Burt Bacharach Archives

Insights: Gene Pitney, The Complete Musical Artist

Gene Pitney is one overlooked Sixties artist who deserves renewed appreciation as the complete musical package.

One of the most underrated figures in all of popular music, from around 1959 to 1966 Gene Pitney was one of the greats.

If Rumer’s debut album signaled anything, it was that there is still an audience for natural, uncontrived and unprocessed singing.