American singer Gene Pitney, who shot to fame in the 1960s with hits including “24 Hours from Tulsa,” has died while on tour in Britain, his agent said on Wednesday. Jene Levy said Pitney, 66, was ...

Gene Pitney, who died yesterday at 65 after a performance at a hotel in Wales, was a singer and songwriter whose wailing tenor could be heard in such early 1960s hits as “Only Love Can Break a Heart,” ...

PITNEY, Gene Gene Pitney, 66, of Somers and formerly of Rockville died on Wednesday, (April 5, 2006), in Welsh Capital, Cardiff, UK. Gene was born on February 17, 1940, in Hartford the son of the late ...

Gene Pitney’s high school bandmates said the rock ‘n’ roll legend used to come down to Paper Mill Pond in the Rockville section of Vernon to write songs. On Tuesday, Rob Terry and Dick Spurling, lead ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. News Director at WGTD in Kenosha, Dave ...

LONDON (AP) -- Gene Pitney, whose keening tenor voice produced a string of hits including "Town Without Pity" was found dead in his hotel room in Wales Wednesday following a concert that fans ...

In January, the Town Council voted to name a blighted parcel at 19 Grove St. into the “Gene Pitney Memorial Park.” Since then, crews have worked on the finishing touches of the park. According to the ...

Gene Pitney, 65, an American-born singer-songwriter and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose hits included "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart," died April 5 at a hotel in ...

Editor’s note: Don Wilcock is writing his memoirs. This is the first of several looks back at artists he’s interviewed in 51 years as a music journalist. Gene Pitney Kirk Douglas ...