Backstage: Gene Pitney At His Best

~ Release by Gene Pitney (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
cover recording of:
Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and Roger Greenaway
publisher:
Cookaway Music Ltd. (PRS), Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30) and PolyGram Music Publishing
3:33
2The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
recording of:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
2:55
3Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 36)
recording of:
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
2.52:24
4Mecca
2:18
5Maria Elena
recording of:
Maria Elena
lyricist and composer:
Tony Hazzard (songwriter)
2:33
6Backstage (I'm Lonely)
2:36
7I'm Gonna Be Strong
recording of:
I’m Gonna Be Strong
lyricist:
Cynthia Weil
composer:
Barry Mann
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2:11
8Last Chance to Turn Around
recording of:
Last Chance to Turn Around
writer:
Tony Bruno (US songwriter), Bob Elgin and Vic Millrose
3:03
9Just One Smile
recording of:
Just One Smile
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
Little A Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
2:42
10Yours Until Tomorrow
cover recording of:
Yours Until Tomorrow
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Carole King
3:16
11Only Love Can Break a Heart
recording of:
Only Love Can Break a Heart (in 1962)
lyricist:
Hal David (in 1962)
composer:
Burt Bacharach (in 1962)
2:48
12Town Without Pity
recording of:
Town Without Pity
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
part of:
The 34th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:52
13Nobody Needs Your Love
2:48
1424 Sycamore
recording of:
24 Sycamore
writer:
Barry Mason (English songwriter) and Les Reed
3:18
15Princess in Rags
recording of:
Princess in Rags
writer:
Roger Atkins and Helen Miller (US songwriter)
2:33
16Half Heaven - Half Heartache
recording of:
Half Heaven, Half Heartache
composer:
George Goehring, Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter)
42:42
17Shady Lady
2:59
18I Must Be Seeing Things
recording of:
I Must Be Seeing Things
lyricist:
Bob Brass (American songwriter, collaborated with Irwin Levine, and also Al Kooper) and Irwin Levine
composer:
Al Kooper
2:27
19Looking Through the Eyes of Love
recording of:
Looking Through the Eyes of Love
lyricist:
Cynthia Weil
composer:
Barry Mann
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:13
20It Hurts to Be in Love
recording of:
It Hurts to Be in Love
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Helen Miller (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!)
2:31
21Somewhere in the Country
recording of:
Somewhere in the Country
writer:
Johnny Cymbal and George Tobin
3:09
22True Love Never Runs Smooth
cover recording of:
True Love Never Runs Smooth
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
2:24
23(I Wanna) Love My Life Away
recording of:
I Wanna Love My Life Away
lyricist and composer:
Gene Pitney
1:49
24That Girl Belongs to Yesterday
2:19
25Every Breath I Take
producer:
Phil Spector
arranger:
Alan Lauber
recorded at:
Bell Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1961-06 until 1961-07)
recording of:
Every Breath I Take (from 1961-06 until 1961-07)
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
2:44
26If I Didn't Have a Dime (To Play the Jukebox)
recording of:
If I Didn’t Have a Dime (to Play the Jukebox)
writer:
Bert Russell Berns and Phil Medley
2:29
27A Street Called Hope
2:42
28Yesterday's Hero
2:56