In what year was the artist who released the album Gene Italiano born?
1940
Gene Pitney
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer.
Gene Italiano
Gene Italiano is American singer Gene Pitney's eighth album, and first foreign language album, released on the Musicor label in 1964.
 The album features a number of Pitney's biggest early hits recorded in Italian, including "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa", "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart".
Fourteen Carat Mind
"Fourteen Carat Mind" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and Larry Lee, and recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson.
 It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album "Old Loves Never Die".
 "Fourteen Carat Mind" was Gene Watson's twentieth country hit and his only song to hit number one on the country chart.
 The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. Dean Brody
Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards.
 Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "Brothers".
 This song, a Top 40 country hit in the US, was the first single from his self-titled debut album, released in 2009 under the production of Matt Rovey.
 In 2010, Brody was signed to Open Road Recordings and released his second album, "Trail in Life".
 In 2012, he released his third album, "Dirt", earning the 2012 CCMA Album of the Year award and a 2013 Juno nomination for Country Album of the Year.
 Brody also won the 2012 and 2013 CCMA Male Artist of the Year award.
 Brody's fourth album, "Crop Circles", was released in 2013.
 Brody's fifth album, "Gypsy Road", was released in 2015.
 Brody’s six album, "Beautiful Freakshow", was released in 2016, and recently earned the singer 3 Awards at the 2017 CCMA Awards show, including Fan’s Choice, Songwriter of the Year and Top-Selling Canadian Single of the Year for “Bush Party”.
 Brody recently headlined one of the largest and most iconic venues in the country, The Budweiser Stage. Melba Montgomery discography
The discography of American country artist Melba Montgomery contains twenty nine studio albums, eleven compilation albums, sixty two singles, one charting B-side and five other appearances.
 Signing with United Artists Records in 1962, she recorded with George Jones on the self-penned "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds".
 It reached the top three of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart.
 The pair's follow-up "Let's Invite Them Over" reached the top twenty, as did its B-side.
 Jones and Montgomery issued their debut studio album "What's in Our Heart" in November 1963, which peaked in the top ten of the "Billboard" Top Country Albums list.
 They continued releasing albums together including "Close Together" (1966) and "Party Pickin"' (1967).
 In 1963, Montgomery's debut solo singles reached the top-thirty of the country songs chart and the following year, her first pair of solo studio albums were issued.
 She collaborated with Gene Pitney in 1965, releasing "Baby Ain't That Fine" that year.
 The song reached number fifteen and the duo then issued the studio album "Being Together" (1965).
 Between 1965 and 1968 Montgomery released six solo studio efforts on both United Artists and Musicor, including "Hallelujah Road" (1966) and "Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long" (1967).
 Through Capitol Records, she recorded with Charlie Louvin in 1970 and "Something to Brag About", reached number eighteen in early 1971.
 The pair would release two studio albums together in 1971 and several more singles. Farewell Party
"Farewell Party" is a song written by Lawton Williams.
 Lawton also had the original recording in 1960.
 Little Jimmy Dickens recorded the song in 1961.
 It was also recorded by American country music artist Johnny Bush as well as Gene Watson.
 Gene Watsons cover was released in February 1979 as the second single from the album "Reflections".
 The song reached #5 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Tom Brock (singer)
Tom Brock (born August 25, 1942 – May 25, 2002 Tom James Brocker) was an American soul singer, born in Austin Texas.
 Brock worked with Barry White on the 20th Century Records label in the 1970s.
 He wrote songs for Gloria Scott's 1974 album "What Am I Gonna Do?"
, including "A Case Of Too Much Love Makin".
 That same year he also released his one and only album, "I Love You More And More", which included a highly popular title track.
 The album was produced by White and Gene Page.
 The song "There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You" was later sampled by producer Just Blaze for the single "Girls, Girls, Girls" on Jay-Z's album "The Blueprint".
 This led to renewed interest in Brock, and in 2003 the album was re-released on CD. American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
 Released in 2006 by First Second Books, it was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature.
 It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, the "Publishers Weekly" Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, the "San Francisco Chronicle" Best Book of the Year, the 2006/2007 Best Book Award from The Chinese American Librarians Association, and Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the Year.
 It also made the "Booklist" Top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth, the NPR Holiday Pick, and "Time (Magazine)" Top Ten Comic of the Year.
 It was colored by cartoonist Lark Pien, who received the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Colorist for her work on the book. Will Dailey
Will Dailey is an independent American recording artist, performer and producer.
 His sound has been described as having a rich vintage vibe while having a firm appreciation of AM rock, pop and big hooks.
 He has released albums with Universal, CBS Records, Wheelkick Records and JS Music Group.
 Dailey has released four full-length albums since 2004.
 His last full-length album, "National Throat", came out on Wheelkick Records, on August 26, 2014.
 It directly followed Dailey's choice to split with a major label and use Pledge Music to create his album.
 Based out of Boston, he is notable as being a 7 time winner in the Boston Music Award: Best Male Singer-Songwriter in 2006, again on December 2, 2009 and December 2, 2012 and Album of the Year and Artist of the Year December 14, 2014 and Male Vocalist in 2015 and 2016.
 The first single, "Sunken Ship", was a finalist in the 2013 International Songwriting Competition, received heavy radio play and received Song of The Year in the New England Music Awards.
 The album was released exclusively on vinyl three month prior to official release date.
 It premiered on Billboards Heat Seekers chart at #18 and won Album of the Year in the New England Music Awards April 19, 2015 as well.
 In 2009 and 2010, Dailey released "Torrent", which involved the artist digitally releasing a burst of new music approximately every three months, and then compiling that material, along with bonus material, as a physical and digital audio package twice a year.
 Dailey is also a part of the John Mellencamp and Stephen King musical project Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Let Me Rock You
Let Me Rock You is the third album released by former Kiss drummer Peter Criss.
 Due to poor sales for his previous album, "Out of Control", "Let Me Rock You" was not released in the United States until 1998, when it was reissued on CD.
 The album was produced by Vini Poncia, who previously produced Criss's 1978 solo album (officially released as a Kiss album).
 "Let Me Rock You" features the song "Feels Like Heaven", written by Criss's former bandmate, Gene Simmons.
 Vinnie Cusano also co-wrote a song for the album; at the same year the album was released, Cusano became known as Vinnie Vincent when he replaced Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley.
 The album cover features Peter Criss for the first time without his Kiss makeup, as he didn't appear on the cover of his solo album "Out of Control".
 One year later, Kiss also decided to take off their makeup for their "Lick It Up" album.