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TONY LEE

Thank you for taking the time to look at this site. I have been a fan of Genes since 1963 when I bought my first record, 24 hours from Tulsa.

To perform Genes songs is a great pleasure and I try to do justice to a great artiste and his work. I know there was and will only ever be one Gene Pitney, though I perform his songs I do them in the style of Gene and I know that no one can ever replace him.

Long may the name and songs of Gene Pitney live on.

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Tribute

Gene Pitney was a unique talent who devoted his life to his music. He was writer as well as a performer and gave his all not only to his contemporises but all so to all his fans through out the world. He was one of those rare talents that come along and now he his no longer with us we have his memory and his music to remember him by.

Tony Lee as been around in the music industry since the early 70's. He as performed through out the length of the UK and Europe. Like Gene he as a very distinctive voice which without any effort sounds very similar to that of Gene so it was only a natural progression that he should put together a show that showcased the music and uncanny sound of the voice of Gene Pitney

Tony as featured Genes music in his act since the late 70's due to the many requests from his own audiences but it wasn't till 2003 that he decide to dedicate a complete show to Gene Pitney's music.

Gig List

10th Oct 09 The Proctor Theatre,Schenectady, NY, USA. The show features, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell,

The Chiffons, The Platters http://www.proctors.org/events/3107

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17th Oct 09 GPCC Show with Johnny Farina ( Santo & Johnny, Sleepwalk)

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2010

21st April 2010 Daybrooke Constitutional Club, Arnold, Nottingham

Roy Orbison Show for the Cadiac Support Group

Please contact 0115 9260866 for ticket info.

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8th May 2010 Appearing as Roy Orbison on the Rocking on Heavens Door Show

http://www.lakesidecomplex.com/lcc_eventdetails.php?Rockin-on-Heaven-s-Door-3

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23rd July 2010 Roy Orbison Show,

Melton Mowbray WMC

Melton Mowbray, Leic's

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31st July 2010 Roy Orbison show

Oak & Accorn, Derby

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14th Aug 2010 Gene Pitney Show

Support acts:- Ronnie King (Vocalist) Jed Stone (Comedian )

AP Club Health & Fitness,

Station Road,

Holmes Chapel,

Nr: Crew

CW4 8AA.

Tickets avilable from kennethwilshaw@yahoo.co.uk or venue 01477537274

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10th Sept 2010 AMERICAN LEGENDS SHOW

Melton WMC

Melton Mowbray, Leic's

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22nd Oct 2010 THE DUDLEY CONCERT HALL

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SPREAD THE WORD

Lets make it a night to remember

Tickets available at :- http://online.dudley.gov.uk/whatson/townhalls/boxoffice.asp

Tel No:- 01384812812

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23rd Oct 2010 King William IV , The Square, Countesthorpe, Leic's

Roy Orbison Show

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12th Nov 2010 Gene Pitney / Roy Orbison Show

Children in need special event

MAPPERLEY GOLF CLUB

Mapperley, Nottingham

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17th Dec 2010 Cobridge Coronation Club Stoke on Trent.

Gene Pitney tribute show,

also featuring Paul Larcombe as Elvis Presley tribute

( www.purepresley.com )

Tickets c/o Ken Wilshaw kennethwilshaw@yahoo.co.uk

Book early, as all the tickets will be sold out.

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CD/DVD

Hi everyone, I have now produced a CD and DVD of the Rockville show. These are now on sale at £13 for the two which includes postage in the UK.If you would like to recieve them please e-mail kicks@ntlworld and you will be told how to obtain them. If you live in the USA then please contact the Commemorative Committee and they will advise you how to obtain them there. If you live in any other area then please let us know the format you would like the DVD in and we will give you a price for your location.

All the proceeds will go to the Gene Pitney scholarship fund in the USA

All the best, Tony

What a weekend

Hi, well October came and went but what a memory. Every one was great and we were treated like long lost relatives, I can't thank the guy's over in the US enough it was awsome. www.gene--pitney.com this is where you can find all the latest info on what the guys in the USA are doing.

Check out what the Commemorative Commitee are doing: www.genepitney.org

Link to loads and loads of pics http://gene--pitney.com/2008_Convention.html

I would like to thank DJ Ken Kojak in New York for his help in promoting the event amongst the residents of New York. Who loves you babe!

Ken and Barb Kojak snatch a dance together.

Getting to know each other at Russ and Sandi's Rock and Roll Diner

Jill and Annie deep in conversation

The convention starts here

Everyones ready

Tony on stage

I love a Parade,

The 200th year centenary parade ( Gene took part 50 years ago)

A great honour to be asked to share in this wonderful event.

Along with members of the committee and two of the original Genials, Bob and Dick

SHADES OF SOUL

Charles, Russell and George, make up the sound of Shades of Soul

They appeared on the show in Rockville Oct 4th 2008

Why not take a look at the guys at.

www.shadesofsoulonline.com

Thank you for a great spot.

Have you a Gene story as we are looking for stories of Genes tours in Europe. So if you have something you would like to share please email me.

check out this link for more info on Gene http://en.sonorika.com/genepitney

Friends Of Gene

A message from Marty Wilde

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A message from Paul Gambaccini

Dear Tony,

What a privilege to be performing in Rockville! I wish you the best of luck. As for the fans ...

Having grown up in Connecticut, it is a thrill to send a message to Rockville. I salute all the fans of our dear Gene Pitney, one of the greatest artists of the greatest period in popular music. I will be playing Gene's records on BBC Radio as long as I am a broadcaster.

Best wishes,
Paul Gambaccini

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Rodney Collins now works onOffshore radio, http://www.offshoremusicradio.com/rodneycollinspage.php

I was Gene Pitney's friend from 1967 - when I first saw him on a UK tour and interviewed him for a local newspaper...through to his death. My wife, daughter and I visited him in his dressing room in Hull just a week before he died. He and Maurice Merry had been a part of my life for almost 40 years.

I went to 34 concerts or cabaret performances by Gene in every part of the UK over the years and never saw him do a bad show. Some, were simply sensational, ironically that was the case in Hull a couple of years back. The capacity audience loved him. They couldnt have known it would be the last time any of them would see him.

I interviewed Gene 17 times. Once for a local newspaper, twice for the Billboard group and the other 14 times for various radio stations. I called him at home dozens of times and always had full co-operation. He helped me put together a number of album releases - '24 Sycamore' for Pickwick in the late 70's and then three CD releases for Sanctuary Records in this decade. He enjoyed picking over the tracks and telling the stories behind the songs.

My best memory though would be the late 80's when I interviewed him for Radio Luxembourg. We were due a half hour at the Westbury Hotel, just yards from Luxembourg's Mayfair studios. We did the interview and, at the end, Gene said "Rodney if you have some time, I would appreciate your advice". I naturally stayed and he told me the story that he'd been approached my Marc Almond's management who wanted Gene to duet with the Soft Cell singer on a re-recording of "Somethings Gotten Hold of my Heart". Almond had done it solo on his then current LP and felt it lacked something. Gene and I chatted through the options and he ended up making a call, there and then, to agree to the recording. The record went to Number One and became the biggest seller of his career in the UK. He always thanked me for my advice.

Me and my family have lost a friend. My wife went to all the shows with me from probably the early 80's onwards.....and our daughter (Sarah) sang along to "24 Hours from Tulsa", dummy in hand, when she went to her first concert of Gene's when she was barely a year old. She then met him every year until 2006.

Along the way I hosted a couple of receptions for Gene as well. One at Pye Records to celebrate the charting of "24 Sycamore" in the 70's and another 20 years later at Dartford's Orchard Theatre to celebrate a sell-out tour.

If you read the sleeve notes I wrote for his LP and CD releases, you will see how much I rated the man. And how much I miss him.

Rodney Collins

The Gene Pitney Memorial Fund Show

The show was a resounding success. We raised over £1500 for the fund and hopefully we will raise more by selling a cd of the nights show. These can be obtained by emailing kicks@ntlworld.com

Thank you for all the support we have recieved so far from the Gene Pitney fans throughout the world.

All the best Tony Lee

To contact Tony. kicks@ntlworld.com

The Stage

Showcall Showcase 2004 -Day 1,

Tony Lee gets in his guise as a Gene Pitney tribute, he really sounds the part and obviously knows the back catalogue inside out. A little surprisingly, it was a cracking The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance that proved the highlight. There are plenty of older audiences out there who will enjoy Lee.

Derek Smith

Experts Choice------ Tony Lee