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Fact #19826

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Short story:

Gene Pitney enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Only Love Can Break A Heart, which will peak at No2.

Full article:

Gene Pitney : A huge, huge record, probably the biggest seller I ever had, due to the fact that both sides were on the charts (b-side If I Didn't Have A Dime To Play The Jukebox reached No58). People always ask me who did the whistling on that one. It was me. The record company had put out If I Didn't Have A Dime as the plug side initially. Certainly I thought it was the more likely hit