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)
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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 postive 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

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References

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