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Gene Francis Alan Pitney (17 February 1940 ? 5 April 2006) was an American rock singer and songwriter . He was born in Hartford, Connecticut . Some of his most well-known songs are "Town Without Pity", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa". He died of a heart attack in Cardiff in 2006 while on tour in the UK .

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