05 Apr '06 - 87 W - + 24 - 18 Gene Pitney Dies

Gene Pitney has been found dead in his hotel room in Cardiff, mid-way through his UK tour. Pitney had a string of hit records in the '60s such as Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa, I'm Gonna Be Strong and Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart - this last song being a hit all over again when Pitney recorded it as a duet in 1989 with Marc Almond. Pitney was 65 and is not known to have been suffering from an illness prior to his death.

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