AP - Apr 5, 2006
Gene Pitney, whose keening tenor voice produced a string of hits including 24 Hours from Tulsa, was found dead in his hotel room in Wales Wednesday following a concert that fans acclaimed as one of his...
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Gene Pitney memorably sang Only Love Can Break a Heart, but word of his death is proving equally saddening. The melodramatic crooner, who earned a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for writing...
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Gene Pitney, the singer whose hits included It Hurts to Be in Love Town Without Pity, died Wednesday at a hotel in Cardiff, Wales, during a British tour, his agent said. He was 65. Pitney was found...
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U.S. singer Gene Pitney, 65, has died while on tour in Britain, his agent said on Wednesday. Jene Levy said Pitney had died on Wednesday morning in the Welsh capital Cardiff. There was no immediate...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
More »AP - Nov 4, 2004
Singer Marc Almond says he hopes to make a full recovery from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash last month. A message posted on Almond s Web site says he s recovering in the hospital and is confident...
More »AP - Oct 28, 2004
Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching. I don t want to escalate it because I like Madonna, the 57-year-old singer-songwriter tells Entertainment...
More »AP - Oct 28, 2004
Singer Marc Almond, injured in a motorcycle crash last week, has been moved from the intensive care ward of a London hospital, British media reported Thursday. The British Broadcasting Corp. said Almond...
More »E! Online - Oct 18, 2004
Soft Cell singer Marc Almond is on the mend Monday after a near-fatal bike accident. Almond, one half of the British duo best known for the 1981 chart-topper Tainted Love, suffered life-threatening...
More »AP - Oct 18, 2004
Singer Marc Almond, whose 1980s band, Soft Cell, scored a huge hit with their version of Tainted Love, was hospitalized after suffering severe head injuries in a road crash, police said. Almond, 47,...
More »Reuters - Jan 10, 2004
Christopher Guest s marvelous cinematic folk-music mockumentary A Mighty Wind lovingly sent up an entire genre. It also marked the debut of Michael McKean and his wife, Annette O Toole, as a songwriting...
More »USRN - Mar 19, 2002
(3/19/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Rock pioneers Brenda Lee, Gene Pitney, Chet Atkins, and Jim Stewart were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as the class of 2002 last night (March 18) at the Waldorf-...
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