Gene Pitney - Conquistador w/ LYRICS

[livingontulsatime]

had this on a tape a friend of mine made while i was in europe in the late 60's. never heard it before or since until now. great song from a great talent. saw gen in the early 60's. he sounded as good in person as he did in his recordings. thanks for posting it.

[dadgenius]

I played this first when i bought the 45 and loved it since !

[douglaj77]

I pushed the wrong number on the juke box back in '69 and this became my favorite Gene pitney song. Great......no, I mean GREAT memories of this song. Bolero has its rivals!!!

[pinkfloyd59]

I have the album this is from and was wondering when someone would post it. pinkfloyd59 "an oldie, oldie lover till I die"

[WorkinPatriot]

This was the B-side to his last U. S. hit,She's A Heartbreaker.

[purplepimpernel]

@WorkinPatriot That's a good piece of trivia. More people should post these little gems. "Conquistador" is just as good as "She's a Heartbreaker."

[danje10]

I thought I knew 90% of the GP songs. But this is one I never heard, and I don't recall him ever mentioning it!

I wonder just where he got the back-up bands to make these recordings, long after the era of recording studio orchestras had passed?

I mean, a gong? trumpets? these were not the Maurice Merry orchestra or Gary Rue combo he traveled with in later years! Did the record label simply provide them?

[fhardyb]

Haven't heard this one since circa /67. This is a good song..sort of an 'off' lyric in there, but GP, he did it again!!!