One of those Summer 1961 rarities that "Golden Oldies Radio Format Consultants" choose to ignore for whatever reasons. As far as I'm concerned, the more obscure and oldie is, the BETTER! Thx 4 posting :))))
Actually you are right. It was late at night after a long recording session and at the end of this song, Gene simply had nothing left and fell into a falsetto at the very end, and unexpectedly, it made the song perfect. I had the privilege of shaking his hand twice whilst he was on tour. Lastly, did you know he attended 'Rockville' High School? When he passed, it was just one more lost of the Golden Era-there will never be another Gene Pitney.
...gene said the kept him in the studio most of the night singing this song over and over and he had a bad cold at the time...he said they wore him out...what a performance under those circumstances..just a brilliant singer.
this guy had such a great voice, guys like him, Roy Orbison, Jay Black, Del Shannon, and a few others made such timeless music, and their voices put an indellible fingerprint on each song
this is my favorite Gene Pitney song and he had a whole bunch of great songs. a great singer who i rate just behind Roy Orbison and ahead of Jay Black of Jay and the Americans.
@simplelogic45 WOW!! That is exactly how I rated the top 3, Orbison, Pitney, Black, then maybe Humperdink, and you have to think about cross-over, Johnny Horton.
@planters55 Unfortunately he died a couple of years ago whilst over here on tour in the uk (in Wales I think). At least he was still doing what he loved.
Respond to this video... P.s. my wife says he had just finished a great concert , went back to his hotel room and collapsed in a chair - probably heart attack.
@MrEdgarjuan They are probably from a different generation. Gene was more than a singer, he was a humanitarian and generous person, polite and dignified-its hard to find that today in most singers. I have his autographed album from a Cleveland Ohio concert. Although overwhelmed by fans, he took time to sign it for me and shake my hand. Truly, he was a gentelman above all else.
Ok its like this to listen to the doo-woop is having a little piece of paradise wraped in a song..I so love it..and its the most..a TOTAL DREAM....hands down.
This inspires me to go kiss my wife immediately and tell her how lucky I am to have her in my life. A powerful song and a powerful performance. Pitney is fabulous!
"Every Breath" was a preview of Pitney's masterful delivery of heartfelt power ballads, and truly one of his most outstanding performances. Gene Pitney remains my favorite vocalist of that era.
No need to thank anyone for watching and listening to this masterpiece of music...One of the very best arranged songs to evolve from the 60's...Gene Pitney...an atrist ahead of his time and his music certainly shows that...This song was one of the very best to have been recorded...An under rated Artist and an under rated song...BEAUTIFUL!!!
saw this guy in concert in england....either 1967 or 1968. time when the "england music invasion was in full swing. shared the stage with many top english bands at the time. he brought the house down.
People can say what they want about Phil Spector, but he knew how to create 'magic'. In 1961 he was still experimenting and produced this great song along with Sammy Turner's "Raincoat In The River", a song that didn't hit nationally, but is a real winner. These have always been two of my favorites.
Only reason I could hate him is that I didn't get that voice lol. Well I'm a girl so ok maybe I'm being emotional but damn the man was off the charts fantastic.
One of my favorite records of the late great Gene Pitney. This sounds a bit like Phil Spector's wall of sound crew on this, love the violins. Pure soul of a type that Gene could put into a song.
My favorites in the early 60's were Elvis, Jackie Wilson, Gene Pitney, Johnny Maestro, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, a little known singer Ral Donner, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and don't laugh Ricky Nelson. Each had a singing style different from the others. Gene put it all in his songs.
@honeymoonlady That's a great list. And Ricky Nelson was a major talent...even if he tended to copy songs that had come out by other artists. But your list is right on the market in terms of talent and pop music impact.
I used to love him so much and could never understand why all his songs weren't number 1 hits. I heard that he was more popular in England than in America. I guess they GOT him more than our country did....That's unfortunate...He was amazing...
@SherryAnn68 I have said the same thing. I never understood it either. He was the best of the best. He still had so many hits. I think the problem was music was changing at the time with the British Invasion. Oddly it was England that didn't seem to think he was second to their own talent. He will always be first in my books. The greatest singer of my era and hence forth.
One of Gene Pitney's absolute best, which is why I have multiple copies of this tune. Gene's perfect vocals backed by some smoothe doo wop and you have EVERY BREATH I TAKE . Over the years, I have put this tune on cassettes and compilation CDR's, which I later gave to friends of mine, and they always comment on this tune. It just has that "something" that hits home... just seconds into the song. I thought this was a 1961 recording though ?
Also these true artists earned a pittance by today's standards. People's minds have been warped by celebrity culture. We left people alone when going through a divorce, now it makes the front page of the Daily Mail if Cheryl Cole sneezes. Not her fualt she is on the bandwagon and good luck to her, I admire her business sense and her determination Better than serving fast food through a hatch. No we were just interested in when the next record was coming out. Far to much information today.
How in any way can rap or club be called music? Songs should tell a story that people sometimes identify with. It is all about beautifull girls today cavorting and girating around the lead singer who is so out of breath can't sing anyway. The production of the song should be what counts. Electronics today could make me I am sure a hit record if I had a song. Real talent was lost a long long time ago. Thank heavens that we have this back catalogue of great sounds on YouTube.
This is what you call a song. it has everything that is so missing today. The rot started in the 70's and there is no comparisson with the production of songs like this. Gene was a superb artist. If only the X factor could really find a singer and also good music. Cowell is brilliant at making money, but spotting real talent No way. It is the present generation that really have no idea of real music and so they fall for it. Pathetic. Who needs new music and singers when this is here?
I did not grow up in this generation but I love the music from the 50s and 60s. Man this song is a classic. The words, music and the instrumentals. Whew!!!
Another great singer that was overlooked was Bobby Curtola. However not too many singers could elicit the emotions that Gene Pitney and Roy Orbison could. What a voice.
@phddddd : I understand your comment in regards to Ronnie Spector, but nobody can take away the talent that Phil Spector had.... once upon a time. If people can over look Michael Jackson's strange ways and he had many, why not turn a blind an eye to Phil Spector's failures as well or would this be politcally incorrect, since Spector is white ?
@MrRJDB1969. Strange ways and "talent" have a way of coming together. PS and MJ are in a long line of artists that have left some great art, often at the liberty of others. Applies to politics too. Provided you're on the right side of the Tribal or Ethnic Cleansing Dispute, you might aclaim greatness to man whose name makes us shudder. Saints/genuis are rare, but "(w)hen a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." JS
Gene Pitney was one of the best ever. Each single he released was a potential number one. But sadly he always failed the peak in Europe. I was upset to see him on new year's eve 1968 on German TV in the show "Beat-Club" performing "Billy you're my friend". In the afternoon my little sister and me were ice-skating, but I told my sis that we have to go home. She asked: "Why?" - I replied: "I don't want to miss Beat-Club". And when I saw Gene Pitney, I did not regret that decision!
@TheBalnat ..Loved him! He had some, certainly not enough popularity in the states. He spent most of the next 40 years all over Europe and especially the UK, where he was greatly appreciated. He and his music lives on in this once teenagers' heart. A fine man and uber talented!
@noosmum lol My reputation on the Sha na na channel is coming back to haunt me lol. Johnny would understand, he covered Pitney songs too. But to be on the safe side, don't tell him. LOLOLOL
My folks turned me on to Pitney early on, we used to have an 8-track player with his greatest hits and we'd listen to it continually on long trips. Particularly dug this song, 4 kids singing "Bip Bip Biddle Op Bop" in the back of a station wagon....
Spector hit a home run on production for this song-his kitchen sink m.o. worked but IMO was overdone at times.The Halos back up Gene.Billy Reid was a member and is a current(and long time) member of The Tokens.
Around the same time, Phil worked with Sammy Turner (Lavender Blue), creating another epic called "Raincoat in the River". These became two of my all time favorites. It doesn't get any better.
Say, fong...with all due respect..."Every Breath I Take" didn't have to wait 50 yrs to get to be a classic. As soon as "Young Phil" put his MOZART strings to Pitney's EXQUISITE vocal [ not to mention MASTER Hal Blaine's drumming ] it was an accomplished fact this song was a CLASSIC - a stone cold legendary R&R fait accomplait !
@BigIronOnHipMan2 This isn't Hal Blaine.. it was the first song studio drummer Gary Chester recorded on. He was filling in for another studio drummer, probably Hal Blaine. This is what I read anyway. If you look up Gary Chester on Wikipedia.. it will show alot of the hit songs he was on. He was as good as Hal Blaine if not better!
In 1998 I met him in Birmingham, England where he met his fan club members from all over the world. Everyone might have a question and he replied. I asked him to sing the first stophe of my fave song Every Breath I Take - because he had not sung it night before during his concert. And he sang it to me. Great memory.
@Ikarmely Read my comment again dude. I LOVE this song . I was saying 9 people said they did not so they must have hit the wrong button. Understand now?
people here in the United States never really gave him the credit they should have he definately be missed by me I was a fan for all these years and still am even though unfortunately can't see him in person.
fantastic tune from one of the best song stylists ever. loved his voice.
TheRover940 3 days ago
One of those Summer 1961 rarities that "Golden Oldies Radio Format Consultants" choose to ignore for whatever reasons. As far as I'm concerned, the more obscure and oldie is, the BETTER! Thx 4 posting :))))
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I thank the stars above for Gene Pitney's music-love it!! what a lucky break
dianaguerrasp 2 weeks ago
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dianaguerrasp 2 weeks ago
wowwwwwww,wonderful,heavenly
yuturru 2 weeks ago
love this we bop to it
boppers52 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
such a great song......................
dimka171 3 weeks ago
I thank Gene for 40 years of entertainment. His voice was fabulous. I miss going to see him and have not found a singer to replace him. R.I.P Gene
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Actually you are right. It was late at night after a long recording session and at the end of this song, Gene simply had nothing left and fell into a falsetto at the very end, and unexpectedly, it made the song perfect. I had the privilege of shaking his hand twice whilst he was on tour. Lastly, did you know he attended 'Rockville' High School? When he passed, it was just one more lost of the Golden Era-there will never be another Gene Pitney.
MrJodyh54 1 month ago
...gene said the kept him in the studio most of the night singing this song over and over and he had a bad cold at the time...he said they wore him out...what a performance under those circumstances..just a brilliant singer.
geneno164 1 month ago
I love this tune !!! **************++
Banderuola66 1 month ago
this guy had such a great voice, guys like him, Roy Orbison, Jay Black, Del Shannon, and a few others made such timeless music, and their voices put an indellible fingerprint on each song
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 month ago
He was the male Brenda Lee.
PacRimJim 1 month ago
I still have his albums - how I miss those days
arcanius1221 2 months ago
The man was soooooo gooooooood. Beyond comparison.
Tonithenightowl 2 months ago
Not sure what I would have given for his talent, what did he give?
Tonithenightowl 2 months ago
Produced by Phil Spector...Great song from the summer of 1961...it was truly a great summer!! R.I.P. Gene and thanks for all the great songs
TheArizonaghost 2 months ago
THE BEST OF GENE PITNEY!!
cynthia6637 2 months ago
The best tenor of all times to me. He was fantastic. A voice like no other. He stood alone.
Tonithenightowl 2 months ago
THE BEST OF GENE PITNEY!!
1963 1ST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL!
LUCKY, LUCKY!!
cynthia6637 2 months ago
I think it's one of his best. Powerful song from 1963!!
TheDaveo50 2 months ago
Back up by the Halos("Nag").Arthur Crier from Lillian Leach & the Mellows was in the group as was Billy Reid currently in The Tokens.
beefoneeto 2 months ago
this is my favorite Gene Pitney song and he had a whole bunch of great songs. a great singer who i rate just behind Roy Orbison and ahead of Jay Black of Jay and the Americans.
simplelogic45 2 months ago
@simplelogic45 WOW!! That is exactly how I rated the top 3, Orbison, Pitney, Black, then maybe Humperdink, and you have to think about cross-over, Johnny Horton.
MrJodyh54 1 month ago
Carol King opus extrordinaire
rburb1 3 months ago
WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO HIM
planters55 3 months ago
@planters55 Unfortunately he died a couple of years ago whilst over here on tour in the uk (in Wales I think). At least he was still doing what he loved.
MrMonroman 3 months ago
Respond to this video... P.s. my wife says he had just finished a great concert , went back to his hotel room and collapsed in a chair - probably heart attack.
MrMonroman 3 months ago
Boy, I just knew Spector was in on this...what a great arrangement...love the syncopation with the drums...a classic
mississippisheik1 3 months ago
i see 13 people so far have tripped.or maybe they are too young to take a step.
MrEdgarjuan 3 months ago
@MrEdgarjuan They are probably from a different generation. Gene was more than a singer, he was a humanitarian and generous person, polite and dignified-its hard to find that today in most singers. I have his autographed album from a Cleveland Ohio concert. Although overwhelmed by fans, he took time to sign it for me and shake my hand. Truly, he was a gentelman above all else.
MrJodyh54 1 month ago 2
@MrJodyh54 Thanks for sharing this story.
jaytlr9 2 weeks ago
What an absolutely WONDERFUL song about love. Gene Pitney knew how to sing every persons "feelings". A legend was lost when he died.
LeeLeeDe1 3 months ago
great singer, great song!
blueneptun1 3 months ago
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LeeLeeDe1 3 months ago
The man was just too good.
Tonithenightowl 3 months ago
Ok its like this to listen to the doo-woop is having a little piece of paradise wraped in a song..I so love it..and its the most..a TOTAL DREAM....hands down.
4Mysk8 3 months ago
One of Phil Spector's early productions-he really got a great drum sound.Fantasic record.
wellsy1954 3 months ago
This inspires me to go kiss my wife immediately and tell her how lucky I am to have her in my life. A powerful song and a powerful performance. Pitney is fabulous!
billg1213 3 months ago 9
@billg1213 You're a good man !
Stephen17249 1 month ago
Wish I could still hit the notes... one of my favorite artists.
nottakloo 4 months ago
Never heard of this guy nor this song.
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That's "white soul." We all have it.
VinDcator 4 months ago
Can you hear it?...........Phil Spector's arrangement ;)
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LeeLeeDe1 4 months ago
"Every Breath" was a preview of Pitney's masterful delivery of heartfelt power ballads, and truly one of his most outstanding performances. Gene Pitney remains my favorite vocalist of that era.
Videosportz 4 months ago 6
This guy has one great voice.
skaha77 4 months ago 3
RIP Gene...you are in our hearts. Your spirit lives on.
bpp325 4 months ago 3
@bpp325 Oh crapola. When did he die??? Bummer x 10
skaha77 4 months ago
@skaha77 ...Gene Pitney passed away April, 2006 at 66 y.o..
bpp325 4 months ago
@bpp325 Crap. Thanks for that. HOW COME SINGERS DIE SO YOUNG??????????
skaha77 4 months ago 2
Another soulful Carole King-Gerry Goffin composition.
mattburgh1 5 months ago
No need to thank anyone for watching and listening to this masterpiece of music...One of the very best arranged songs to evolve from the 60's...Gene Pitney...an atrist ahead of his time and his music certainly shows that...This song was one of the very best to have been recorded...An under rated Artist and an under rated song...BEAUTIFUL!!!
nanlar66 5 months ago 2
an exeptional voice,
paulridgway1 5 months ago
undoubtedly spectacularly great!!!! Could listen to his voice night and day.What a perfectionist.
heganes1 5 months ago
saw this guy in concert in england....either 1967 or 1968. time when the "england music invasion was in full swing. shared the stage with many top english bands at the time. he brought the house down.
txswinterry65 5 months ago
the mad mad genius phil spector and gene pitney cant be beat
stevejeffery1 5 months ago
What a tragedy! It's 2011 and it's the first time I ever heard this song!!! Gene Pitney is incredible!
uplinkz 5 months ago
@uplinkz Where you been hiding.
nanlar66 5 months ago
FYI ... This song did NOT peak at #17. It peaked at #42
streaming1950 5 months ago
People can say what they want about Phil Spector, but he knew how to create 'magic'. In 1961 he was still experimenting and produced this great song along with Sammy Turner's "Raincoat In The River", a song that didn't hit nationally, but is a real winner. These have always been two of my favorites.
raincoatriver 5 months ago
THE WOLFMAN LOVES GENE PITNEY.............oooowwwwwwwwwwww
samantha5774 5 months ago
A PURE CLASSIC,
cynthia6637 5 months ago
This brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it, what a talent he was.
age3134 6 months ago
one of phill spector's best
SquidkidMega 6 months ago in playlist Gene Pitney 2
Yes, a Masterpiece, in every way, brent441 I am going to check out All of your posts, WOW.
elmerhdga 6 months ago
What talent!! i agree, he should have had many number 1
This song is so touching, love it.
Grew up listening to Gene.
gobarbiego1 6 months ago
avery good song and one I hadnt heard in a while - I underestimated it before
akibubba1 6 months ago
A lot of Gene's songs should have gone to #1! The man was a genius.
txtootsie 6 months ago
Love this song!
eag141 6 months ago
The good Lord only blessed one person with a voice and I'm listening to him
irishman68025 6 months ago
Jack's strings are Beethoven...Gene is class and Phil rocks the desk!
radgie1 6 months ago
The Video is ok, but this Song is so fantastic. I could it hearing every day.
Jinimartini 7 months ago
so beautiful
dmisisti 7 months ago
This is in my mind his best ever song and was a hit in 1961
cleetus58 7 months ago
I sure miss 1963. What a wonderful year to have this song playing on the radio.
Jibbie49 7 months ago
No wonder Crusin Al loves this song ....He knows the best Oldies...Love this song!
bronsb16 7 months ago
Only reason I could hate him is that I didn't get that voice lol. Well I'm a girl so ok maybe I'm being emotional but damn the man was off the charts fantastic.
Tonithenightowl 7 months ago
I saw Gene Pitney twice in the early 1960s in Calvalcade of Stars tours
The girls screamed the place down. He was great
MusicFan9428 8 months ago
the orchestration rocks !!!
wareidav 8 months ago
One of my favorite records of the late great Gene Pitney. This sounds a bit like Phil Spector's wall of sound crew on this, love the violins. Pure soul of a type that Gene could put into a song.
My favorites in the early 60's were Elvis, Jackie Wilson, Gene Pitney, Johnny Maestro, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, a little known singer Ral Donner, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and don't laugh Ricky Nelson. Each had a singing style different from the others. Gene put it all in his songs.
honeymoonlady 8 months ago
@honeymoonlady Yes, Ral Donner was little known, but his voice and delivery were exquisite, one of the best ever.
paititi 7 months ago
@honeymoonlady
And add Marty Robbins, Solomon Burke, and Arthur Alexander to complete my list
gsavage115 6 months ago
@honeymoonlady That's a great list. And Ricky Nelson was a major talent...even if he tended to copy songs that had come out by other artists. But your list is right on the market in terms of talent and pop music impact.
coyotesong 3 months ago
Takes me back to Detroit, when it was a city to love and live in . How life looked then, what joy we found in music, true friends, waiting on love.
TR5T 8 months ago
GREAT SONG...
119944778 8 months ago
Love this song and Gene Pitney.A great singer
4mari2004 8 months ago
One of the greats is Gene, great songs great voice. Memories flood back. Happy days.
TheDavidjoy 9 months ago
One of his best. There were many.
Tonithenightowl 9 months ago
immense...
k7njo 9 months ago
i like his high pitch voice its out of this world
MrMlb2010 9 months ago
I used to love him so much and could never understand why all his songs weren't number 1 hits. I heard that he was more popular in England than in America. I guess they GOT him more than our country did....That's unfortunate...He was amazing...
SherryAnn68 9 months ago
@SherryAnn68 I have said the same thing. I never understood it either. He was the best of the best. He still had so many hits. I think the problem was music was changing at the time with the British Invasion. Oddly it was England that didn't seem to think he was second to their own talent. He will always be first in my books. The greatest singer of my era and hence forth.
Tonithenightowl 9 months ago
Pitney (and Spector, for that matter) never sounded better...
jimwalsh2001 10 months ago
wemissu
calitheprince 10 months ago
excellent
jobe413 10 months ago
i just love this song of gene thanks for posting xx
TheChristina1954 10 months ago
Indeed simply awesume
TR5T 10 months ago
One of a kind voice and one of a kind artist.
46razzledazzle 10 months ago
The "Wall of Sound"
Dion1957 10 months ago
JUST BLOODY FANTASTIC..........
47114711emma 11 months ago
God gives this kind of talent.
Tonithenightowl 11 months ago 2
What a great song from the summer of 1961.......way ahead of its time...thx Gene...R.I.P.
arizonaghost1 11 months ago
One of Gene Pitney's absolute best, which is why I have multiple copies of this tune. Gene's perfect vocals backed by some smoothe doo wop and you have EVERY BREATH I TAKE . Over the years, I have put this tune on cassettes and compilation CDR's, which I later gave to friends of mine, and they always comment on this tune. It just has that "something" that hits home... just seconds into the song. I thought this was a 1961 recording though ?
MrRJDB1969 11 months ago
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MrRJDB1969 11 months ago
I hope he knew how much he was loved by a generation that went to pieces when he opened his mouth to sing.
Tonithenightowl 11 months ago 2
would love to see a video of him singing this! One of his best!
donisweet 1 year ago 2
One of the most underrated songs from the 60s.
MVillani1985 1 year ago 12
Surprised it never made it to the top. I always looked forward to his music.
VinDcator 1 year ago
This was one of his best little known songs--wish I could have seen him sing it. one of the best artist of all time!
donisweet 1 year ago
His fame remained in the U.K., for many years after his waned in the U.S.
The Welsh thought he was almost a god. And the Welsh take their singing VERY seriously.
glaetze 1 year ago
@glaetze The Americans have a habit of not appreciating some of the amazing talents they've produced.
ChozzieBoy 1 year ago
@ChozzieBoy
Yes. It's human nature.
Whether it's like the saying goes, "familiarity breeds contempt", (like my wife, with me), or "a prophet is never accepted in his own country", etc.
You get the picture?
glaetze 1 year ago
@glaetze Yeah good reply
ChozzieBoy 1 year ago
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@glaetze And they would be right. I think he's one of the best tenors that ever lived. My personal favorite by far.
Tonithenightowl 11 months ago
This is Priceless Phil Spector
TL250Rider 1 year ago
Listening to the music from the 50's & 60's is ruining today's singers for me <3
ChozzieBoy 1 year ago 8
Vale Gene : (
ChozzieBoy 1 year ago
Thanks very much for posting! Love from Chile.
juan58102 1 year ago
RIP Mr. Gene Pitney...you were one of the best. His voice is unique. Good stuff, Good music. Thanks Brent441...
luvhurtsxoxo 1 year ago
the greatest - R I P, Gene
powertone36 1 year ago
this was smooth then and it's still smooth.
leroycampbell54 1 year ago
This is as pure as it gets.
footballer55 1 year ago
Also these true artists earned a pittance by today's standards. People's minds have been warped by celebrity culture. We left people alone when going through a divorce, now it makes the front page of the Daily Mail if Cheryl Cole sneezes. Not her fualt she is on the bandwagon and good luck to her, I admire her business sense and her determination Better than serving fast food through a hatch. No we were just interested in when the next record was coming out. Far to much information today.
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago
How in any way can rap or club be called music? Songs should tell a story that people sometimes identify with. It is all about beautifull girls today cavorting and girating around the lead singer who is so out of breath can't sing anyway. The production of the song should be what counts. Electronics today could make me I am sure a hit record if I had a song. Real talent was lost a long long time ago. Thank heavens that we have this back catalogue of great sounds on YouTube.
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago 2
This is what you call a song. it has everything that is so missing today. The rot started in the 70's and there is no comparisson with the production of songs like this. Gene was a superb artist. If only the X factor could really find a singer and also good music. Cowell is brilliant at making money, but spotting real talent No way. It is the present generation that really have no idea of real music and so they fall for it. Pathetic. Who needs new music and singers when this is here?
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago
@TheDavidjoy the rot started with John Lennon
powertone36 1 year ago
@powertone36 f**k you
coyotesong 3 months ago
Even though I grew up in the 80s and 90s, this is the music I listened to growing up.
MVillani1985 1 year ago
I did not grow up in this generation but I love the music from the 50s and 60s. Man this song is a classic. The words, music and the instrumentals. Whew!!!
IfAngelsCouldBurn 1 year ago
Man this song is a classic. The words, music and the instrumentals. Whew!!!
IfAngelsCouldBurn 1 year ago
What a classic of a song, great vocal and of course with the Phil Spector touch.
jonant2 1 year ago
I have loved Gene all my life. I'm fortunate I go to see him in person twice. The last time was at Turning Stone Casino in 2002. I'm truly thankful
cherrybomb2553 1 year ago
Another great singer that was overlooked was Bobby Curtola. However not too many singers could elicit the emotions that Gene Pitney and Roy Orbison could. What a voice.
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sweetnpeachy1 1 year ago
You know good music when people my age (20) still listen to it decades after it is released.
imeleedi 1 year ago 3
Soulful, always loved Gene Pitney. RIP
luvhurtsxoxo 1 year ago
What an arrangement.... and Gene WOW!
1ausskipper 1 year ago
@1ausskipper Wall of sound guy, right? Phil Spector? Send him a compliment c/o the prison he is occupying. I doubt the great Ronnie Spector will.
phddddd 1 year ago
@phddddd : I understand your comment in regards to Ronnie Spector, but nobody can take away the talent that Phil Spector had.... once upon a time. If people can over look Michael Jackson's strange ways and he had many, why not turn a blind an eye to Phil Spector's failures as well or would this be politcally incorrect, since Spector is white ?
MrRJDB1969 11 months ago
@MrRJDB1969. Strange ways and "talent" have a way of coming together. PS and MJ are in a long line of artists that have left some great art, often at the liberty of others. Applies to politics too. Provided you're on the right side of the Tribal or Ethnic Cleansing Dispute, you might aclaim greatness to man whose name makes us shudder. Saints/genuis are rare, but "(w)hen a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." JS
phddddd 11 months ago
i just love this song I saw him just before he left us for a better place and he still had it he was brillant
swiftyonerbah 1 year ago
Himmel, hat der Mann eine Stimme!!!!!
LittleCara1 1 year ago
Gene Pitney was one of the best ever. Each single he released was a potential number one. But sadly he always failed the peak in Europe. I was upset to see him on new year's eve 1968 on German TV in the show "Beat-Club" performing "Billy you're my friend". In the afternoon my little sister and me were ice-skating, but I told my sis that we have to go home. She asked: "Why?" - I replied: "I don't want to miss Beat-Club". And when I saw Gene Pitney, I did not regret that decision!
TheBalnat 1 year ago
@TheBalnat ..Loved him! He had some, certainly not enough popularity in the states. He spent most of the next 40 years all over Europe and especially the UK, where he was greatly appreciated. He and his music lives on in this once teenagers' heart. A fine man and uber talented!
sweetnpeachy1 1 year ago
One of the best record productions ...ever!!
Nothing to find any fault with....unbelievable, but true!
sparkescadman 1 year ago 12
For me this guy blows ELVIS away!and am his biggest fan!!!!!!2 LEGENDS of the notes!!!!!!That know one else could reach!!!!!!!!!
LUCIFER8316 1 year ago
@LUCIFER8316 ..I saw him several times in concert, what a powerful voice and a range that no one else could touch! RIP Sir..
sweetnpeachy1 1 year ago
Oh my gosh I love this man's voice!!!!!!!!!! When you hear Pitney you don't mistake him for anyone else. That my friends, is true individuality.
Tonithenightowl 1 year ago
@Tonithenightowl and i thought that Johnny was the only man for u lol xx
noosmum 1 year ago
@noosmum lol My reputation on the Sha na na channel is coming back to haunt me lol. Johnny would understand, he covered Pitney songs too. But to be on the safe side, don't tell him. LOLOLOL
Tonithenightowl 1 year ago
Simply fantastic. Tanks for sharing.
hunlandMom 1 year ago
Awesome song from an awesome singer!!
nomisbehvn 1 year ago
My folks turned me on to Pitney early on, we used to have an 8-track player with his greatest hits and we'd listen to it continually on long trips. Particularly dug this song, 4 kids singing "Bip Bip Biddle Op Bop" in the back of a station wagon....
EFurrow 1 year ago
A polished gem of a song which has never lost its luster after all these years!
dantzmusic 1 year ago 2
A polished gem of a song which has never lost its luster after all these years!
dantzmusic 1 year ago
What a great song. Thanks for the memories.
46razzledazzle 1 year ago
An absolute masterpiece... overlooked in its time and should have been a number one.
musicalcliff 1 year ago 34
Spector hit a home run on production for this song-his kitchen sink m.o. worked but IMO was overdone at times.The Halos back up Gene.Billy Reid was a member and is a current(and long time) member of The Tokens.
beefoneeto 1 year ago
Phil Spector is a nut But MAN CAN HE PRODUCE!!!!
Dion1957 1 year ago
Around the same time, Phil worked with Sammy Turner (Lavender Blue), creating another epic called "Raincoat in the River". These became two of my all time favorites. It doesn't get any better.
raincoatriver 1 year ago
the 'WALL OF SOUND ROCK'S ! thank's PHIL!
countryjoel 1 year ago
Love Him! My favorite!
LnsGrn 1 year ago
Brilliant!!!! one of my favourites
sharmar70 1 year ago
RIP Gene...........
toddwindyhill 1 year ago
Phil's first (truly awesome) production in truly Spectorian style. (did the Police get any more than 'just the title' from this masterpiece.....?
uszoninyc 1 year ago
Say, fong...with all due respect..."Every Breath I Take" didn't have to wait 50 yrs to get to be a classic. As soon as "Young Phil" put his MOZART strings to Pitney's EXQUISITE vocal [ not to mention MASTER Hal Blaine's drumming ] it was an accomplished fact this song was a CLASSIC - a stone cold legendary R&R fait accomplait !
BigIronOnHipMan2 1 year ago 2
@BigIronOnHipMan2 This isn't Hal Blaine.. it was the first song studio drummer Gary Chester recorded on. He was filling in for another studio drummer, probably Hal Blaine. This is what I read anyway. If you look up Gary Chester on Wikipedia.. it will show alot of the hit songs he was on. He was as good as Hal Blaine if not better!
1959buddyh 1 year ago
Thanks.
SuperLtrain1 1 year ago
In 1998 I met him in Birmingham, England where he met his fan club members from all over the world. Everyone might have a question and he replied. I asked him to sing the first stophe of my fave song Every Breath I Take - because he had not sung it night before during his concert. And he sang it to me. Great memory.
LittleYardBird 1 year ago 2
One of his early records...produced by Phil Spector.........Gene thanked Phil for his help and gave him the song He's A Rebel.....1961
arizonaghost1 1 year ago
9 people obviously made a mistake when they hit the dislike button.
joelok48 1 year ago 2
@joelok48 I am not sure how you can dislike this song. Poor taste I imagine! :}~
Ikarmely 1 year ago
@Ikarmely Read my comment again dude. I LOVE this song . I was saying 9 people said they did not so they must have hit the wrong button. Understand now?
joelok48 1 year ago
@joelok48 Duh Really!! No Kidding??? I was agreeing with the sentiments of your comment not besmirching you that you were one of those nine people.
Now do you understand?
Have a Great Day!
Ikarmely 1 year ago
@Ikarmely Sorry. I love music but I'm really dumb, LOL.
joelok48 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@joelok48 Actually I should have written my earlier comment like this;
"I agree with you! I am not sure how you can dislike this song. Poor taste I imagine!"
My apoligies to you my friend for this misunderstanding. :)
Ikarmely 1 year ago
people here in the United States never really gave him the credit they should have he definately be missed by me I was a fan for all these years and still am even though unfortunately can't see him in person.
TheGoodbrandclan 1 year ago
A great song. RIP Gene. They don't make good songs like that any more.
zub1964 1 year ago