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Eugene Sampson Pitt (November 6, 1937 [citation needed] – June 29, 2018) was a black American musician and the founding member of The Jive Five. He formed a group with some school friends in 1954 called the Genies, in which he was the lead singer.
5 de jul. de 2018 · By Daniel E. Slotnik. July 5, 2018. Eugene Pitt, the lead singer of the Jive Five, a doo-wop group that reached the Top 10 in 1961 with “ My True Story ” and endured long past doo-wop’s heyday...
We are sad today to report the death of the group’s visible leader, Eugene Pitt. The group announced the death today on their Facebook page : It is with a heavy heart that I announce, on behalf of the Pitt family, the passing early this morning of the legendary lead singer of Eugene Pitt & The Jive Five, Mr. Eugene Pitt.
It was a Jive Five release in 2001 that was credited to the group "Voices for America". In June 2010, the group consisted of the then 72-year-old Eugene Pitt, first tenor Frank Pitt, second tenor Casey Spencer, baritone Beatrice Best, and bass Herbert Pitt.
Eugene Pitt, the lead singer of R&B’s Jive Five, who scored a #3 hit in 1961 with the ballad “My True Story,” died June 29, 2018, at his home in Newbury, S.C. The cause was complications of diabetes. Pitt was 80.
Eugene Sampson Pitt was a black American musician and the founding member of The Jive Five. He formed a group with some school friends in 1954 called the Genies, in which he was the lead singer. There were no recordings from this group. In 1959, he, together with Jerome Hanna, Richard Harris, Norman Johnson, and Billy Prophet formed The Jive Five.
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