In this task, you are given a context paragraph, a question based on that and corresponding answer of a question. Your task is to generate supporting fact/knowledge from context paragraph which helps in answering a given question.
Q: Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer. Question: In what year was the artist who released the album Gene Italiano born? Answer: 1940
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Gene Francis Alan Pitney February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006 was an American singersongwriter, musician, and sound engineer.