Fact #15449
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Short story:
Gene Pitney enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA for the first time with [I Wanna] Love My Life Away, appearing for just one week at No39.
Full article:
Gene Pitney : It was a demo which cost about $30 to record in a small studio on 7th Avenue, primarily because we had no money, (music publisher Aaron) Schroeder or myself. We were just starting out and we had to keep the costs to a minimum. I played the guitar, piano and drums and I also sang all the background vocals - the bop-bops and the oohs and aaahs.
I only saw it as a demo of my song but, after it was finished, Schroeder said, 'I think it could be a hit, just as it is.' So I guess he talked (Musicor Records boss Art) Talmadge into taking a chance with it. I was amazed when it became a hit. We weren't really ready for it.
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I only saw it as a demo of my song but, after it was finished, Schroeder said, 'I think it could be a hit, just as it is.' So I guess he talked (Musicor Records boss Art) Talmadge into taking a chance with it. I was amazed when it became a hit. We weren't really ready for it.
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