Gene Pitney bol americký popový a countryový spevák-skladateľ, ktorý začal kariéru koncom 50. rokov. V Spojených štátoch získal 16 hitov v Top 40, v Spojenom kráľovstve 22. V roku 2002 bol uvedený do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Zomrel v roku 2006 počas turné vo Walese.
Kompilácia Platinum Collection zhromažďuje 51 nahrávok rozdelených do 3 CD. Prvý disk zahŕňa hity ako The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Only Love Can Break A Heart, Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa a I Must Be Seeing Things. Druhý disk prináša skladby Town Without Pity, Every Breath I Take či Nobody Needs Your Love. Tretí disk obsahuje popri anglických verziách aj talianske nahrávky vrátane Nessuno Mi Puo Guidicare a Citta Spietata, ktoré dokladajú Pitneyho medzinárodný úspech.
Skladby
CD1
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
2. Only Love Can Break A Heart
3. If I Didnt Have A Dime
4. Half Heaven, Half Heartache
5. It Hurts To Be In Love
6. Backstage
7. Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa
8. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
9. Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart
10. Mecca
11. That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
12. Last Chance To Turn Around
13. Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
14. True Love Never Runs Smooth
15. Im Gonna Be Strong
16. I Must Be Seeing Things
17. Princess In Rags
CD2
1. Town Without Pity
2. Every Breath I Take
3. Who Needs It
4. The Bosss Daughter
5. (In The) Cold Light Of Day
6. Marianne
7. Hawaii
8. Yesterdays Hero
9. Cornflower Blue
10. Shes A Heartbreaker
11. Billy Youre My Friend
12. Nobody Needs Your Love
13. Just One Smile
14. Maria Elena
15. Somewhere In The Country
16. Shady Lady
17. A Street Called Hope
CD3
1. Hello Mary Lou
2. Yours Until Tomorrow
3. Lips Are Redder On You
4. Animal Crackers (In Cellophane Boxes)
5. Laying Games Of Love
6. IVe Got Five Dollars And Its Saturday Night
7. Mockin Bird Hill
8. Louisiana Man
9. King And Queen
10. Baby Aint That Fine
11. Innamorato (In Love Again)
12. Nessuno Mi Puo Guidicare
13. A Porche Ore Da Te (Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa)
14. Saro Forte (Im Gonna Be Strong)
15. Citta Spietata (Town Without Pity)
16. Con Te Verso LAmore (Last Chance To Turn Around)
