Various Artists – He’s A Rebel: The Songs of Gene Pitney

• A man possessed of an instantly identifiable voice, GENE PITNEY was one of the most charismatic and powerful song stylists of the 1960s.
• He racked up a string of hits, at home and abroad, and in the longer term his biggest markets were overseas, notably the UK and Europe.
• However, although he became known as an interpreter of other writers’ songs, Pitney started out as a songwriter rather than a singer, and he wrote a number of his own early releases as well as hits for other artists.
• This compilation presents thirty of Gene’s early compositions (a couple are represented by two vastly different versions of each), several of which are sung by him, under his various guises.
• Includes his biggest writing successes, Ricky Nelson’s ‘Hello Mary Lou’, The Crystal’s ‘He’s A Rebel’, Bobby Vee’s ‘Rubber Ball’, Roy Orbison’s ‘Today’s Teardrops’, and many more.

Track Listing

1. Ricky Nelson - HELLO MARY LOU
2. Jamie & Jane - CLASSICAL ROCK & ROLL
3. Larry Collins - ONE STEP DOWN
4. Carl Dobkins Jr - A CHANCE TO BELONG
5. Gene Pitney - PLEASE COME BACK
6. Clyde Mcphatter - TOMORROW IS A
7. Bobby Vee - RUBBER BALL
8. Gene & The Embers - DARKNESS
9. Vikki Carr - HE'S A REBEL
10. Billy Bland - HARMONY
11. Gene Pitney - I LAUGHED SO HARD I CRIED
12. Roy Orbison - TODAY'S TEARDROPS
13. Eddie Hodges - BANDIT OF MY DREAMS
14. Gene & The Embers - SO TIRED
15. Bill & Boyd - LOVE MY LIFE AWAY
16. Ray Peterson - ACROSS THE STREET
17. Gene Pitney - A GREATER LOVE
18. Billy Fury - TALKING IN MY SLEEP
19. Tommy Edwards - BLUE HEARTACHES
20. Jamie & Jane - FAITHFUL OUR LOVE
21. Patti Kogin - MR MOON, MR CUPID AND I
22. The Kalin Twins - LONELINESS
23. Gene & The Embers - RUNAWAY LOVER
24. Jimmy Lennon & The Atlantics - LOUISIANA MAMA
25. Ricky Nelson - SURE FIRE BET
26. Gene Pitney - LITTLE MISS HEARTBREAK
27. Steve Lawrence - TEARS FROM HEAVEN
28. Billy Bryan - CRADLE OF MY ARMS
29. Buddy Knox - TOMORROW IS A
30. Roy Orbison - TWENTY
31. Gene Pitney - AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY
32. The Crystals - HE'S A REBEL