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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 2,172,359 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Pitney is the 1,189th most popular musician (down from 1,101st in 2019), the 5,800th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,460th in 2019) and the 438th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Pitney ranks 1,189 out of 2,662. Before him are John Abercrombie, Joe Jackson, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Max von Schillings, Pepe Romero, and Barry Hay. After him are Larry Van Kriedt, Louis Diémer, Jack Sherman, Bob Rock, Joshua Bell, and Steven Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gene Pitney ranks 315. Before him are Roy Thomas, Norman Spinrad, Larry Brown, Issake Dabore, Berit Mørdre, and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi. After him are Franco Balmamion, Souleymane Cissé, Vladimir Korenev, Aracy Balabanian, Farooq Leghari, and Léon Semmeling. Among people deceased in 2006, Gene Pitney ranks 204. Before him are Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Ray Barretto, Maxi Herber, Pjetër Arbnori, Max Merkel, and Abdul-Halim Sadulayev. After him are Betty Curtis, Paul Arizin, Lou Rawls, André Schwarz-Bart, Rajkumar, and Jeane Kirkpatrick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Pitney ranks 5,800 out of 18,182. Before him are Tracy Chevalier (1962), Fanny Brice (1891), Maria Tallchief (1925), Sandra Bem (1944), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), and Roger Sessions (1896). After him are Donnie Wahlberg (1969), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826), Lexington Steele (1969), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), and Robert Z'Dar (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gene Pitney ranks 438. Before him are Bill Monroe (1911), Frankie Laine (1913), Jack Irons (1962), Joey Kramer (1950), James Jamerson (1936), and John Abercrombie (1944). After him are Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Jack Sherman (1956), Joshua Bell (1967), Steven Adler (1965), Herb Ellis (1921), and Al Kooper (1944).

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