''It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs'' is American singer

Gene Pitney Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...

's ninth album, released on the Musicor label in the

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in 1964. The album was released as ''I'm Gonna Be Strong'' on the

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label in the

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. The album marked a turning point in Pitney's career with his popularity waning in his home country while rising in Britain. The title track, "

It Hurts to Be in Love "It Hurts to Be in Love" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Helen Miller (songwriter), Helen Miller which was a Top Ten hit in 1964 for Gene Pitney. It was one in a long line of successful "Brill Building Sound" hits created by composers ...

", and "

I'm Gonna Be Strong "I'm Gonna Be Strong" is a song written by the songwriting duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It was first recorded by Frankie Laine in 1963 and released as a single on Columbia Records. However, the song did not become a major hit until 1964, when ...

" were Pitney's last top 10 hits in the United States. The latter single as well as "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday", an early

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composition, were also top 10 hits in the United Kingdom. The album reached #42 on the US album charts and stayed on the

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charts for 17 weeks.

Track listing

" (

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Wei ...

) – 2:12 #"Walk" (

Helen Miller Helen Miller may refer to: * Helen Miller (cricketer) (1915–1972), New Zealand cricketer * Helen Miller (politician) (born 1945), American politician * Helen Miller (songwriter) (1925–2006), American songwriter * Helen Hill Miller (1899–1995 ...

, Howard Greenfield) – 2:21 #"I Love You More Today" (

Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful song " The Hustle". He has approximat ...

) – 2:18 #"Who Needs It" (

Len Beadle Len Beadle (13 February 1932 – 1 June 2000) was an English Music publisher (popular music), music publisher, songwriter, music producer and performer, most famous for writing the theme to the hit children's TV show ''The Adventures of Rupert ...

, Robin Conrad) – 2:08 #"Follow the Sun" (Peter Udell, Gary Geld) – 2:28 #"Lips Are Redder On You" ( Joe Meek) – 2:20 #"

" (Miller, Greenfield) – 2:34 #"The Last Two People On Earth" (Bob Brass, Al Kooper,

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- accessed April 11, 2012 was an American songwriter, who co-wrote ...

) – 2:52 #"That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" (

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

, Keith Richards) – 2:51 #"E Se Domani" ( Carlo Alberto Rossi,

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) – 2:48 #"Hawaii" (Brass, Kooper, Levine) – 2:08 #"I'm Gonna Find Myself a Girl" (Ray Adams,

Valerie Avon Valerie Murtagh (born Patricia Valerie Jenkins, 1936, Willesden, London, England, also known under the pseudonym Valerie Avon) is an English singer and songwriter, who was a member of The Avons. Career After singing with the Avons vocal trio in t ...

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) – 2:39

US Chart History of Singles

References

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