Startin recordings already in 1959, but had first success as songwriter for actors like:  Bobby Vee; Ricky Nelson;
Roy Orbison or the Crystals. before beginning of his most successful time as singer  (mainly ballads), from around
1963 till 1967.  He was and is a big influence on Beat- and Pop-Groups.
In 1988 Marc Almond  from SOFT CELL covered successful : "Somethings gotten Hold Of My Heart ".

Style:  Singer- Songwriter  Pop Ballads

Disc One:
Town without Pity (Tiomkin-Washington)  1961
Louisiana Mama  (Pitney)  1961
Every Breath I take  (Goffin-King)  1961
(I wanna) Love my Life away   (Pitney)  1961
The Man who shot Liberty Valance  (Bacharach-David)  1962
Hello Mary Lou  (Pitney)  1963
Half Heaven half Heartache  (Schroeder-Gold-Goehring)  1962
Only Love can break a Heart  (Bacharach-David)  1963
Truw Love never runs smooth   (Bacharach-David)  1963
Mecca  (Nader-Gluck)  1963
That Girl belongs to Yesterday  (Jagger-Richards)  1964
Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa  (Bacharach-David)  1963
Yesterday's Hero  (Cleveland-Schroeder-Spencer)  1963
It hurts to be in Love  (Greenfield-Miller)  1964
I must be seeing Things (Brass-Kooper-Levine)  1965

Disc Two:
Backstage  (I'm lonely)  (Anisfield-Denson)  1966
Looking through the Eyes of Love  (Mann-Weill)  1965
Princess in Rags  (Miller-Atkins)  1966
The Boss's Daughter 
Just one Smile  (Newman)  1965
Something's gotten hold of my Heart  (Cook-Greenaway)  1967
Somewhere in the Country  (Cymbal-Tobin)  1968
Maria Elena  (I'm going to War)  (Hazzard)  1969
Billy you're my Friend  (Goldman)  1968
Shady Lady  (Gentry-Lordi)  1970
A Street called Hope  (Cook-Greenaway)  1970
She let's her Hair down  (Early in the Morning)  (Carr-Valance)  1969
Nessuno Mi Puo Giudicare  (Beretta-Pace-Del Prete-Panzeri)  1966
I'm gonna be strong  (Mann-Weill)  1964
Teardrop by Teardrop  (Halley)  1963