Gene Pitney Recognition

What a pleasure it was seeing Gene Pitney’s name in print (“Pitney Feels His Rock Hall Election Just Matter of Time,” Feb. 3); we certainly don’t hear nearly enough of his music. It’s so cliche to refer to someone as being “overlooked,” but that label fits.

I’ll hold Pitney’s “Town Without Pity” and “It Hurts to Be in Love” right up there with the best offerings of Roy Orbison or Del Shannon, both of whom have enjoyed mini-revivals with renewed appreciation. Gene Pitney deserves the same; he has earned his place among his peers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

ROB CARROLL

Lake Forest