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William Pitt (singer)

{{short description|American born pop singer}}

{{Tone|date=November 2020}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = William Pitt

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| origin = United States

| genre = Dance-pop{{cite book|last1=Arena|first1=James|title=Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476671420|page=230|edition=illustrated}}

| years_active = 1986–present

| label = CBS, Public, Jupiter Records

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William Pitt (William Frederick Pate) is an American-born pop singer whose single "City Lights" became a hit in several European countries in 1987.

Biography

William Pitt started singing and playing guitar in 1955 when he acquired a Sears Roebuck Harmony guitar. During the 1980s, while living in Paris, William Pitt was signed to a record deal by music producer Pascal Wüthrich.{{cite web|url=http://www.mdr.de/mdr-thueringen/musik/oldiegeschichte_william_pitt100.html|title=Oldie Stories - MDR THÜRINGEN - The radio: "City lights" by William Pitt (German language)|date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141929/https://www.mdr.de/mdr-thueringen/musik/oldiegeschichte_william_pitt100.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}

William Pitt's single "City Lights" became a hit on its first release in France, in 1986. After this, it became a hit in several other European countries following a re-release in 1987. In the Netherlands, "City Lights" reached the Top 20. The song was a disco hit in Italy during the summer of 1986, and reached the charts in 1987, peaking at 17.{{cite web|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1987.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Single: 1987}} William Pitt's follow-up single "Funny Girl" only made it to the lower regions of the German and Belgium charts. A comeback single was released in 1990.

Discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Title

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

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! width="30"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=William+Pitt&titel=City+Lights&cat=s|title=William Pitt - City Lights|website=austriancharts.at}}

! width="30"| BEL
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/679/William-Pitt-City-Lights|title=William Pitt - City Lights|website=ultratop.be}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/6319/William-Pitt-Funny-Girl|title=William Pitt - Funny Girl|website=ultratop.be}}

! width="30"| FRA
{{cite web|url=http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=William+Pitt&titel=City+Lights&cat=s|title=William Pitt - City Lights|website=lescharts.com}}

! width="30"| GER
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=William+Pitt&title=City+Lights&cat=s&country=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114921/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=William+Pitt&title=City+Lights&cat=s&country=de|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|title=Die offiziellen deutschen Single-Charts}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=William+Pitt&title=Funny+Girl&cat=s&country=de|title=Die offiziellen deutschen Single-Charts}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

! width="30"| NLD
{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/william-pitt/city-lights_1936=s|title=Dutch Top 40}}

! width="30"| SPA

! width="30"| SWI
{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/song/William-Pitt/City-Lights-1657|title=William Pitt - City Lights|website=hitparade.ch}}

! width="30"| UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24602/william-pitt/|title=WILLIAM PITT - full Official Chart History|website=Official Charts Company}}

rowspan="1"| 1986

| align="left"| "City Lights"

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| 47

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rowspan="2"| 1987

| align="left"| "City Lights" (re-release)

| 16

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| 5

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| 94

align="left"| "Funny Girl"

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| 15

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| 64

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rowspan="1"| 1990

| align="left"| "Such a Lonely Night (I'm Crazy to Leave You)"

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colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |first1=Matt |last1=Trollope |title= CENTREFORCE: HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG |publisher=MT Ink.co.uk |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-8383883-1-7}}

External links

  • [https://bongoamapiano.com/download/city-lights Official music 'City Lights']
  • [https://www.discogs.com/artist/63668-William-Pitt William Pitt] at Discogs.
  • https://mx3.ch/justcallmewilliam

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Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:American male pop singers