Gene Pitney, who died yesterday at 65 after a performance at a hotel in Wales, was a singer and songwriter whose wailing tenor could be heard in such early 1960s hits as “Only Love Can Break a Heart,” ...

Gene Pitney, 65, an American-born singer-songwriter and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose hits included "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart," died April 5 at a hotel in ...

For a guy who was a dominant figure on the U.S. charts for a good stretch of the early ’60s, wrote big hits for Ricky Nelson and The Crystals, and later gained great popularity overseas, Gene Pitney ...

American singer Gene Pitney, who shot to fame in the 1960s with hits including “24 Hours from Tulsa,” has died while on tour in Britain, his agent said on Wednesday. Jene Levy said Pitney, 66, was ...