Gene Pitney Songs and Career Trivia Quiz
Gene Pitney trivia follows one of the early 1960s' most distinctive pop voices through dramatic ballads, cinematic songs, writing successes for other performers, and unexpected collaborations. The questions start with familiar hits before moving into sharper career details.
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What This Quiz Covers
The quiz covers a highest-charting U.S. hit, a celebrated movie theme, dramatic travel storytelling, songs written for other performers, a late-1980s duet comeback, and collaborations with a country star.
Trivia Study Guide ›
- Which record label released Gene Pitney's main run of U.S. chart hits during the 1960s?
- Which British singer joined Pitney on a hit 1989 duet revival?
- Which song from a 1961 film became Gene Pitney's first U.S. Top 20 hit?
- Which group was credited with the No. 1 recording of a Pitney-written song that blocked his own hit from the top spot?
- Which No. 1 girl-group hit was written by Gene Pitney?
- Which country star recorded duet albums with Gene Pitney during the mid-1960s?
- Which songwriting team supplied several of Pitney's best-known early-1960s recordings?
- Which 1963 Pitney hit follows a traveler who is one day away from an Oklahoma city?
- Which Ricky Nelson hit was written by Gene Pitney?
- Which major music institution inducted Gene Pitney as a performer in 2002?
- In which state was Gene Pitney born?
- Which 1962 Pitney hit shares its title with a John Wayne and James Stewart Western?
- Which Bobby Vee hit was written by Gene Pitney?
- Which 1962 Gene Pitney hit became his highest-charting U.S. single?
- Which 1961 Pitney single was produced by Phil Spector and written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King?
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