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johnfowles · 04-05-2006, 11:56 AM

Oops I forgot the email also had this text

Gene, think he’d do a deck gig?

Tom Barrett

Executive Director

SPACVB

so I guess Gene is Tom's contact in LA??
That reminds me. Very sad news this morning that Gene Pitney has passed away at 65 in Cardiff Wales while on tour.
I saw him once in a concert in England circa 1963. Rather more than "24 hours from Tulsa"!!
It was at the Derby Odeon with a long list of acts. It was a sell-out but I got in standing at the back for free on the strength of mentioning my frequent helping out as a student at the Odeon Hammersmith,London selling ice creams and souvenir progranmmes.
Ah those were the days!!
I just checked the Reuters news page:-
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news..._UK-PITNEY.xml
I do not think I knew before that he wrote Bobby Vee's great hit Rubber Ball.
John Fowles

04-05-2006, 11:56 AM	#8
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Oops I forgot the email also had this text Gene, think he’d do a deck gig? Tom Barrett Executive Director SPACVB so I guess Gene is Tom's contact in LA?? That reminds me. Very sad news this morning that Gene Pitney has passed away at 65 in Cardiff Wales while on tour. I saw him once in a concert in England circa 1963. Rather more than "24 hours from Tulsa"!! It was at the Derby Odeon with a long list of acts. It was a sell-out but I got in standing at the back for free on the strength of mentioning my frequent helping out as a student at the Odeon Hammersmith,London selling ice creams and souvenir progranmmes. Ah those were the days!! I just checked the Reuters news page:- http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news..._UK-PITNEY.xml I do not think I knew before that he wrote Bobby Vee's great hit Rubber Ball. John Fowles