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Probably one of the most interesting and difficult-to-categorize performers in ’60s pop, Gene Pitney had an extended run of strikes distinguished by his pained, one-of-a-kind melodramatic wail. Pitney may also be characterized (or dismissed) like a shallow teenager idol-type susceptible to operatic ballads. It’s accurate that a few of his …

Bobby Gordon is best-known for his Arbors recordings as well as for his association with Marty Grosz within the Orphan Newsboys. He documented three early albums for Dot (1962-1963) that searched for to capitalize in the reputation of folk music and Acker Bilk’s string strikes. Gordon, who occasionally ideas at …