Editing Gene Pitney (section)

===Involvement with the Rolling Stones (1964)===
Pitney was present with [[Phil Spector]] at some of [[the Rolling Stones]]' early recording sessions in London, including "[[Little by Little (The Rolling Stones song)|Little by Little]]" and other tracks for [[The Rolling Stones (album)|their debut album]];<ref name="nzentgraf">{{cite web |last=Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962–2008 |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm |access-date=2008-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227031309/http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> he played piano, though the extent of this is uncertain.

The song "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" was the very first [[Jagger/Richards]] composition to make the American music charts and also was #7 UK hit for Pitney in 1964. it was the first song composed by the Rolling Stones duo to become a Top 10 hit in the UK.<ref name="elliottp16">{{cite book |last=Elliott |first=Martin |title=The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962–2002 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |year=2002 |isbn=1-901447-04-9 |page=16}}</ref> In the US, the single stalled at #49, ending a run of seven Top 40 singles for Pitney as a performer.