Blue Gene (Gene Pitney album)

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Blue Gene

Studio album by

Gene Pitney

Released

February 1964

Recorded

1963

Genre

Pop

Length

33:32

Label

Musicor

Producer

Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold

Gene Pitney chronology

Gene Pitney Sings World Wide Winners
(1962)

Blue Gene
(1964)

Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland
(1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Blue Gene is American singer Gene Pitney's fifth album, released on the Musicor label in 1964. The album contained the Burt Bacharach and Hal David hit "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia and a top 20 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 (#17), as well as the minor hit "Yesterday's Hero" (#64).^[2]

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic stated that "The album found Gene Pitney pursuing the blend of rock, pop, and pre-rock ballads that defined his unique style", and describing the rest of the album as "a stylish and likable collection of songs"^[1]

Track listing

"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 3:00
"Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma) – 2:38
"Half the Laughter, Twice the Tears" (Carl Spencer, Al Cleveland) – 2:12
"I'll Be Seeing You" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) – 2:59
"Lonely Night Dreams" (John Gluck, Jr., Neval Nader) – 2:42
"Answer Me, My Love" (Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:04
"Blue Gene" (C. Taylor) – 2:09
"Yesterday's Hero" (Al Cleveland, Carl Spencer) – 2:33
"Maybe You'll Be There" (Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop) – 2:42
"Keep Tellin' Yourself" (Ellie Greenwich, Elmo Glick, Tony Powers) – 2:23
"I Can't Run Away" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 2:03
"House Without Windows" (Fred Tobias, Lee Pockriss) – 2:26

U.K. album track listing (release on EMI's Stateside label, cat. no. SL 10119)

"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 3:00
"Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma) – 2:38
"Half the Laughter, Twice the Tears" (Carl Spencer, Al Cleveland) – 2:12
"I'll Be Seeing You (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) – 2:59
"Lonely Night Dreams" (John Gluck, Jr., Neval Nader) – 2:42
"Answer Me My Love" (Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:04
"Blue Gene" (Chip Taylor) – 2:09
"Yesterday's Hero" (Al Cleveland, Carl Spencer) – 2:33
"Maybe You'll Be There" (Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop) – 2:42
"Keep Tellin' Yourself" (Ellie Greenwich, Elmo Glick, Tony Powers) – 2:23
"I Can't Run Away" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 2:03
"Take It Like a Man" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:19

Personnel

Burt Bacharach, Bert Keyes, Garry Sherman – arranger, conductor

References

^ ^a ^b Guarisco, Donald A. "Gene Pitney - Blue Gene: Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Gene Pitney". Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

v t e Gene Pitney
Studio albums	The Many Sides of Gene Pitney Only Love Can Break a Heart Gene Pitney Sings Just for You Blue Gene Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland Gene Italiano It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs I Must Be Seeing Things
Compilations	Gene Pitney Sings World Wide Winners Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen, Volume Two
Collaborations	George Jones & Gene Pitney – For the First Time! Two Great Stars George Jones & Gene Pitney – Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee! It's Country Time Again!
Singles	"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" "Town Without Pity" "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" "Mecca" "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" "It Hurts to Be in Love" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Louisiana Man" "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" "Baby Ain't That Fine" "Just One Smile" "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" "It's Over" "It's Over"

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