| Only Love Can Break a Heart | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 30:54 | |||
| Label | Musicor | |||
| Producer | Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold | |||
| Gene Pitney chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| New Record Mirror |  [2] |
Only Love Can Break a Heart is the second album by songwriter and recording artist Gene Pitney, released on the Musicor label in 1962. It included the top 10 hits "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (#2) and "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (#4), which was written for but not ultimately used in, the film of the same name. Three other singles from the album also charted; "Half Heaven-Half Heartache" at #12, "True Love Never Runs Smooth" at #21, and "If I Didn't Have a Dime" at #58.[3]
Track listing
Side 1
- "True Love Never Runs Smooth" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 2:26
- "Cry Your Eyes Out" (Ben Raleigh, John Gluck, Jr) – 2:04
- "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (David, Bacharach) – 2:49
- "Donna Means Heartbreak" (David, Paul Hampton) – 2:23
- "I Should Try to Forget" (Aaron Schroeder, Gloria Shayne, Martin Kalmanoff) – 2:12
- "My Heart, Your Heart" (Bob Halley) – 2:23
Side 2
- "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" (Schroeder, George Goehring, Wally Gold) – 2:43
- "Tower Tall" (Mel Mandel, Norman Sachs) – 3:21
- "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (David, Bacharach) – 2:58
- "Little Betty Falling Star" (Bob Hilliard, Bacharach) – 2:22
- "If I Didn't Have a Dime" (Bert Russell, Phil Medley) – 2:31
- "Going to Church on Sunday" (Halley) – 2:53
Personnel
- Gene Pitney – vocals
- Alan Lorber, Burt Bacharach, Chuck Sagle – arranger, conductor
- Maurice Seymour – cover photography
- Norman Weiser – artwork
References
- ↑ Only Love Can Break a Heart at AllMusic
- ↑ Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Gene Pitney: Only Love Can Break A Heart" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Gene Pitney Charts". Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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