Gene Pitney, RIP.

It has not been a good few months for musicians. To the list of those who have died recently you can add singer Gene Pitney, who has died at 65 while on tour in Wales. Pitney was known both as a performer of such songs as "Town Without Pity" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and as a songwriter of such songs as Ricky Nelson's hit "Hello, Mary Lou."