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Gene Pitney

1940 - 2006

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Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, including 11 in the top ten. Among his most famous hits are "Town Without Pity", "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", "I'm Gonna Be Strong", "It Hurts to Be in Love", and "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Pitney has received more than 2,153,485 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gene Pitney is the 1,263rd most popular musician (down from 1,186th in 2019), the 6,225th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,788th in 2019) and the 445th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gene Pitneys by language

Over the past year Gene Pitney has had the most page views in the with 262,539 views, followed by German (17,206), and Italian (15,722). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (93.19%), Hungarian (54.71%), and Simple English (51.18%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Pitney ranks 1,263 out of 3,175. Before him are 3T, Jason Becker, Anahit Tsitsikian, Pixinguinha, Jimmy Reed, and Lita Ford. After him are Lee Ritenour, János Starker, Arthur De Greef, Elly Ney, Paul Gray, and Vinnie Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gene Pitney ranks 343. Before him are Graham Allison, Władysław Komar, John Lewis, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Carole Pateman, and Yambo Ouologuem. After him are Lorella De Luca, Jean-Claude Andruet, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Peter Gethin, Jacques Higelin, and Győző Kulcsár. Among people deceased in 2006, Gene Pitney ranks 225. Before him are Don Knotts, Runer Jonsson, Zdravko Rajkov, Said Mohamed Djohar, Hilde Domin, and Betty Curtis. After him are Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Ted Schroeder, Teresa Ciepły, Ted Grant, Carlo Acutis, and Mirko Marjanović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Pitney ranks 6,225 out of 20,380. Before him are Freddie Spencer (1961), Lewis Powell (1844), Art Buchwald (1925), Peter Riegert (1947), John Piper (1946), and Shirley Booth (1898). After him are Jason Patric (1966), Sandy Dennis (1937), Lee Ritenour (1952), Glynn Turman (1947), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), and Gordon Willis (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gene Pitney ranks 445. Before him are Roy Haynes (1925), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Red Garland (1923), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Jason Becker (1969), and Jimmy Reed (1925). After him are Lee Ritenour (1952), Paul Gray (1972), Vinnie Paul (1964), Terry Melcher (1942), Blind Blake (1893), and Herbie Mann (1930).

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