Just For You/World Wide Winners CD". cduniverse.com. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  7. "Pop Spotlight: Gene Pitney Sings Just for You". Billboard . Vol. 75, no. 14. April 6, 1963. p. 75.