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Fact #107238

When:

07111964

Short story:

Gene Pitney enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with I'm Gonna Be Strong, which will peak at No9.

Full article:

Gene Pitney : The afternoon that (Brill Building publisher) Don Kirshner had played me It Hurts To Be In Love, he also played me I'm Gonna Be Strong, so it turned out to be quite a day. The thing I'd noticed immediately, when Barry Mann played me the demo