[newfreep]

Gene Pitney wrote Bobby Vee’s hit “Rubber Ball”.

GP also wrote Rick Nelson’s “Hello Mary Lou” and “He’s a Rebel” for the Crystals.

[Fiji Hill]

One of Gene Pitney's hits is highly haram in this day and age. It's also the earliest rock and roll song that I know of to feature an oboe.

Mecca (1963)