STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GENE PITNEY - BLUE GENE

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Monday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Connecticut born  singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer, Gene Pitney, on this, the 14th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2006, age 66, from a heart attack, just hours after his final performance. His fifth studio album, Blue Gene, was released February 1964 on the Musicor label and produced by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold. It peaked at #105 on the Billboard 200 and the hits from this album were, "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" (#17 Hot 100) and  "Yesterday's Hero" (#64 Hot 100).

"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 3:00

"Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma) – 2:38

"Half the Laughter, Twice the Tears" (Carl Spencer, Al Cleveland) – 2:12

"I'll Be Seeing You" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) – 2:59

"Lonely Night Dreams" (John Gluck, Jr., Neval Nader) – 2:42

"Answer Me, My Love" (Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:04

"Blue Gene" (C. Taylor) – 2:09

"Yesterday's Hero" (Al Cleveland, Carl Spencer) – 2:33

"Maybe You'll Be There" (Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop) – 2:42

"Keep Tellin' Yourself" (Ellie Greenwich, Elmo Glick, Tony Powers) – 2:23

"I Can't Run Away" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 2:03

"House Without Windows" (Fred Tobias, Lee Pockriss) – 2:26

Gene Pitney -vocals

Burt Bacharach, Bert Keyes, Garry Sherman – arranger, conductor