Q:Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Gene Pitney - Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17 1940 April 5 2006) was an American singer-songwriter musician and sound engineer. Through the mid-1960s he enjoyed success as a recording artist on both sides of the Atlantic and was among the group of early 1960s American acts who continued to enjoy hits after the British Invasion.Pitney charted 16 Top-40 hits in the U.S. four in the Top 10. In the UK he had 22 Top-40 hits and 11 singles in the Top Ten.
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Artist