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Gene Pitney

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Gene Pitney is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Rupert Holmes, Swamp Dogg, Keith Richards, Burt Bacharach and Randy Newman. Those roots explain a lot about how Gene Pitney arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, Jackie DeShannon, Herman's Hermits and Cliff Richard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phil Spector, Jarvis Cocker, Every Breath You Take, The Crystals and My Aim Is True, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Gene Pitney, reaching back through Rupert Holmes and forward to Phil Spector. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Gene PitneyRupert HolmesSwamp DoggKeith RichardsBurt BacharachRandy NewmanNeil SedakaThe EasybeatsAl KooperPhil SpectorJarvis CockerEvery Breath You TakeThe CrystalsMy Aim Is TrueThe MarmaladeBobby VeeRicky NelsonBobby VeeNeil SedakaJackie DeShannonHerman's HermitsCliff RichardThe DriftersGene McDanielsThe Seekers

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Gene Pitney connections

Gene Pitney grew out of Rupert Holmes, Swamp Dogg, Keith Richards and Burt Bacharach, shares an orbit with Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, Jackie DeShannon and Herman's Hermits, went on to shape Phil Spector, Jarvis Cocker, Every Breath You Take and The Crystals. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Gene Pitney

Roots11

Sounds and acts that shaped Gene Pitney.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Gene Pitney.

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