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| Gene Pitney - Golden Greats/This Is Gene Pitney Band: Gene Pitney Tracks: - Bus Stop - Stop! In The Name Of Love - Cara Mia - Baby I Need Your Lovin' - A Groovy Kind Of Love - The Green Green Grass Of - Count Me In - You've Lost That Lovin'f - Time Won't Let Me - Crying - Mission Bell - The Great Pretender - Twilight Time - Harbor Lights - I'm Sorry - The Magic Touch - My Prayer - Smoke Gets In Your Eye - Heaven On Earth - Only You (And You Alone) - One In A Million - Baby You're My Lind Of A - Beautiful Sounds - I Just Can't Help Myself - Rainmaker Girl Two albums of well-chosen covers Gene Pitney originally established his reputation as a songwriter - he wrote Hello Mary Lou for Ricky Nelson - then as a hit-maker, but he later recorded several albums of covers. Two of them can be found here. The first, from 1967, is a collection of songs that had been American hits for others in the sixties, although Jay and the Americans' version of Cara Mia was itself a cover. Unlike Cara Mia, several of the songs were also hits in Britain and elsewhere around the world. These include Bus stop (Hollies), Stop in the name of Love (Supremes), Baby I need your loving (Four tops, but it was the Fourmost who had the British hit), A groovy kind of Love (Mindbenders), The green green grass of home (originally a country hit for Porter Wagoner, it became an international pop hit when Tom Jones covered it), You've lost that loving feeling (Righteous brothers) and Crying (Roy Orbison). The other three songs - Count me in, Time won't let me and Mission Bell - are less well known, but still enjoyable. The second album, from 1969, is a Platters tribute album. The Platters sometimes had hits with covers, so some of the songs are much older than the fifties, but all these songs are now regarded as Platters songs. So you get Gene's versions of Harbor lights and Smoke gets in your eyes, both originally from the thirties, as well as their own classics, including The great pretender, Twilight time, I'm sorry and Only you. As if these two outstanding albums were not enough, there are four bonus tracks, including a wonderful version of Petula's Beautiful sounds, as well as I just can't help myself, a UK A-side single from 1971. excellent cover versions This CD joins two albums originally from 1967 and 1969 plus 4 bonus tracks. The gifted vocalist Gene Pitney recorded cover versions of several artists with quite different musical styles, he gives pop renditions of the classic Motown songs "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (The 4 Tops), The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name Of Love", Jay & The Americans' Italian ballad "Cara Mía", Phil Spector's timeless classic "You've Lost That Lovin'Feeling", Tom Jones' country song "The Green Green Grass of Home", the second album is completely dedicated to cover 50's songs of The Band The Platters. Once again Gene shows his vocal talent and an exemplary choice of the songs.<BR>Since 1999 I've been reading that a full length complete CD of Gene Pitney's new recordings is ready to be released, having he recently been inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame could be a good opportunity to release it. Golden Greats Review Again, This guy never ceases to amaze me. He sings thses songs as well as the original artists do! This album has become one of my favorites. My Favorite song on this album is "My Prayer". As with his other songs, he sings it with feeling and passion. His professionalism shows in everything he sings. If I had my way, Gene Pitney would be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame (long over due in my opinion). I can't wait till he comes out with a new album. Buy Gene Pitney Golden Greats This Is Gene Pitney at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
