The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

I hate to bring this up ... but it would be a tribute to both of them if true! -- Was Gene Pitney the soul inheritor to Johnnie Ray??? They both were brave enough to sing in a completely non-charts/non-popular way ... Was Gene influenced in a big way by Johnnie's passionate delivery? I just read tha...

I hate this s--t when people die. I fumbled around in my kitchen cabinet, got his greatest hits cassette ... One of the greatest singers ever, as you cats know, with this rare articulation, both in the sounds of the words, his dynamics, and in his passionate phrasing. All unique. He got a number of ...