Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1186952 By Gene Pitney. By Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Arranged by Dave Gingras and John E. Dosher. Pop,Rock. Score. 2 pages. DAVID LEE GINGRAS #786577. Published by DAVID LEE GINGRAS (A0.1186952). Only Love Can Break a Heart is a popular song from 1962, performed by the American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney. The song was written by Hal David (words) and Burt Bacharach (music) and appears on Pitney's second album Only Love Can Break a Heart. This version features a root-based chord blocking that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements. We also added some pretty cool left-hand fills for your listening (playing?) pleasure - we hope you like what we've done to make this great tune unique and fun to play!